WhiteboardPlus is a resources website for teachers. There are files on it for use with interactive whiteboards and more to come. We'd appreciate suggestions.

What parts of maths, if any, interested you most at school. If we're to grab the attention of school children this is the sort of thing we need to consider.

Another important question is- what were the concepts that you just couldn't grasp? Smart boards bring the possibility of animation into the classroom, and some stuff just can't be explained any other way. Is there anything that would have been clearer to you at the time if you'd seen it in motion.

This has been our first term on line and we'd like to thank you for visiting us and downloading our products. Whiteboardplus will be back next year with changes reflecting everything we've learnt in the first few months of operation. We're still building the site, so any feedback is greatly appreciated, you can email admin here at whiteboardplus.com.

In the new year we hope to have some exciting products and more news. We also hope to display some of YOUR whiteboard products. See you in the Spring term.

eschoolnews.com is an American site dedicated to technology in the classroom. The US bias means there's little of use for British classrooms, but the technology news will be interesting.

via wwwtools for teaching

A recent spate of burglaries at schools in Wigan hint at a worrying trend- thieves may be targetting projectors and other classroom equipment to build home cinemas from.

Page from Mapping notebook.

Four Smart Board notebooks for use with Introduction to Number lessons.

Mapping
Covers part of Sequences and functions in Algebra, for Year 7, from the National Numeracy Strategy (pages 144 and 148). Pupils should be able to read and write the following vocabulary: sequence, term, consecutive, rule, relationship, generate, predict, continue, increase, decrease.

Tests of divisibility

Positive and negative numbers

Numbers

And also the Tests of Divisibility PowerPoint presentation, which is also available free.

A 6 page presentation with animation to test pupils on their knowledge of test of divisibility. The first slide works well if it takes place as a vote.
This is a sample of the Year 7 Ma2 Introduction to Number Bundle.

No doubt you have a copy of the Maths curriculum already if you're teaching it. However, this version is useful as it allows you to search for keywords so you can find information quickly.

A Smart board notebook demonstrating finding an angle bisector using construction lines and a pair of compasses.

Covers part of Construction and loci in Shape, space and measures, for Year 8, from the National Numeracy Strategy (page 221). Pupils should be able to use the following vocabulary: construct, bisect, bisector, mid-point, equidistant, straight edge, compasses, locus, loci.