Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Update Presentation using SlideShare and YouTube

You can now add YouTube Video to your SlideShare Presentation. Here is my updated presentation.

Use Online Video in Your Classroom

Article from edutopia
Use Online Video in Your Classroom
How teachers can bring the best of YouTube to your students.
Online Interactivity for Educators: A Teacher's Tour of YouTube
Pay Attention v4
Three years, 20+ million online views, and many, many face-to-face showings later, the Did You Know? (Shift Happens by Karl Fisch/Scott McLeod) video still is going strong.
Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Presentations and a few challenges

It was great seeing all of you yesterday. I will continue to post updated information about SMARTBoards on this site over the next few weeks. The new SMART Exhange site is now ready, I have posted a link and video below.

I also wanted to give you a few challenges as you continue to work on your SMARTBoards.

In the Gallery search pull to target
Video link http://downloads.smarttech.com/media/education/lessonactivitytoolkit/ClozeProcedure.mov

I am also searching the best way to get videos convereted to flash files to work in the notebook.

I am experimenting with my Flip Camera and will post some of your lessons online for you to view and I will send you the link. Here is one example

I will be teaching a course this month for MESPA http://www.mespa.org/professional/calendar.html Brochure...
Learning Without Boundaries: Introduction to Web 2.0 –
A blended learning course (four face to face after school sessions with 28 hours of intervening online activities)
Dates Dates: September 23, October 21, November
18, and December 16, 2009
Time: 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Registration Begins: 3:00 pm
Register by: September 14, 2009

New SMART Exchange Site is ready




http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/index.html

Watch a guided tour

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Pictures from class

SMARTBoard Presentations

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Day 4 - Thursday Agenda

Agenda
8:00-8:15 Coffee
8:15-9:00 Classroom practice with SMARTBoard and Assignment 2.
K-3 Interactive sites http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html

Afternoon
Media Center Review
Evaluations
Final Project/Assignment
- NEXT CLASS - Tuesday Septemter 8th (3:30-6:00 pm)
Assignment (Curriculum night presentation and unit or lesson for September)
* Curriculum Evening, Lesson/Unit for September

results

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Day 3 - Wednesday Agenda

Morning Session
8:00-9:00 Library Media Center / Coffee -- Review daily agenda
* Fall date (5 hours online and three hour review at HES Tues 9/15.
9:00-9:30 Practice using SMARTBoard in your classroom and post any issues in the class chat/back channel http://www.chatzy.com/869116438308,
The vendor will be in today to address any problems. Practice using Interactive Sites and NoteBook.
9:30-11:30 Computer Lab
- More NoteBook Training (SMART Recorder and Tools)
- NoteBook presentation from conference on network folder *links to other schools
- SMART Response Demo with NoteBook

PM -
12:30-2:50 Assignment Two (see handout)
Hands-on Lab / Homework


2:50 Wrap-up and plans for
Thursday Day 4
8:00-8:15 - Coffee
8:15-9:00 - Practice connection in classroom and finish lesson

9:00-11:30 Classroom Tours and lessons
Lunch
*Homework for Thursday
Homework (pick two) Continue your Professional Development .....
1. Join the SMART Exchange and login. Locate a lessone and download.
2. iTunes installed on your laptops.
Go to the iTunes Store and search Smartboards and subsribe to "Teaching with SMARTBoards. A list of vide podcast will appear find on of interest and click on Get Epidoe. (tip, select a short video if you are using wireless. This may work better outside of school.
3. Go to the SMARTTech site or YouTube and locate training topics on the SMARTBoard.

Begn to plan final project for Septemter 15th, we will review in class on Thursday.
* Curriculum Evening, Lesson/Unit for September

A few more Interactive Sites ...
http://www.mathplayground.com/wordproblems.html
http://www.teacherled.com/all-interactive-whiteboard-resources/