SMART Board

An Introduction to using SMART Boards as a Teaching Tool

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:Basic Information about the Smart Board

and ProjectorOrienting the Smart BoardUse the Basic Smart Board Tools

Mouse Skills, Typing, & WritingList resources to use on Smart BoardOverview of Advanced Tools

The Hardware

The SMART BoardLCD ProjectorComputer

Setting up the equipment

Connections:Computer to Projector using

VGA cable

SMART Board to Computer using USB cable

USB Cable

A Closer look at the Interactive Whiteboard

A Closer look at the Projector

Orient the SMART Board

Press the two big buttons on the pen tray simultaneously

•Use any pen from the pen tray.•Place the pen near the target•Draw a line to the center of the target•Lift pen off from center of target•Repeat for all targets.

Basic Skills

Navigation Touch the Smart Board where you want the mouse

arrow/cursor to be. Clicking

Single Click = Tap once Double Click = Tap twice Click and Drag = Tap and hold once, release at

desired location Right Click = Press the button on the pen tray that

looks like the mouse, then tap once where a right click is desired.

Typing

Press the button on the pen tray that has a picture of the keyboard.

Tap on the screen in the place where you desire text to be inserted (e.g. address line of internet explorer)

Type using the onscreen keyboard to produce letters, numbers, symbols, etc

Writing/Drawing

Select a pen from the pen tray and write! Notice the “border around your screen now.

This is the ink aware digital layer.

When you are ready to move on, replace the marker and touch the board. Choose to:

Save your ink layer for viewing/printing later Clear the ink layer to get rid of the markings

Smart Board Educational Uses

Classroom Suite Interactive Books/Activities

http://exchange.smarttech.com/files/ http://www.pppst.com/index.html http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/

resources/programres.htm www.starfall.com http://nlvm.usu.edu www.phxlib.org (then go to kids and Tumblebooks)

The Advanced Tools

Smart Control PanelSmart Notebook SoftwareSmart RecorderMagnifierPointerScreen Capture ToolbarScreen ShadeSpotlight