EDUC 8847Module 4 Tutorial

The following tutorial is titled “Hands-On Practice Lesson Planning and Delivery for the SMART Board.”

PURPOSE: The purpose of this website demonstration is to guide the teacher in planning a lesson for the interactive whiteboard. The following PowerPoint presentation with screen shots is based on a Geography lesson. The example may be used to create a lesson plan of your choice for most any subject matter.

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The website address: http://www.shrs.pitt.edu/uploaded Files/SHRS_Documents/Technology/95notebook_classroom.pdf

Tutorial

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Be sure the computer is on and SMART board is connected and oriented.

The SMART board icon should be visible at the bottom right of your computer screen, indicating that SMART board is up and running!

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If the SMART board icon is not visible at the bottom right of the computer screen, you must follow these steps to make it appear. Select :

1. Start

2. Programs

3. SMART Board Software

4. SMART Board Tools

4Photos courtesy of Google images

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For more information on how to get started with interactive whiteboard, please follow this link to Quick Reference Guides

http://www.smarttech.com/trainingcenter/windows/trainingmaterials.asp

Photo courtesy of Google images

Preparing Your Assessment Activity (Lesson Plan)

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You will prepare a lesson activity (of your choosing) as a group project. The following example is a Geography lesson plan:

Step 1: Open a blank Notebook file Step 2: Press Gallery tab for custom pages, clip art,Flash animations and videos. (Please Deselect the Auto-hide check box to keep the Side Tab visible).

Preparing Lesson Plan (cont’d)

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Step 3: Press icon to the left of search field to launch the On-Screen KeyboardStep 4: Type the keyword for your lesson plan and press SearchStep 5: You will see a thumbnail image matching your Search criteria (example here image is Flags)Step 6: Double click the thumbnail to view contents

Preparing Lesson Plan (cont’d)

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Step 7: Scroll through the gallery to find what youWant. Drag each item to the work area of your Notebook file.Step 8: Resize each item so that they are approximatelythe same sizeStep 9: Align the flagsStep 10: Write the name of each flag’s country in a different color

Preparing Lesson Plan (cont’d)

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Step 11: Select one of the flags and choose the appropriate typed text from the object’s drop-down menu. Convert all of the flags from handwritten to typed text.

Preparing Lesson Plan (cont’d)

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Step 12: Select clone from the object’s drop-down menu to make a copy of the name of each country. Each flag should have 2 country names.

Step 13 : Organize the names of each country so that one set of country names is placed in a vertical line on your work area. Drag the other country names over their corresponding flags.

Preparing Lesson Plan (cont’d)

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Step 14: Select the United States flag and choose Order<Bring to Font from the object’s drop-down menu to cover the name United States. Complete this task for the Mexican and Canadian flags too

The United States flag is positioned behind the typed text

The United States flag is nowpositioned in front of the typed text

Preparing Lesson Plan (cont’d)

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Step 15: Press file> Save to your Notebook file. Give the file a name and then choose the location where you would like to save it.

TIP: To use this lesson in the Geography classroom, ask students to drag each country underneath its corresponding flag. When exercise is completed, remove the flags to reveal correct answers.

Reference:

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Developing a lesson plan using SMART board (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.shrs.pitt.edu/uploadedFiles/SHRS _Documents/Technology/95Notebook_classroom.pdf