SmartBoards

= SmartBoards =

Smart has a collection of tutorials and user guides on their [|Training Page]. Remember that we are currently using Notebook 10 so choose the guides and tutorials that match that version of the software.
 * Learning to Use Your Board**

SmartBoard Basics A primer from BrightHub

First, you'll want to get comfortable using the board as an instructional tool. At some point, you will want to plan lessons that involve having your students create on the Smartboard. Presently, Smart has a great lesson page with plenty of templates--@http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/index.html
 * Getting Ideas for Using the SmartBoard in the Classroom**

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 * Here are some other links to ideas for the use of the SmartBoard**

Ideas for using the SmartBoard
1. Guided Reading: Display the reading material on the whiteboard for all to see; provide a copy of reading material for each student with a large margin for students to write reactions to text as they read; allow students to share their reactions and post on the board. 2. Have students highlight/underline the sentence they believe is the most important to understanding the passage (not necessarily the topic sentence). Have them discuss the reason for their choices. 3. Any time we have students read, we should encourage them to highlight AND annotate the text. In essence, anything they identify as important must also include a note as to why they think it is significant. 4. Have students write their questions after reading texts. 5. Have students illustrate the text in the margins. 6. Students can find a fictional story that relates to subject area content and share with the class using the board and show/explain the various connections. 7. Students can create footnotes for reading material. Ex. Identify lesser known vocabulary or subject specific vocabulary and define at the bottom of the text. Provide clarification of terms or a reference to a helpful article. 8. Jigsaw the reading: assign parts of the whole to different groups and provide a set of criteria for a presentation (identify/highlight a controversial idea, summarize, then present group reaction, etc.) 9. Have students create an outline or graphic organizer of reading material. 10. Word Splash – invite students to board to write new terms which the teacher dictates. Invite other students to the board to write associations or connections with words or to circle words or terms they are unsure about. Use this as a teaching moment, clarify, and then have the students write a brief story or article that uses all of the new terms.

Interactive boards can easily be used to help students activate their prior knowledge, question text and background, and predict outcomes. Teachers can chunk the reading material and help students use mental imagery, record questions, revise predictions, paraphrase the reading, draw conclusions and make judgments.