LTPS

SMART 10, 11, 12 August 2010

Friday, August 13, 2010

 smart?

Do Smartboards Text
Make Smart
Students?
nea.org/facultylounge

post your response here (wiffiti)

Friday, August 13, 2010

 crossing the river: rules
1. The raft can carry only 2 people.

2. The father can not be left with any of the daughters

unless the mother is present

3. The mother can not be left with any of the sons unless
the father is present.

4. The criminal can not stay with any family member unless
the guard is present.

5. Only the father, mother, and guard know how to use the
raft.

Click on the characters to move them on/off raft. Click the

red control ball to send the raft across the river.

Friday, August 13, 2010

 crossing the river

Friday, August 13, 2010

 SMART software

•support training/tutorials

•5 quick tips

•Smartboard revolution Ning

Friday, August 13, 2010

 THE DIGITAL LEARNING FARM
students as:

✤ official scribes

✤ tutorial designers

✤ curriculum reviewers

✤ researchers
✤ collaboration coordinators
Friday, August 13, 2010
 students as:

Official Scribes
•with your group: create and practice (on the SMARTboard)
a lesson environment where students contribute/enhance to
SMART note-taking process
•build collaborative google doc/etherpad docs for class
discussions
•use SMART notebook as a means for multi-media rich
notes (tutorials, handwritten notes, etc)
•export/share notes as pdf or video files on teacher pages/
blog/wiki/posterous etc....
Friday, August 13, 2010
 students as:

Researchers

•with your group: build a Google CSE from the SMARTboard

•call upon students to model search techniques (good and
poor)
•students build tutorials that model good search techniques
•reinforce importance of website validation

Friday, August 13, 2010

 students as:

Tutorial Designers
•with your group: tag-team a tutorial (one person narrates,
the other writes/demonstrates using the SMARTboard) that
illustrates some specific class content
•record the tutorial with SMART recorder, JING,
screentoaster, screenr, etc....
•save JING file as SWF and import into SMART notebook
•attach or embed SMART recorder WMV to teacherpages,
blog/wiki/posterous page, etc...

Friday, August 13, 2010

 students as:

Curriculum Reviewers
with your group:
1. use Audacity to create audio files that will be used as prompts/
clues in a SMART NOTEBOOK file
2. use Google Earth at the SMARTboard to create a guided tour.
click here for slides from Bill’s GE tour presentation
3. use the SMARTboard to create/modify a review game (whack-
a-mole, jeopardy, quia.com, or one from scratch).... students take
turns up at the board and add their own questions.

Friday, August 13, 2010

 students as:

Collaboration Coordinators
with your group:
1. use SKYPE and the SMART tools to share your desktop/
smart notebook with another class in your building, in your
district, or even another country!
2. design a collaborative activity/discussion/lesson that uses
SMART BRIGIT to share your SMART screen with another
classroom, (similar to above, just using different tools to
accomplish the task)

Friday, August 13, 2010

 you don’t have to start from scratch!
✤ import MSFT PPT docs

✤ cut and paste from Word Docs, etc into SMART Notebook

✤ visit the SMART teacher exchange for ready-made lessons

Friday, August 13, 2010

 HOW TO BUILD NOTEBOOK
LESSONS
Debbie Coyle’s file download here

use this resource to get your student up and contributing

Friday, August 13, 2010

 PRACTICE, PRACTICE,
PRACTICE
and then practice, practice, practice some more......

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 lesson example

✤ Geologist Joe

Friday, August 13, 2010

lesson example
✤ Whack-A-Mole

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 other resources
Jennifer Beine’s SMART bookmarks

Bill Seng’s SMART bookmarks

BCC interactive games/activities: these translate well to SMARTBOARDS

Friday, August 13, 2010