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Using the SmartBoard to create Personalized Stories

Friday, November 28th, 2008

I have written about the SmartBoard Software and it’s  power to put the interactive in the IWB before. There is another cool feature of the Software that you might be able to use to customize and personalize images, stories, presentations, etc in order to get your students interested in what is going on “up there”.
Create [...]

Kindergarten and the US Elections

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

I just wanted to share a great lesson from our Kindergarten teachers.  In preparation of the Presidential elections in the USA, they used an interactive Electoral College map from Yahoo on the SmartBoard. The map allowed them to pick a map of neutral states, ready to be changed into a Republican or Democratic one.

One click [...]

Letting Kids do the Talking

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

4th graders were supposed to come to TechConnect today to practice some math facts with typical drill and kill activities found on funbrain.com. All the hairs on my neck stood up and I could not help but suggest a last minute change of “direction”.
What if we ask the students to use the SmartBoard Notebook software [...]

Using our SmartBoard is Getting Better and Better

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

We have been having so much fun using our SmartBoards. It is great to be able to witness the teachers becoming more and more enthralled with them. Let’s not even mention how interested and engaged the students are.
Currently we have 3 wall mounted boards and one portable board that is being shared by 2 teachers [...]

SmartBoard and Wordle at Open House

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Just a few days after the first day of school, we held our Open House. Parents are invited to hear an overview of the school year by the grade level teachers. First everyone assembled in our Activity Building, where the Principal and Board of Trustees welcomed the parents and go over some housekeeping items, then [...]

Kindergarten SmartBoard Lesson

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

It was the first day for our Kindergarten students to come to TechConnect. Their teacher wanted them to become familiar with the the equipment that we have available in the room and the vocabulary. Since it is the first year we have also a SmartBoard, it was a great opportunity to let the little ones [...]

What Makes the WhiteBoard Interactive ?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

What makes the Whiteboard Interactive?
Finding an answer to this question is very important to me. Since I first touched a SmartBoard at my friend Andrea H.’s (from EdTechWorkshop) school I knew that the possibility for teachers to use the board JUST as another dry erase board or big screen was huge. I need to find [...]

Smartboard Training Workshop

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

We had a SmartBoad Training session at school. Our SmartBoard area representative came to demonstrate the mechanics of the board, while my colleagues Paige M., Katie B.tried to tie in education, pedagogy, 21st century skills, hands-on time,  lesson planning and collaboration for and with this new tool.
We will be starting out the new school year [...]

Mapping our World

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

I found an incredible site (from the UK) this morning, while googleing for "SmartBoard" and "Geography".

Welcome to Oxfam- Mapping our World .
Mapping our World is a whiteboard teaching product for 8 to 14 year olds.
It explores the relationship between maps and globes, and how different projections influence our perception of the world. It challenges the [...]

SmartBoard- Inserting Flash Files

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I found a great example of using the SmartBoard to make a difference in students learning. Linda from CSDsmarties put together on Adding Fractions-Flash-Student Explanation a great explanation of how her instruction and student comprehension differed with and without the SmartBoard.
I do not think Paul’s understanding would be as strong with an overhead materials. When [...]