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1. Technologies Getting the most out of your SmartBoard Nate Maier Notre Dame College 2010 2011 Academic Year Reflection believe that this resource will be of great value to the classroom teacher have purposefully focused on practical uses and suggestions that can easily be implemented into any lesson or classroom with little or no SmartBoard experience Teachers are bombarded with information and user manuals and hope that this manual can serve as a source of inspiration or ideas on how to use the SmartBoard in the classroom As stated in the introduction this is not a guide that will teach users the basics A SmartBoard user s manual is free and can simply be downloaded from the internet While user s manual tend to focus on the basics such as opening saving and printing this manual presents teachers with ways to enhance what they are already doing in their classroom All k 12 teachers are required to take attendance but these same teachers might overlook how the SmartBoard can be a tool to help them accomplish this attempted to always keep the typical Bexley classroom teacher s needs in mind when creating this manual Finally believe that this manual will be of particular use to the classroom teacher because contextualized the examples and ideas 2 Page Congratulations on your SmartBoard interactive whiteboard It s an amazing teaching tool that will undoubtedly change your teaching2. and what you re capable of doing in your classroom The SmartBoard and Notebook software can be overwhelming because you really can do so much with it This document was created to take a little bit of that pressure off of you to discover all of the fun and practical uses of your SmartBoard on your own The goal of this guide is to provide you with some ideas on how to maximize your SmartBoard s potential in the classroom and beyond You ll find examples of what your SmartBoard is able to do along with practical applications in the primary and secondary classrooms This document is not beginning user s manual that teaches you tasks such as opening saving or orienting your board However this does not imply that only advanced users will benefit from this The tips and suggestions found in this manual can be used by first year SmartBoard users and advanced SmartBoard users alike Many of the applications and ideas are transferable across grade level content area and ability levels SB SmartBoard NB Notebook 3 Page Classroom Management ideas Smartboards are wonderful tools that can assist with your classroom management Below are several examples of how a SB could be used in a classroom e Use your SB to take attendance lunch count or manage your classroom helper tasks e Primary teachers might want to create a chart at the beginning of the school year with each students name off to the side You c
3. Fie Edt View Inset Format Oraw Help e O 98 G 9CX A Embed questions into your notes or set up formative checkpoints Look for keyword question flipper in the gallery and insert it into your document The question is displayed on one side and the answer is displayed when the box is tapped A great new feature with the new NB software is the grouping feature Pages within a document can now be grouped together This is quite handy if you want to organize your lesson into different sections such as intro review of previous concepts formative assessment etc Don t underestimate the power of color with note taking Use a different color of pen or shape to distinguish between different parts of speech or other elements of the language Ex Circle all suffixes with a red circle prefixes with a blue circle and highlight all present tense verbs Once your 10 Page class is finished with the task you could switch to dual screen mode and compare your students work on the left with an already prepared correct page on the right e Remember you can always choose Save As to keep the original copy unchanged and save a second copy of your edited work e Use the page sorter to quickly jump around a lesson e To get rid of the page sorter bar just click on your slide page but make sure that the Auto hide is checked lotsofile SMART Notebook Dex File Edit View Insert Format Draw Help Less
4. Middle School French 8 Blue if ele elete 620 Bexley Middle School French 8 White ii 758 Bexley Middle School YEARBOOK THE CUB OR Add A New Online Classroom Section javascript _doPostBack dgClassList _cti2 _ctl1 Internet 3 start lotsofile SMARTN Bf Untitled SMARTN KINGSTON D Ti SBfinal doc Compati 2ycms olcHome mi j y 4 32PM 4 Click Add download under class downloads You ll want to keep these files organized for your students so you ll need to create categories Once inside a category click on add new form 15 Page Online Classroom Administration My Class Home NATHAN MAIER s Online Classroom 1 SmartBoard Also Below lists all assignments available organized by your assignment groups Only active assignments are displayed here Click on the View Assignment Archive link to view archived assignments Click on the Edit link next to an individual assignment to edit or delete an assignment Add Assignment Manage Assignment Groups View Archived Assignments You will need to MANAGE ASSIGNMENT GROUPS and create a group before you can ADD ASSIGNMENTS Below shows all current links and downloads available from the online classroom Click Edit to modify or delete a specific item Click on the Add links at the top to insert a new item Class Links Class Download Add Link Add Download Below shows all current class announcements availabl
5. an avoid this by using the pic mute function on the projector remote which simply turns the SB screen to black The individual computer monitor will remain unchanged and allow you to take attendance To return to the live SB screen simply press the pic mute button again e A second way to take attendance without your students seeing the information is by using the freeze function on the projector remote The freeze function freezes the SB projector For example if you press the freeze button when the welcome slide with the day s lesson is projected you can take attendance on the computer hooked up to the SB and the welcome slide on the SB will remain When you press the freeze button again the image on the SB will be live 4 Page Pace your group work or lesson delivery by displaying one of the preloaded timers from the SB gallery Keyword search timer It s a great visual to keep your students on task and on schedule The timer can be loud when it goes off so be careful If you plan on using the timer regularly save it to your My Content Regulate the noise level during group work or independent work without adding noise The SB is a great way to let the students know when their noise level is interfering with the lesson A visual cue such as a stoplight can inform every student in the room without adding any extra noise to get their attention Start out with the green stoplight and advance the SB slide to ye
6. can be typed out and revealed when their corresponding number is clicked Works great for step by step processes As with most of the interactive multimedia from the gallery you can edit and adapt to your needs lotsofile SMART Notebook DES File Edit View Insert Format Draw Help e gt 0 SA GIOCX TREOSTIZIBVZI PLSARA B a Change this to whatever you d like your notes here start F Untitled SMART Not lotsofile SMART N KINGSTON D Ty 5B final doc Compati e Use the pull tab from the gallery keyword search pull tab to have your notes ready on demand The pull tab can display pictures or text If your 8 Page notes are longer the scroll tab will appear allowing you to scroll through the notes Once you re done with the tab push it back to the top or off to the side This would also work well for embedding questions into your presentations otsofile SMART Notebook File Edit View Insert Format Draw Help Whese are the nores that willlappeanwhen the tabisipilledinnom uaa siela or uaa N start F Untitled SMART Not E lotsofile SMART N KINGSTON D e The SB now allows you to insert buttons onto your slide that jump to the first slide of the presentation last slide of the presentation previous slide or next slide These can be found in the gallery keyword button 9 Page ofile SMART Notebook
7. e from the online classroom Click Edit to modify or delete a specific announcement Click on the Add Announcement link to insert a new item Add New Announcement Class News CMS District Homepage Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help O xX AO JO search She Favorites 2 2 amp m Dy Address http www bexleyschools org admin olcForms aspx action add amp type form8id 0 amp classID 168 CMS Home Online Classroom Home Manage French I Class Forms Online Class Forms Management Add Form Category Also See r Name Audacity_speaking Add New Form 2_8_2008_ speaking MART N Untitled SMART N gt KI 5 Browse and find your file on your W drive Click on Save amp Close and you re set Your students can now access your class notes and lessons from home ex ay F CMS OLC FORMS Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q sxx amp x a A JO search she Favorites amp B S fw i a 33 Address El http www bexleyschools org admin olcmanageforms aspx action form8fcid 08 amp classID 168 amp catID 798 v Go Links A Bexley City School District n CMS Home Online Classroom Home Manage French I Class Forms a logout Online Classroom Forms Management Form Name L lt Also See Description File i l Placement Audacity eaking Internet FI lotsofi
8. e the tool insert the names of volunteers who ve already had a turn onto the SB 6 Page Untitled SMART Notebook DER Fie Edit View Insert Format Draw Help s U SAIG9OCXCRODTIZBVZI PAZA Click on the arrows to edit the box I start F Bexley City School By Microsoft Exchange Untitled smarT Mf Untitled SMART Windows Media Pla Td SB final doc Repair IES Capture Gy 7 22AM e Save this to your My Content to use throughout the year e Your students will without a doubt be excited to use the SB as well A primary teacher at a conference that attended suggested writing your students names on Popsicle sticks and placing them in a can When a student has had a chance to volunteer at the SB place his her Popsicle stick in the already volunteered can She also said that she does not start the process over until all of the sticks have been used e Here are some ideas of how to make the note taking process more enjoyable and functional for you as well as for them e Having notes typed on your SB document beforehand frees up time during 7 Page the lesson for other activities e Conceal a portion or all of your notes by using the screen shade Think of it as the piece of paper that you formerly used with the overhead projector to cover up a part of the notes e Use the note reveal from the gallery keyword search note reveal Notes
9. l Screen Alt Enter Zoom gt Show All Links When Page Opens Language Setup Page Width Single Page Display v Dual Page Display v Pin Page Extend Page F Extend Page tg Start lotsofile SMART N E Untitled SMART N KINGSTON D T sBfinaldoc Compati A E S E E This is the place to save any files that you know yov Il be using repeatedly throughout the year or lesson All of your high frequency files or links can be saved in one easy to find place Remember the My content saves the files to your computer and your computer only C drive This means that if you save a file to My content on your classroom computer and you go to the computer lab it will not be available e Use the Keyboard function on the SB by pressing the keyboard button on the front of your SB panel This is useful for typing web addresses without having to return to the keyboard attached to your computer 19 Page e Photocopies can be scanned and inserted as an image into your NB file If your scanner is not hooked up to your SB computer save the file to your W drive and access it later Many textbooks have CDs with preloaded workbook pages in the form of PDFs These are a cinch to insert into a NB file Simply open the cd and use the image capture function from the SB Notebook and it will be automatically inserted into the NB file If you want to insert a Word document into your NB file cho
10. le SMARTN E Untitled SMARTN KINGSTON D T SB finaldoc Compati cms OLC FORMS QJ 4 35PM e Your SB file can read like a book You can view multiple slides at once This is wonderful for students who are not fast note takers and those who are fast note takers To view two pages at the same time Choose view gt zoom gt dual page display 17 Page Untitled SMART Notebook File Edit EN Insert Format Draw lt i mp Page Sorter Gallery Attachments Properties Next Page Previous Page Screen Capture Toolbar Screen Shade v Auto Hide Side Bar Customize Toolbar Full Screen Alt Enter Zoom gt 50 75 100 125 Language Setup 150 lll 200 300 Show All Links When Page Opens Entire Page Page Width v Single Page Display Dual Page Display lotsofile SMART N Untitled SMART N KINGSTON D T SB final doc Compati CMS OLC FORMS Rj Z 4 40PM e You can also pin one of your dual pages down using a thumbtack The pinned page does not move while you advance the slides on the opposite page Great for word problems or repeated questions To pin a dual page down select view gt zoom gt pin page 18 Page El Untitled SMART Notebook File Edit EM Insert Format Draw Help lt uy Page Sorter Gallery Attachments Properties Next Page Previous Page Screen Capture Toolbar Screen Shade Auto Hide Side Bar Customize Toolbar Ful
11. llow if the noise becomes a problem If you save this file to your My Content folder it can easily be accessed from every SB file How to get students involved with the lesson Below are some examples of how to create interactive SB files that encourage participation An easy way to involve students or to find a volunteer is to create a SB slide with all of the students names from your class es typed out Insert a spinner keyword search spinner from the gallery and arrange the names of your students around the spinner The spinner arrow will randomly line up with one of your student s names after you tap it It s Sammy s turn 5 Page Joe Dorris Claire Hubert Sammy Bobbi Alfred e Take a picture of your class at the beginning of the year with a digital camera and insert the image into a SB slide Open the Smart Tools application and choose the spotlight tool Who doesn t love seeing their picture on a large screen You can drag the spotlight over the student who you d like to volunteer The magnification feature from the Magic Pen would also work for this Again any file that you ll be using on a regular basis should be saved in your My Content folder for quick and easy access e Use the random text tool keyword search random text tool to randomly pick volunteers from your class Type all of your students names in the text tool and it randomly picks for you You can even hav
12. mpati T SMART Senteo inter R I 2 Choose what kind of layout you d like and save the file to a folder on your W drive T Untitled SMART Notebook a x EER Export PDF Print what Thumbnails Handouts a Full Page Page Layout POF Setup Header and footer Header Untitled notebook Footer Date August 15 2008 7 show page numbers Layout Thumbnail size Small Z Page borders Z Thumbnail titles Print Range al OpPages Example 1 2 4 7 14 start F lotsofile SMART N 3 Go to your Bexleyschools org login page to post your notes to the net http www bexleyschools or Untitled SMART N KINGSTON D Cancel login aspx Z SMART Senteo inter Choose the class that you d like to post the notes to by hitting select 44 CMS OLC Home Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q ak Q x E EA J Search Sie Favorites O B B f a 33 Address http www bexleyschools org adminjalchome aspx a Bexley City School District CMS Home Online Classroom Home E logout Online Classroom Administration My Class Home NATHAN MAIER s Online Classrooms Also See Please select a class to manage Ee 168 Bexley High School French I Edit Select Delete 624 Bexley Middle School French 7 i ele 622 Bexley
13. on notes Learning objective 1 Learning opjective 2 Auto hide KINGSTON D TY 58 final doc Compati Notebook 10 Collabor Use the SB to greet your students at the beginning of each period class Everything can be prepared in advance ready for their arrival Possible ideas to use on your first greeting slide e Awelcome message 11 Page A guiding question to start them thinking about the lesson Review key points and make connections with the last lesson you could even link to the old SB slides and connect background information Any announcements or upcoming school activities Reminders about forms that need to be turned in What the students will need on the desk for the lesson or upcoming school day Daily quotes for reflection This evening s assignments or upcoming assignments Soothing background music is a good way to start the day You can either insert an mp3 file into your SB file or play a cd mp3 on the Windows Media Player application Have a five minute journal prompt for your students to work on You can insert an image of lined paper for your background and use the timer from the gallery to keep track of the time The SB gallery has several options to create calendars for your notebook file There are images that can be inserted for any month and year along with a weekly and daily calendar There s also a calendar generator that creates a calendar and inserts it in
14. ose the Smart Notebook Print Capture option from the print dropdown menu It will insert the document directly into your NB file a3 iF spe wxsbeckewt come e Del Laser Printer 1720dn Find Printer C Print to file C Manual duplex Print what Document Print All pages in range Pages per sheet 1 page Scale to paper size No Scaling e Don t forget that many textbooks now have online editions They re great 20 Page to use with the SB If you re working with a picture book pages from the book can be scanned and inserted into your NB file as images You can even write on the pages without getting in trouble with your librarian You can drag and drop slides from one SB file into another With the two files open click and drag the slide s you want to copy into another file Remember you can always create a link or attachment as well XE VQ WWMM AMA Hello Hello TREAT Hello Hello El Auto tide 21 Page Works Cited Hollis J 2010 May 26 Teachers Love SmartBoards Retrieved July 22 2010 from http smartboards typepad com Nicholson D 2009 February 29 The Whiteboard Blog Retrieved July 22 2010 from Interactive Technology in the Classroom http www whiteboardblog co uk labels smartboard html 22 Page
15. to your document Calendars inserted into your NB files are great for upcoming assignments daily weather birthdays holidays etc Use your infinite cloner here to save yourself extra work One other reminder save the calendar file to your My Content to avoid making a new calendar for each day of the month 12 Page Getting Me mostout of yourSmartBoand If you get into the routine of saving your NB files and notes you can easily post them to the net You can save any notations notes or changes from the class lesson Remember to use the Save As function to save the current file along with the original Great for students who are absent or for challenging lessons To allow your students to access your SB file notes at home follow the following steps 1 Export the NB file as a PDF Choose file gt export gt pdf By saving the file as a pdf anyone can download and read the file from their computer 13 Page Untitled SMART Notebook EG Edit view Insert Format Draw Help rh 5 m a ie z oad a OCXITRODLTIZBVCZI OSARA M Save Cts Save As Save Page As Gallery Item Import Web Pave Timed Saves Image Files PDF b PowerPoint Print Ctrl P Send To 1 calendar_weather 2 Noise_traffic_lights 3 monopoly 1 Exit Notes want my students to see at home 4 Start lotsofile SMART N Untitled SMART N KINGSTON D T 5B Final doc Co
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