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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 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.

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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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Easy SMARTBoard Troubleshooting

Very nice PDF to figure out what to do when your SMARTBoard goes ROGUE!

http://www2.smarttech.com/kbdoc/117615

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