Snow Day! SMART Blogs, White Papers and more -- Readings

Can you believe yet another snow day? If you were using a blog with a class this would be a way to extend your teaching outside of the school day! Here are a few links to teachers using SMART Boards and blogging about their lessons. These blogs and White Papers are a great way extend your learning even after the course ends.
1. SMART Board Lessons Podcast: PDTOGO http://pdtogo.com/smart/
Teachers Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger produce a weekly podcast on using the SMART Board in the classroom. They cover a wide range of topics in their show, and the archives are organized by subject area. Since these are audio shows, busy teachers can listen in the car or on their ipods while doing other things.
2.Teacher LED: This site provides teaching resources for interactive whiteboards. According to the site, these resources “allow the teacher to explain, demonstrate and provide examples to further the students’ understanding of the lesson. By not circumventing the teacher’s role… they allow the teacher to provide as much instruction and examples as he/she deems necessary at an appropriate pace.” Most of the resources are math-related, but there are also some English and geography resources.
3. Using the SMART Board to Teach Engaging Lessons: This video podcast covers many of the SMART Board tools, including Smart Notebook 10. While it has a math emphasis, there are useful resources for all teachers.
4. Great K-3 Sites for Using the SMART Board: This is a collection of SMART Board resources from Julie Thompson for teachers of early elementary students.
5. Engaging Learners the SMART Board Way: This workshop takes learners through interactive SMARTboard activities, an overview of the Notebook software, 12 ideas for using the boards in class, and various curricular resources for the core content areas.
6. SMART Board, AirLiner, and Senteo Activities: This site has a number of activities that you can download and use in your classroom. Lots of great short videos. They also accept submissions, so you can contribute your ideas, too.
7. All-interactive-whiteboard-resources/

White Papers on SMART Boards

Have fun exploring!