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SMART Best Practices- TCEA 2009

February 4, 2009 Conferences, SmartBoard 1 Comment

Title:      SMART Best Practices
Presenter: Lori Reed (Twitter) (Blog)
Description:  Presentation will focus on layering lessons with digital content using SMART Notebook 10, streaming video, audio, and flash activities with an interactive white board.

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“Biggest change in Technology or the fight to stop it”

Making the most of Notebook Software-

Different way to engage  students. Lori participated in the Smartboard Challenge.

James Hollis- Teachers love smartboards

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  1. Click  and grow- reveals the correct answer (file is available under SB exchange)
  2. Secret Information- drag and drop into cell of table. text is grouped with clipart (so they move as one object) and will shrink automatically as soon as it is dropped into the cell. Text is same color as background. Have table background set to white.
  3. Flashing text- Object animation- Click on text and correct answer is flashing. Click on text and go to object animation
  4. Touch and Reveal- When object is clicked on and then will reveal correct answer. Top layer is set to fade out.
  5. Touch and Scroll- object animation- Flip around edges when clicked.
  6. Spinners- (are in the Gallery)- Make a spinner with your students’ names on it. Replace the popsicle stck. Properties> object animation> spin> clockwise and repeat until object is clicked again. (might have to take a screenshot image of spinner before, so it will work properly
  7. Getting Around- Making inks within notebook slides to resemble a web site
  8. Flash video files - embed videos (segments from United Streaming or downloaded YouTube videos)
  9. Voice- use Audacity, garageband- Make an MP3 file and link to a clickable object
  10. Infinite Cloner- Manipulate numbers to create fact families.
  11. Image Transparency- Lower transparency of image and use protractor or ruler to measure > Object properties> Object transparency
  12. Record ,capture and extend thinking- VoiceThread
  13. Sort and Classify> Lesson Activity Toolkit
  14. Capturing reflections- record them and attach to their images
  15. Lesson Activity Toolkit
  16. Balloon Pop
  17. Scavenger Hunt
  18. Word Guess> Lesson Activity Toolkit
  19. Category Sort
  20. Page Recorder> Object animation- Make anagrams
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  1. Lori Reed says:

    So good to meet you today, Sylvia. It’s always great to connect a real face with a fellow Twitter peep. I love my PLN. It connects me to people like you who are smarter than I am and help me do my job better. Thanks for the inspiration – and the live blogging!
    LoriR

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