Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

I Have a SMART Board... Now What?

and

Take Your Instruction to the Next Level

with SMART Boards

The Conference for Illinois Second Grade Teachers

Staff Development for Educators
April 12, 2011

Lucy Gray
lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
http://www.lucygray.org
All files available for download at:
https://www.box.net/shared/yabm0eqmou

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions

• About Interactive Whiteboards
• Effective SMART Board Use
• SMART Board Basics
• Sample Lessons
• Continuing Your Professional Development
• Q&A

Objectives

• To identify components of a SMART board

• To become proficient in the use of Notebook software
and SMART board floating tools
• To become familiar with effective uses of SMART
boards in primary grade classrooms
• To discover activities and lessons appropriate for
second grade students
• To locate resources for expanding your use of SMART
boards in your classroom

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

Questions

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

Notes

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

Notes

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

SMART Board Resources

GENERAL IWB INFORMATION

55 Interesting Ways to Use an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) in the Classroom

http://bit.ly/bCmbWe

Beginner SMART Board Training

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15242024/BEGINNER-SMARTBOARD-TRAINING

A Clean Slate: Interactive Whiteboard Makes Lessons Snazzy | Edutopia

http://www.edutopia.org/whiteboard-classroom

Kent ICT IWB Resources

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/kentict_iwb_home.cfm

Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom

http://rmtc.fsdb.k12.fl.us/tutorials/whiteboards.html

COLLECTIONS OF SMART BOARD NOTEBOOK LESSONS AND INTERACTIVES

Harvey’s Homepage
http://harveyshomepage.com/Harveys_Homepage/Welcome.html

SMART Board in the Classroom

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

SMART Board Notebook Search Engine

http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=016810805021913517955:bkals5ej7yg

SMART Exchange
http://exchange.smarttech.com/

SMART Lesson Collection | Scholastic, Inc.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=447

Tequipment’s Educator Resource Center: Downloads

http://www.community.teqsmart.org/download.php

TES iBoard
http://demo.iboard.co.uk/?session_id=26e4ce8a5ea8f591f77ca413f7bbbcdc

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

SCHOOL COLLECTIONS OF SMART BOARD MATERIALS

Center School District (MO) SMART Board Resources

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/SB/SB.html

Center School District (MO) SMART Board Templates

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/SB/templates.htm

Center School District (MO) SMART Board Web site Resources

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/resources/SBsites.htm

Lee’s Summit, MO School District SMART Board Resources

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm

Longwood SMART Board Lessons

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/longsmart.html

Rockingham County Public Schools (VA) Technology Integration Resources

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/soltechintegration.htm

SMART Board Tools - Roan Creek Elementary (TN)

http://www.rce.k12tn.net/SMARTBoard/SMART%20board%20tools.htm

SMART Board Use in RCPS

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/howto/smartboard/smartboard.htm

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

SUBJECT AREA SPECIFIC INTERACTIVE WEB SITES

Language Arts

Spin and Spell

http://www.spinandspell.com/

Interactive Whiteboard Resources: Literacy, Key Stage 2 - Topmarks Education

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=46

Kids’ Poetry Page

http://kids.magpogames.com/

Mrs. Hurley’s ESL - SMART Board Favorites

http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/smartboards/smartboardfavorites.html

Spelling City
http://www.spellingcity.com/

Student Interactives - Read Write Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/

Mathematics

BGfl - Whiteboards - Mathematics

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&m=429&p=250,index

Flightplans for Learning: Differentiation & Deep Thinking with Technology

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/pilot/pilotmath.htm

Illuminations Activities
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html

Math ‘n Tech Salad Bar

http://www.globalclassroom.org/2005/mctm/kidspiration.html
Kidspiration templates related to math.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/

Numberlines
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberlines.html

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

Social Studies & Science

K-2 Science Interactives from Thinkfinity

http://bit.ly/e56KOu

K-2 Social Studies Interactives from Thinkfinity

http://bit.ly/fnlhcx

BBC - Schools Science Clips

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

BGfl - Whiteboards - Primary Science

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&p=249,index

Lawrence Hall of Science - 24/7 Science

http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/

General Game and Interactive Sites

ClassTools.net
http://www.classtools.net/

games | LearnEnglish Kids | British Council

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/games

Kent ICT: Games

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/index.htm

OCSD Interactive Games

http://resources.oswego.org/games/

K-2 Student Interactives - UEN

http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/index.shtml

Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music, Art and PE Interactive Sites
http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html
Good collection of interactive web sites that could be use on computers or on a SMART board.

Interactive Whiteboard Games | PBS Kids

http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/

SMART Board Jeopardy

http://www.fairbanks.k12.oh.us/groups/fairbankstech/weblog/149e1/
SMARTBoard_Jeopardy.html

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Blogs & Wikis

Many educators are documenting their work with SMART Boards in professional blogs
and wikis. These sites are great for browsing to get new ideas and to find additional
training materials.

Get SMART with SMART Boards

http://www.getsmartwithsmartboards.com/

InTec InSights: Technology Integration Ideas for the Classroom

http://karenogen.blogspot.com/

SMART Boards in Education Wiki

http://smartteach.wetpaint.com/

SMART Board Goodies

http://smartboardgoodies.com/

SMART Board Lesson Ideas

http://smartboardlessonideas.wikispaces.com/

SMART Board Tips

http://smartboardtips.wikispaces.com/

The Whiteboard Blog

http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/

Blog Posts

These are a few specific blog posts that will help educators new to the world of
interactive whiteboards.

Langwitches Blog - SMART Board and Calendar Times

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/07/smartboard-and-calendar-times/

Langwitches Blog - SMARTboard Training Workshop

http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/07/29/smartboard-training-workshop/

Mr. Bass Online - SMART Notebook... Online

http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2011/04/smart-notebook-online

SMART Board: Smart Ways to Use the SMART Board Daily

http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/29535.aspx

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

Online Communities

There are a few social networks devoted to supporting educators with adopting new and
emerging technololgies. These are great places to get help and to get new ideas for
incorporating SMART boards into your classroom.

Interactive Whiteboard Revolution

http://iwbrevolution.ning.com/

SMART Board Revolution

http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/

Podcasts

Free audio files are available as profesional development resources. Browse through the
archives to find a topic of interest and then listen to how other teachers are using
SMART boards in their classrooms.

Get SMART with SMART Boards

http://www.getsmartwithsmartboards.com/

SMART Board Lessons Podcast >> Archive

http://pdtogo.com/smart/

Research

Educational Leadership: Multiple Measures: Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards

http://bit.ly/9HlRMW

Exploring Pedagogy with Interactive Whiteboards: A Case Study of Six Schools

http://www.ed-dev.uts.edu.au/teachered/research/iwbproject/home.html

NCEF Resource List: Interactive Whiteboards

http://www.ncef.org/rl/interactive_whiteboards.cfm

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

Rubrics

Several school districts have developed evaluation tools for helping their teachers
improve their teaching with interactive white boards.

Amphitheater (AZ) School District Rubric

http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/smartrubric.html

Center School (MO) SMART Board Rubric

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/EDTEch/SB/resources/spectrum.pdf

Calvert - SMART Notebook Lesson Rubric

https://calvert.wiki.ccsd.edu/SMART+notebook+Context#In%20Context-SMART%20Board
%20Lesson%20Rubric

Videos

A slew of videos are available to add to your professional development arsenal. Also,
don’t forget... if you want to convert videos to Flash to insert into a notebook file, try
Zamzar.com.

Get SMART with SMART Boards Notebook Video Tutorials

http://www.getsmartwithsmartboards.com/notebook-video-tutorials.html

ICT | Primary | Whiteboards | Teachers’ TV

http://www.teachers.tv/ict/primary/whiteboards

Jacksonpollock.org on the SMART Board at SWA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enbjoEfIIMw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

SMART Classroom’s Channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/SMARTClassrooms

SMART Board Math Lesson

http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=87192

Teaching with SMART Board

http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/what/math/smartboard/

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
Staff Development for Educators April 12, 2011

SMART Technologies Links

SMART Technologies is very supportive of their users, and their web site contains a
plethora of videos, handouts, and resources to meet your needs. Here are a few that are
particularly valuable.

Hands-On Practice: Lesson Planning and Delivery with Notebook Software

http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/services/handsonpractices/pdf/english/
hopnb10lessonplandeliver.pdf

Notebook software Version 10 Toolbars

http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/services/quickreferences/pdf/english/
qrnb10toolbars.pdf

Quick Reference: Working with Notebook Gallery Software Gallery Collections

http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/services/quickreferences/pdf/english/
qrnb10workingwithgallery.pdf

Quick Reference: The Floating Tools Toolbar

http://bit.ly/fExy9h

SMART Notebook Express

http://express.smarttech.com/#

SMART Notebook Software Learner Resource

http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/services/quickreferences/pdf/english/
qrnb10workingwithgallery.pdf

SMART Classroom’s Channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/SMARTClassrooms

Training Search - SMART Technologies

http://www.smarttech.com/us/Resources/Training/Training+Search

lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com