Using a Smartboard in the Classroom

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Using a Smartboard in the Classroom

• Diana Dawson
• Rockwood Elementary School
• dlsanchez_at_okcps.org

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Using the Smartboard

• Writing - Draw and move, make bigger, clone,
  group and ungroup
• Screen shade hiding items
• Magic pen spotlight, zoom
• Shape recognition pen makes perfect shapes
• Transparent screen write, use screen capture
• Dual Screen and page pinning

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Visuals!

• Screen Full Dual Screen page
  Pin
• Shade Screen Screen Capture

• Magic Pen Tool
• Draw circle for spotlight
• Draw a square to zoom

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Using the side icons

• Gallery Essentials education resources by
  separated by subject and subgroups
• Gallery Sampler find pictures
• My Content save and insert personal items to
  your My Content folder. Right click on what you
  want to save and click Add to My Content
• Using the search bar to find a specific thing
  (i.e. timers, paper backgrounds)
• Smart Exchange find already made lessons that
  you can download and save on notebook!!
• Lesson Activity Tool Kit Has games that you
  can play on smartboard all you do is pick a game,
  click edit and type in your own questions

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Smartboard Tricks!!

• When some pens/erasers dont work touch pen
  tool with a working pen and change its color.
  This also allows you to work faster without
  switching b/w pen tools.
• Calibrating shortcut - touch the
• two buttons in front
• Changing pen colors from welcome screen go to
  control panel, smart hardware settings, pens,
  click on the pen you want to change, click fill
  effects, and choose your color, then apply
• Quick erase make a circle around writing area
  and touch center

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Reading Instruction using the Smartboard

• McGraw/Hill Reading (Online teachers manuals,
  need id and password)
• http//www.mhln.com
• Student.Treasures.Reading (mcmillan/mcgraw
  activities) http//treasures.macmillanmh.com/nat
  ional/students
• Smartboard Notebook Software Interactive
  Teaching Chart. Examples of center activity for
  smartboard
• 1. Essentials for Educators
• English and Language Arts
• Spelling ( fridge magnets)
• 2. Lesson Activity Toolkit
• Example Activities gt Sentence
  arrange gt go down and click on
• Interactive and
  Multimedia

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Sites for Reading Centers using Smartboard

• Smartbook Notebook Software
• Essential for Educators
• English and Language Arts gt Lots of things
  you can choose from there depending on the skills
  you are working on.
• Lesson ActivityToolkit gt Activities gt
  ex gt Keyword Match (make your own vocabulary
  match game), Sentence arrange ( you can type in
  sentences for students to put in the correct
  sequence.)
• Student.Treasures.Reading
• http//treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/s
  tudents
• Online childrens picture books
• http//childrensbooksforever.com/
• Sight words practice grades 1-4
• http//www.sightwordswithsamson.com/sw/sigh
  t_words.asp
• Storyline (picture books read by actors)
• http//www.storylineonline.net/
• Phonics practice and storybooks
• http//starfall.com

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Using a Smartboard for Math Instruction

• Smartboard Notebook Software
• Essential for Educators
• Mathematics gt ( lots of things you can
  choose from depending on what
• you are
  learning)
• Lesson Activity Toolkit
• Activities gt Games gt Ex Multiple
  choice ( make up your own math game
• using
  multiple choice)
• Math skills
• http//www.sandyhill.dcpsmd.net/Navigate/st
  udents2.htm
• Math Jeopardy http//www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_tec
  hn/sbjarea/math/mathjeopardy.htm
• Smartboard Lessons http//technology.usd259.org/r
  esources/whiteboards/smart-lessons/elementary_less
  ons.htmlMath
• Math Skills by Pass Objectives
• http//www.ixl.com

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Useful Websites

• Has lists of websites organized by grade levels,
  subjects, and skills
• http//www.internet4classrooms.com
• Story creativity, specialized content,
  educational information, fun activities
• http//www.magickeys.com
• List of Interactive Websites by subjects
• http//jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact
  -read.htm
• Houghton Mifflin Math Website
• http//www.eduplace.com/kids/hmm/

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Technology around the Classroom

• Using usb and web cam
• Use web cam under Windows Movie
• Maker and show students how to record
  themselves and save on usb
• Ideas
• Record themselves reading
• - Keep a digital file of their
  reading through out the year
• - Save the recording and burn
  on a disk, email parents
• Record themselves giving a response
  about a book that they
• read with some written teacher
  questions about the story.
• Playback on Friday on review and
  assess day. Talk about it.
• Tall standing speaker w/ microphone
• Students can sit in a circle next to the speaker
  and read along with a microphone
• Have students use OKCPS digital school library.
  Students can check out an e-book online if
  available and read it at home. To access go to
  okcps.org, click resources, scroll to Parent and
  Student resources, click OKCPS digital school
  library. ( Your librarian will be able to tell
  you about this, if not e-mail me for any
  questions!)