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Interactive whiteboards have become more prevalent in classrooms. These whiteboards offer an alternative method of teaching by physically engaging students. The touch sensitive screen on interactive whiteboards provides teachers with a learning tool that can bring an entire class together.  Why Use an Interactive Whiteboard? ESL teachers can use online literacy activities and games that have been pre-made (See suggested links below) and specially designed for interactive whiteboard lessons. However, if a teacher is interested in creating their own activities they could try using "Microsoft Word" and "Paint". Using them on the whiteboard, students will become familiar with these common computer programs and are able to show creativity in their work. Some literacy activities the teacher can create with the students are:  1. Cloze activities (fill in the blanks). 2. Highlighting ("Paint" highlight pen). 3. Handwriting ("Paint" with writing ...

School year is about to start in Argentina and I am thinking about which tools I can suggest teachers to use in their IT projects. We can start talking about Google docs which can be used for IT projects with students and colleagues. Let's watch a Plain English video to understand the concept of this fantastic tool. Personally, I do not save my files in the hard disk any more. I use Google Docs because I have access to all my files from any computer with Internet conection.  Sharing files is very useful and important. I hardly take xerox copies or print documents. I just share my files with the people I am working with. Google Docs not only reduces our shelves burden with piles of sheets of paper but also contributes to   protect the environment. Here is an example of an IT poject using Google presentations: Spring in art