Sunday, August 30, 2009

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/

Day 2 SMART Class @HES

Day 2 - AM 8:00-11:45 Review
1. Laptop wireless connection for Internet
2. Add network printer
3. Video Review (30 Minute) *proxy server off
- Ink Aware and Notebook
4. Practice using the Notebook
- More features (pull tabs, spinnter and more LAT)
5. Class Backchannel http://www.chatzy.com/869116438308
6. Tips on downloading YouTube video using zamzar and insert into NoteBook

PM/Afternoon 12:30-3:00
7. Lesson Creation 12:30-1:30
Assignment - Partner with someone in class
Sample SMARTBoard Teacher Rubric
- Create three-five slides sing techniques covered in class.
- Save to network location
- Print
- Test SMARTBoard in your class and monitor the chatsy
8. SMART Airliner pdf
9. Share your lesson in lab on SMARBoard (2:00-3:00)
Folder on shared drive (enter your lastname and notebook name).
Tip Close out of the presentation to open on the shared drive.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Day 5

Summary

Day 4 Review

Review of Notebook Lessons
AM - Presentation
PM - Demonstration of the Smart Response System (aka clickers) video

More links for training materials on Smart Response, Document Camera and Airliner

New Product "SMART Notebook Math" now in Beta

Teaching and learning math with SMART Notebook software is now easier, more interactive and, of course, more fun.

That's because the SMART Notebook Math Tools beta is now available to download. SMART Notebook Math Tools extends the capabilities of SMART Notebook software with a dynamic set of math-specific tools and features, so when you create and explore lessons on your SMART Board interactive whiteboard, you only need one application.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

SMART new 600i integrated board

A quick overview of the new integrated SMART 600i board


Using the Control Panel on the new SMART Board 6001 control panel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vC2_14wd8&feature=related

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Day 2 Review and Day 3 - Wed online assignment

Day 2 Review and Wed online assignment
1. Class Blog (Chatzy… post occasionally) – visit the class wiki
2. Lesson Planning and Delivery with Notebook pdf file
Use the SMART Notebook to make 3 or 4 pages on a topic you will use in the fall
- Lesson Activity Toolkit V2 Videos (matching, vortex, etc)
- Pull tab
- Get inspired World Teachers' Day Videos
3. Review the SMART notebook videos in Youtube or TeacherTube
Review links on the Lesson Activity Toolkit or any other links on the SMART site
4. SmartTech Website find two lessons and activities that you can use in your classroom
5. Interactive Websites … explore a few in the wiki and/or find a few to share
with the class
6. Thursday am .. Share back ….

Optional
7. iTunes (download) Podcast download SMARTboard podcast
- blog link to Teaching with SMARTboards
8. I will post a link to SMARTboard blogs, and SMARTboard Ning
9. Join the SMART Exchange find more lessons and idea

Note - Math software for middle school http://www.aegom.com/us_index.htm
Explore and enjoy!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Summer Course - Teaching in the Interactive Classroom

Gearing up to teach a SMART Board class this week. Updating the links on the class wiki. The SMART website has been reorganized.
Course Description
Day One Agenda (Tentative)
1. Newly updated Class wiki
http://interactiveclassroom.pbworks.com/FrontPage *newly updated
2.new SMART website with new materials as of summer 2009
http://smarttech.com/Trainingcenter/material.asp
3. Software Downloads http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/default.htm
4. Day 1 Review of Notebook - 30 minute video of SMART Notebook
5. Lesson Activity Toolkit
6. Online lessons
http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/default.htm
7. Interactive Websites (states, clocks and more) see wiki
8. Class backchannel link http://www.chatzy.com/573974795894
9. Post a comment to the class blog (google account)
10. Lab time
11. Social Networking Site. Ning http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/
12. Follow SMART on Twitter http://twitter.com/smart_tech