General Resources

• Interactive Whiteboard: Rapidly growing bank of free to use tools and resources created for teachers who are teaching with an interactive whiteboard (IWB).
  
  
• Think-Bank: General Interactive Whiteboard resources.
  
  
• TeacherLED:TeacherLED is a site dedicated to making the use of Interactive Whiteboards (IWB)easier and more productive. This comprehensive site features resources to use with Interactive Whiteboards in Math, English, and Geometry.
  
  
• Topmarks: With some of the best free educational materials for Interactive Whiteboards, Topmarks is a great resource for finding Interactive Whiteboards lesson plans and activities . This educational site also features teacher resources, educational sites for classroom, and homework help.
  
  
• Wordle: Create word clouds on the topic of your choice.
  
  
• Chartle: Create charts, diagrams and graphs online.
  
  
• SEN teacher: Free teaching and learning resources, especially, but not exclusively, for children with special needs. See the “Printables” section for lots of free resources. See the “Downloads” section for freeware (free software).
  
  
• Worksheet Genius: Create your own worksheets. You can also download ready made ones.
  
  
• We and Us: Irish website with great resources available to download. Maths, Irish, English and Classroom Ideas.
  
  
• Seomra Ranga: Irish curriculum focused resources to download.
  
  
• Teachnet: TeachNet Ireland seeks to improve student learning by helping primary and post primary teachers to integrate web-based resources into their instructional practice.  Through TeachNet, teachers have access to curriculum resources, curriculum and technical specialists, grants and a supportive network to further develop their skills.
  
  
• Scoilnet: Resources specially tailored for the Irish curriculum.
  
  
• Skoool: Resources providing multimedia for an exciting new approach to teaching.
  
  
• Kildare Software: Free software and try before you buy software
  
  
• Pete's Power Point Station: Free Presentations in PowerPoint and Free Interactive Activities for Children
  
  
• Super Teacher Worksheets: Free printable worksheets for Math, Reading, Writing, Grammar & Phonics, Spelling Lists Science and many more...
  
  
• Free Printables: Printable Calendars, Worksheets, Cards, Games, Invitations, & Puzzles.
  
  
• Mrs. Pancake: Free educational resources for teachers, parents and children. New free downloads every week.
  
  
• Kiz Club: Learning resources; ABC's, Phonics, Topics, Crafts, Stories & Props, Nursery Rhymes, Flashcards and more.
  
  
• Puzzlemaker: Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more—using your own word lists.
  
  
• BossBrains: Free teaching resources, flashcards, awards, tables and more.
  
  
• SparkleBox: 1000s of FREE products to download. Colourful Banners, Scenery, Playdough Mats, Nursery Rhymes, Role-Play Masks, Recipes, Sign, Labels and much more.
  
  
• TES Connect: Free classroom resources to download from the Times Educational Supplement website. You need to register but all the resources are free to download after that
  
  
• Kidware Software: Some free software to download
  
  
• Image Bank: A Scoilnet website of free images to use when making your own classroom resources
  
  
• Pete’s Power Point Station: Free PowerPoint resources to download as well as links to other resource websites
  

• Starfall: Starfall makes teaching comprehension and phonics interactive and exciting.
  
  
• PBS: PBS provides a collection of fun interactive TRACEBoard games. All of the games featured on this site are age appropriate and screened by educators.
  
  
• Mathframe: This site, created by a school teacher, houses several interactive math games specifically designed for Interactive Whiteboards. All activities are aimed at reinforcing mathematical concepts and skills.
  
  
• BBC History Game: BBC offers several interactive activities that can be used with Interactive Whiteboards. This Famous People history game is a great way to teach primary school children about historical figures.
  
  
• Crickweb.co.uk: Crickweb.co.uk provides 15 free resources for use with Interactive Whiteboards.  These math activities are designed to teach primary school students the basics of math.
  
  
• Math Playground: The Math Playground offers interactive math activities for middle schoolers. These games and activities work well for teachers who want to engage the entire class.
  
  
• Classbrain: This game site features several interactive math games that work with Interactive Whiteboards. A fun game worth trying with students is Regrouping.
  
  
• Funbrain: Funbrain offers several interactive educational games for use with Interactive Whiteboards. These fun games cover a range of subjects and grades.
  
  
• Kerproof: Kerpoof is an educational interactive website from the Walt Disney Company that can be used with Interactive Whiteboards. This site is a great way for children to create, discover, and learn.
  
  
• Skeleton of the Beast: This interactive game from Discovery Education is a useful learning tool for Interactive Whiteboards. Skeleton of the Beast features four skill level timed games that teach children about prehistoric animals.
  
  
• Xpeditions: Xpeditions from National Geographic provides an atlas that can be used on interactive whiteboards. This atlas explores every region of the world.
  
  
• Periodic Table: This interactive periodic table site was designed for educational use by primary to secondary school students. The site works with Interactive Whiteboards to introduce and engage children in learning the element table.
  
  
• Archiving Early America: Archiving Early America features a range of short videos on American history that are perfect for use on Interactive Whiteboards.
  
  
• Memorial Hall Museum: This free online museum features a complete interactive website for teachers. Interactive Whiteboards teachers can view collections, online exhibits, and games.
  
  
• Place the state: Place the State is an interactive geography game from Bensguide.gpo.gov. This resource can be used with Interactive Whiteboards to teach students about U.S. states.
  
  
• Bubbabrain: Bubbabrain allows teachers to create interactive review games.
  
  
  ENGLISH
  
  
• Tumblebooks: A collection of online story books, audio books, language books, puzzles and games to suit all age groups
  
  
• The Magic Key Adventure: Online games for English language and grammar
  
  
• Blending Dragon: Phonics game
  
  
• Rhyming Rockets: Phonics game
  
  
  GAEILGE
  
  
• Éadaí: Tráth na gCeist do Rang V & VI
  
  
• Ainmhithe: Tráth na gCeist do Rang III & IV
  
  
• Siopadóireacht:Tráth na gCeist do Rang V & VI
  
  
• Na Trí Bhéar: Scéal faoi na Trí Bhéar agus Cinnín Óir
  
  
• Hangman (as Gaeilge)
  
  
  MATHEMATICS
  
  
• Interactive Tables Games
  
  
• Find the Shape with Barney: Maths shape game for infant classes
  
  
• Rainforest Maths: Lots of interesting interactive maths activities covering all strands of the maths curriculum and suitable for all age groups
  
  
• Shape Memory Game: Simple game to help children learn shapes
  
  
• Number and Algebra Activities: Challenging maths problems for senior classes in the primary school
  
  
  PE
  
  
• GAA Crossword
  
  
• Cúl 4 Kidz: GAA website for primary school children with information and games
  
  
• Athletics: Teachnet project in Powerpoint format giving an overview of athletics
  
  
• Health and Fitness for Under 10s: Interactive lesson where Coco the clown tells children all about health and fitness
  
  
• Welcome to the Circus: Teachnet project focussing on the gymnastics strand where children learn the skills of the forward and backward roll, the handstand and cartwheel
  
  
  RELIGION
  
  
• Nativity Scene: Build your own Nativity scene online
  
  
• Dottie and Buzz: Games and songs
  
  
• The Birth of Jesus: Online story of the Nativity
  
  
• The Creation: Animated version of this bible story
  
  
• Moses and the Plague: Animated version of this bible story
  
  
  ARTS ED. - MUSIC
  
  
• SFS Kids: San Francisco Symphony Kids site where children can learn about all the different sections of the orchestra
  
  
• Instruments of the Orchestra: “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” type quiz on the instruments of the orchestra
  
  
• Musical Mysteries: Designed to help pupils to explore basic musical concepts in sound, rhythm, mood and orchestra
  
  
• Musical Instruments: Game to identify the musical instruments
  
  
  ARTS ED. - VISUAL ARTS
  
  
• Tate Kids: Tate Gallery for kids, including ideas for art, an online gallery and create art online
  
  
• Sand Fantasy: Videos of an artist who creates art using only sand on a screen backlit with different coloured lights
  
  
• I Am An Artist: Irish site based on the different strands of the Visual Arts curriculum
  
  
• A. Pintura Art Detective: Solve The Case of Grandpa’s Painting
  
  
• Crayola: Create colouring pages and watch videos
  
  
  ARTS ED. - DRAMA
  
  
• Folk Tales: Interactive storytelling of six folk tales
  
  
• Greek Myths: Interactive re-telling of well-known Greek myths
  
  
• Teaching Drama: Focus, Freeze and Think: 15minute video demonstrating a dram lesson focussing on the elements of focus, freeze and think
  
  
• Explore Storytelling Through Drama
  
  
• Drama Strategies: A number of videos that demonstrate key educational drama strategies
  
  
  SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
  
  
• Bitesize Games: Interactive games in literacy and numeracy with accompanying worksheets to download
  
  
• Writing Runway: The teacher types the target sentence. Then ask the children to make the same sentence using the on-screen word bank.
  
  
• Look, Cover, Write and Check: Interactive game focussing on spelling skills
  
  
• Learning to Read: Interactive lessons focussing on key phonic skills leading to reading
  
  
• Times Tables Practice Grid: Practise times table in an interactive game
  
  
  SESE HISTORY
  
  
• Irish Potato Famine: Interactive site about the Great Famine
  
  
• Children of World War II: Find out what life was like for children in Britain during the war years
  
  
• It’s About Time: Online version of the “Archaeology in the Classroom” history resource pack with information and games.
  
  
• The Salmon of Knowledge: Read the story online and then complete online literacy activities based on the story
  
  
• Ask About Ireland: Lesson geared towards infants dealing with games and toys in the past
  
  
  SESE GEOGRAPHY
  
  
• Ask About Ireland: Lesson about maps, plans and map keys and symbols, geared towards first and second classes
  
  
• Ask About Ireland: Lesson on the geography of Sligo geared towards fifth and sixth classes
  
  
• Ask About Ireland: Lesson on the geography of food and farming in Ireland geared towards third and fourth classes
  
  
• Ask About Ireland: Lesson on the geography of games and play areas geared towards infant classes
  
  
• Something Fishy: Website that explores the story of Bradán, includes information, lessons, online activities and teacher notes
  
  
  SESE SCIENCE
  
  
• Michael Michael Go Recycle: Recycling game
  
  
• Water Conservation: Information and online games
  
  
• Edheads: Fun interactive site where one of the things you can do is perform virtual hip replacement and virtual knee surgery
  
  
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: This lives up to its name by providing yucky information and games
  
  
• 4-H Virtual Forest: Colourful, interactive, animated site that teaches all about the ecology of the forest
  
  
  SPHE
  
  
• Safety Centre: A series of interactive activities with games to test the pupils knowledge of safety in a variety of different situations
  
  
• The Bully Buster: Interactive quiz based on bullying
  
  
• The Feelings Game: Four graduated lessons to help children learn about emotions
  
  
• Webwise: Animated website on internet safety
  
  
• Social Skills Millionaire: Quiz based on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” - questions based on using good social skills at school and with your friends
  
  
  FUN AND GAMES
  
  
• Colonel Kerfuffle in Calamity Castle
  
  
• Tuna Trapper
  
  
• Funology: The science of having fun!
  
  
• Fun Ranch: Play online games like checkers, air hockey, brickball
  
  
• Jigzone: Online jigsaw puzzles
  
  
• Chess Kids Academy: Chess lessons, quizzes, games
  
  
• Play Kids Games: Online interactive educational games
  
  
• Primary Games: Lots of online games across different areas of the curriculum
  
  

Music Resources

• MoodStream: Moodstream combines images and audio tracks to suit your mood.
  
  
• Shaun the Sheep's Bleat Box: Make music with Shaun the Sheep of Wallace and Gromit fame. Click on a sheep to make them bleat! Great fun. Includes a free play mode or a memory game.
  
  
• Making Music from Help Kidz Learn: Simply press a piano key or run your finger down the keys on a touch screen, to play the notes.
  
  
• Music Match Game: This game helps you learn how to play the piano and read music. You can learn the notes, learn the keys or both.
  
  
• Drum Machine: An interactive drum machine that lets you build up different beats to create your own drum track which you can then export as a swf file.
  
  
• Poisson Rouge Piano: A simple interactive piano that lets you produce a tune and then play it back. Will show the musical notation at the same time.
  
  
• Muxicall: A collaborative “wall of music” Click on the notes to play a track, but other people can also be using it at the same time and play music between you!
  
  
• Toy Theatre Music: 4 different games here. Compose your own music, create drum beats, music maker and piano puppet. Try them out!
  
  
• Reindeer Orchestra: Probably best left until close to Christmas, but click on the reindeer’s noses to make them sing. Choose from several Christmas carols, or free play mode.

Software

TRACEBook is the free software that comes with every TRACEBoard. It is notebook style software that allows you to write notes and display images effortously.

Features include:

• Handwriting Recognition System: Write notes in digital ink, and then turn your handwriting into text.
  
  
• Access free images and templates, interactive and educational content and drawing tools.
  
  
• Automatically save your notes for another day.
  
  
• You may create hyperlinks for any object in TRACEBook. Access to linked target by clicking the object with hyperlink (text, image, picture, etc.) Linked objects include: files in PC, web address, animation, and internal pages in TRACEBook.

Other Software

The TRACEBoard Interactive Whaiteboard is fully compatible with all other Interactive whiteboard software including Activprimary, Activeinspire, SMART Notebook software, Easiteach and many more!

Other resources

Below is a list of free interactive whiteboard sites that will enhance your TRACEBoard experience.

• Scoilnet: Resources specially tailored for the Irish curriculum.
  
  
• Skoool: Resources providing multimedia for an exciting new approach to teaching.