Smartboard updates for Teachers

4/14/10 Profile Technology Moment: A few Smartboard updates for Teachers

1. Don’t forget your Smartboard updates: set them up for once a month. Select what you need.

2. Before Notebook, discover the Other Smart Tools:
a. Screen Shade
b. Spotlight
c. Magnifier
d. Pointer
e. Digital Ink layer: think of it as digital transparency that you can save and edit.
f. Ink Aware: word, Excel, ppt. ( Open Office Write: expect short delays)

3. Here are some essential resources websites:
a. Educators Resources: This is the official educators exchange platform developed by the makers of Smartboard. It keeps growing and growing. http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/
b. See especially the Smart Exchange, where you can search lesson plans and activity ideas in notebook format, download, and adapt them to your class. Search or browse by subject and state standards : http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html
c. Smart technologies also has it own Youtube Channel, worth exploring: http://www.youtube.com/smartclassrooms#p/a
d. This website is the Aussie version of the Smart Exchange. You’ll be surprised at the amount of resources you can get from down there: http://www.interactivewhiteboard.net.au/
e. Did you know that you can create and edit Notebook files even without Notebook installed on your computer? Just go to the web site of Smart Notebook Express. This is a light version of Notebook, more than enough to get you going.
f. Smart Amanda: Amanda Myton is a professional Smartboard trainer who maintains a list of sites on classroom activities which is easy to search. http://delicious.com/smartamanda
Remember to bookmark these links
PS: subscribe to Edcompass, the interactive classroom newsletter, a good way to stay in the loop.
Jude