Innovative uses Innovative uses of smart boards of smart boards in the classroomin the classroom

Lathania AnguiED480-01

Mr. John JenkinsNMC-SOE

March 21, 2008

What are smart What are smart boards?boards?SMART Boards (SMART-

Technologies, 2003) are a brand of interactive whiteboards.

Simply speaking it can be described as a whiteboard displaying the image from the computer monitor with the surface operating as a giant touch screen.

SMART BoardSMART Board Enables the teacher and/or student to

perform a range of functions. – The user can

• Write on the interactive whiteboard's large touch-sensitive surface with the electronic pen, drag and drop images or text

• Interact in many ways such as pressing icons to hear pre-recorded sounds

• Engage with educational multimedia activities• Watch simulations and view graphics• Capture text or areas of screen and annotate with the pen• Save notes, drawing s or annotation for future use.

How it worksHow it works

How it looks like in the How it looks like in the classroomclassroom

Interactive uses in the Interactive uses in the classroomclassroom

1. Save lessons to present to students who were absent 2. Create video files to teach a software application, a

lesson, or as a review to be posted to the server or web. Example- How to create a graph in Excel or hoe to burn a projects to cds

3. Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.

4. Present presentations created by student or teacher 5. Have students create e-folios including samples of their

work and narration 6. Digital storytelling 7. Teach whole group computer or keyboarding skills 8. Brainstorming 9. Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations

Continuation…Continuation…10. Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites 11. Creating a project calendar 12. Teach editing skills using editing marks 13. Use in the 6 trait writing process 14. Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. 15. Use it with Kidspiration or Inspiration 16. Teaching students how to navigate the Internet 17. Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature to narrate the text. 18. Use the Interwrite software to create lessons in advance at home or at school. Then save them for

future use or to be shared with other teachers 19. Diagramming activities 20. Teaching steps to a math problem. 21. Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences 22. Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students. 23. Teaching vocabulary 24. Electronic Word Wall 25. End each day by having students write one thing that they learned

BenefitsBenefits1. The interactive electronic whiteboard is great for demonstrations....

2. The interactive electronic whiteboard is a colorful tool. Research indicates that students respond to displays where color is employed...

3. The board can accommodate different learning styles...

4. All ages of students respond favorably to board use...

5. Distance learning is an excellent setting for interactive whiteboard use...

6. One-computer classrooms can maximize the use of limited computer access...

7. The interactive whiteboard is an excellent tool for the constructivist educator...

8. The boards are clean and attractive tools...

9. Students with limited motor skills can enjoy board use...

10. It is interactive...

11. It can interface well with other peripherals....

12. It is a kid magnet! ...

TutorialsTutorialsSMART Tech Home Page

http://library.uchc.edu/departm/cec/flash/sb_main.html

Lesson Plans Lesson Plans with Smart with Smart

boardsboards http://www.scholastic.com/interactivewhiteboards/

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/ http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-

US/Ed+Resource/ http://www.wacona.com/smartboard/smartbo

ard.html http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/WIT/SmartBo

ard/specificapps.htm

ResourcesResourcesSMART Tech Home Page

http://library.uchc.edu/departm/cec/flash/sb_main.html

http://www.scholastic.com/interactivewhiteboards/

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/

http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/

http://www.wacona.com/smartboard/smartboard.html

http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/WIT/SmartBoard/specificapps.htm

In conclusionIn conclusion Smart-Boards are interactive and

hold the attention of students. Teachers are able to obtain Smart-Board lessons. Having students have a visual, listen to the teacher and interact with the board and one another is an improvement in the way a teacher presents information.