Activities for the board

Ten minutes of activities from one page of notes.

VisualNote starts the lesson from your sheet; add put in order, match the pairs, a hidden word or true or false with a tap, or ask Noty, and play them on the board.

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Try the activities

The demo opens on true or false. Keep going for put in order, match the pairs and the hidden word.

This is the real board your class sees. Use Next, the arrow keys or the space bar.

Read the demo lesson as text

Photosynthesis

  1. True or false, stand up · 2 min
    • Plants take in water through their leaves. Answer: False. Water comes in from the soil, through the roots.
    • Glucose can be stored as starch. Answer: True. The plant keeps glucose it does not use as starch.
  2. Put in order · 2 min

    Put the steps in order

    1. The plant takes in sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
    2. Chlorophyll captures the light energy
    3. The plant makes glucose
    4. Oxygen goes out into the air
  3. Match the pairs · 2 min

    Match each word to what it means

    • Stomata: Tiny holes in the leaf
    • Chlorophyll: The green pigment
    • Glucose: A type of sugar
  4. Hidden word · 1 min

    The gas plants give out and we breathe in. Answer: Oxygen

Which whiteboard activities can I make from my notes?

VisualNote turns one page of notes into a lesson, then you add the activities you want: put in order, match the pairs, hidden word, true or false, talk about it, a calm minute. Each has its own timer, pupils answer on the board with a tap, and Noty can write any of them for you.

Ready in
About a minute, from one page of notes
Slide types
11, from quiz cards to a calm minute
Works on
Any interactive whiteboard, touch screen or projector, in the browser
Languages
English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Price
3 lessons a month free; Plus $13.99 a month

From a page of notes to the board

  1. The note the activities come from: a VisualNote sheet on photosynthesis

    Start from any topic

    Science, history, geography, grammar: paste your notes or take a photo of the page, and VisualNote draws the sheet.

  2. The lesson setup page with the list of activities and one open to edit

    Pick and change the activities

    Each activity opens in a popup: change the items, the pairs or the word, add another one, or ask Noty.

  3. An activity on the board, ready for the class

    Bring pupils to the board

    Every activity works with a tap or a finger on the board, so a pupil can come up and answer.

Eleven kinds of slide, all made for the front of the room

Every slide tells the class what to do in big letters, keeps its own time, and works with a tap on the board.

  • Put in order: Photosynthesis

    Put in order

    The class calls out the order, you tap it in, then the right order appears.

  • Match the pairs: Photosynthesis

    Match the pairs

    Join each item on the left to one on the right, then check the pairs.

  • Hidden word: Photosynthesis

    Hidden word

    A clue and a word hidden letter by letter, uncovered one tile at a time.

  • True or false, stand up: Photosynthesis

    True or false, stand up

    Stand for true, stay seated for false. The whole class answers at once.

Change any slide yourself, or ask Noty

Every slide opens in a popup you can edit: the text, the minutes, the part of the sheet, your own notes. Or tell Noty, the assistant beside the slides, what you want in plain words, and undo it with one tap if you do not like it.

Add a hidden word about oxygen before the talk slide

The lesson setup page with the slide list, the slide on the stage and Noty's chat on the right

Built for a real lesson, not a slideshow

  • A pen on every slide

    Write and draw over the slide with your finger. The marks go when you move on.

  • Draw a number

    Picks a number from the class list at random, so the same hands are not always up.

  • Timers that ring softly

    Each slide has its minutes. You can always move on sooner.

  • Rehearse before class

    Run the lesson on your own screen with every button explained. Nothing is saved.

  • Share it with pupils

    One link for the class: pupils save the lesson as a read only copy in their own account and go over it at home.

Try three lessons a month for free

The visual of a note is drawn once. The lesson on top of it is ready in about a minute, and you can open it as often as you like.

  • Free3 new lessons a month, 10 messages a day to Noty. Opening a lesson you already made never counts.
  • Plus, $13.99 a monthUp to 10 new lessons a day, Noty without a daily limit, plus everything else in VisualNote AI.
  • Pictures on requestA slide can get its own drawn picture. Each one uses 1 visual, and Noty asks before it draws.

Questions teachers ask

Which activities are there?

Put in order, match the pairs, hidden word, true or false (stand up or stay seated), talk about it with sentence starters, a calm minute and an exit question, beside the sheet and the quiz cards.

Can pupils come to the board?

Yes. Everything works with a tap or a finger on the interactive whiteboard or smartboard, so a pupil can come up, put the steps in order or join a pair.

How long does each activity take?

You set the minutes of each slide, from 1 to 10. The timer rings softly at the end and you can always move on sooner.

Can I change the activities?

Yes. Change the items, the pairs or the hidden word in the slide's popup, add a new activity anywhere, or ask Noty to write one.

Do they work for every subject?

They follow the sheet of your note, so they work for anything you can put in a note: science, history, geography, languages, grammar.

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