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SMARTBoard Workshop for Kane County

Thanks for coming! Please head to this page for the agenda, notes and resources for our workshop. After today, you can find the notes and all of the SMARTBoard related posts by visiting the SMARTBoard tag or the Interactive White Boards tag on my blog.

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Interactive White Boards & Office 2010 @ VHS

Today we'll spend some time getting reacquainted with your SMARTBoard or Interactive White Board (IWB). The goal of today is to make this as much of a hands-on experience as it can be for you all. PLEASE don't hesitate to ask any questions you have or that pop up during the training.

See the attached SMART Demo Notebook File, along with a PDF version of the same document.

We'll also take a little time to introduce you to your new computers - you have both a new operating system AND a brand new version of Microsoft Office that you may have never seen before. I don't have a lot of experience with either Windows 7 or with Office 2010, but thankfully I know where to find EXCELLENT quick-guides for these new tools.

I can't re-post them here, but all of the quick guides that I'll share with you today came from Custom Guides Quick References. You can follow that link and after a quick registration gain access to the following guides, along with almost any other software or operating quick guides you can think of - both on the Mac and PC:
  • Windows 7
  • Office 2010 Overview
  • Microsoft Word 2010
  • Microsoft Excel 2010
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

Click here to download:
SMARTBoard Features Demo.notebook (1.11 MB)

Click here to download:
SMARTBoard_Demo.pdf (815 KB)
(download)

Filed under  //  Excel   Interactive White Boards   Office 2010   PowerPoint   VHS   Word  
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Interactive Whiteboard Resources - UEN

Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Looking for some ideas on how to use your Interactive Whiteboard? Below are a variety of web sites and resources that UEN gathered just for you.

 

Preschool Interactives
UEN gathered a variety of online activities that are appropriate for Preschool aged children. They are organized by Letters, Numbers, Me and STEM.

K-2 Student Interactives
UEN's collection of online games for kindergarten, first and second grade students is perfect for your Interactive Whiteboard.

3-6 Student Interactives
Engage your whole classroom and promote collaboration by displaying these grades 3-6 online interactives.

7-12 Student Interactives
See your 7th - 12th grade students get excited about learning with this collection of interactive games and tools.

PBS KIDS Interactive Whiteboard Games
Here is a collection of interactive whiteboard games from PBS. Like their programs, all of their games are age-appropriate and vetted by educators.

Thinkfinity: Student Interactives
Thinkfinity provides free online learning interactive games and activities for students of all ages.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
These online manipulatives and activities allow K-12 students explore and examine math concepts.

Shodor Interactivate
This is a popular set of interactive online materials for math and science education - for grades 3 through 12.

Freezeray.com
This site offers a bank of visual teaching-aids and interactives for the Science classroom.

via uen.org

Thanks to the good folks at UEN for bringing these great Interactive White Board activities and eMedia videos together for Utah teachers.

Spread the word!

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More Colleges Are Using Hand-Held Devices as Classroom Aids

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via nytimes.com

Classroom response systems are becoming more and more prevalent. If only the clickers didn't cost $70 a piece on top of the interactive white board setup.

Even with the limitations and potential issues of time, speed, and availability of student cell phones, I still like the idea of Poll Everywhere for introducing teachers to this sort of on-the-fly formative evaluation of student learning.

Filed under  //  Classroom Assessment Techniques   Clickers   Interactive White Boards   Poll Everywhere   Student Response Systems  
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SMARTBoard Resources

You can find these resources later by using the SMARTBoard tag on my site at: http://sedcclint.com/tag/smartboard

First Things First - Orient The Board

  • Orienting the board matches up the location of your pen on the board to the corresponding screen location.
  • You can orient the board when you first launch Notebook, from the Help (?) Button on the board, or by pressing both the Keyboard and Right Click buttons on the base of the board together.
  • Help button (or anything else) not working correctly? You may need to download and install the SMARTBoard Drivers

References and Handouts

Notebook - Kinda like a chalk board, but so much better

  • With SMART Notebook software, you can quickly access all lesson materials from one convenient location. Intuitive tools and features enable you to easily create, deliver and manage interactive lessons. You can also add graphics and multimedia content instantly to any assessment or lesson.
  • Create your lessons beforehand, at home or at school, or during class on the fly.
  • Save Notebooks for later use, or export the pages as images, PDF's, or web pages to share with your students (It's a great idea to make these resources available to students and parents from your web site) - In Notebook, head to File --> Export to see the options.
  • Access the SMART Exchange directly
  • Browse or search the Gallery for virtually anything you may need
  • Use the Screen Shade for an incremental reveal of your page - like the old piece of paper on the overhead projector!
  • Use the Magic Pen to make sure your students are following along. Ink disappears after a certain amount of time.
  • Shape Recognition Pen will turn those squiggly, wavering circles into perfect spheres
  • Customize the Toolbar so that the tools you use most often are at your fingertips

Download, Access and USE the 'Extras'

Capturing screen shots and Recording everything

  • The Screen Capture Toolbar (Camera icon) will allow you to capture or take "pictures" of your screen to use in your Notebooks. The toolbar has 4 options:
    • a selected area of the screen
    • a selected window
    • a free-hand selected shape
    • the entire screen
  • The SMART Recorder (Camcorder icon) will allow you to basically record everything that happens on your computer, including sound or a microphone if it's connected, to create an archive or 'Screencast' of your lesson

Handwriting to Text

  • There's also the on-screen keyboard to enter text - just hit the Help (?) Button on the board.

Keeping up, or Going Further

Here are some additional learning resources that you can listen to or watch anytime, anywhere to further your learning and expertise with this amazing teaching tool. These are links to podcasts, and will take you directly to iTunes:

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