Wow!  For busy teachers who want to find and use digital resources in their classrooms, it doesn’t get much better than this.  I’ve been prompted to write this post because I’m encountering an increasing number of teachers who are keen to find resources to use with interactive whiteboards.  The site I’m reviewing today offers a helpful focus on precisely that — FREE “Interactive Whiteboard Resources”

Topmarks bills itself as an “Educational Search Engine”.  It is certainly that–and more!  It is a site where you search from pre-selected resources that are some of the best available on the web.  Topmarks claims that “All of the content on Topmarks is carefully reviewed by qualified teachers and regularly re-checked because of the changing nature of the web.”  My exploration of the Topmarks site suggests this claim to be accurate.

You can do a general search of the Topmarks site.  For example, if you enter “number line”, the search returns 30 activities that use the number line to help learn mathematical concepts.   The majority of these are high quality flash activities that lend themselves to use on an individual computer or on an interactive white board.  The targeted learning level is suggested for each activity.

Or, You can search for learning activities by subject area and by age level.  The list of subjects is extensive, and the age range extends from early years through higher education.

Now Topmarks has a special place dedicated specifically to helping teachers find resources that work well on an interactive whiteboard.  If you are using an interactive whiteboard, I think you need to check this out!