What are some classroom activities involving a smartboard?

Some possible classroom activities that involve the use of a SmartBoard include using musical widgets such as a virtual piano to teach music, using interactive math widgets to display and manipulate fractions, and using the SmartBoard as a timer. The most effective SmartBoard activities utilize the board's exceptional interactivity.

Many SmartBoard widgets are available on Exchange.SmartTech.com to develop and implement classroom activities with the SmartBoard. In addition to the aforementioned, some other fun widgets include spinners to help students choose table teams or project groups, spelling widgets to help students learn new vocabulary, and clock widgets to help students learn to tell analog time.