How are you using your classroom smartboard?

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Permalink Reply by Kim Kerian on July 13, 2009 at 11:55am

Any suggestions for great usage and sites for 3rd graders using smartboards in the classroom?

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Permalink Reply by Erica Mize on July 13, 2009 at 2:38pm

I love my SMARTboard! I use it EVERYday ALLday! Alot of our curriculum is online so I can pull up copies of worksheets or texbook pages on the SMARTboard and manipulate them during the lesson. It is great for those visual learners. Students use is alot too! We use it alot during centers, and it really keeps them engaged in learning new skills. Our district also has a shared drive so when teachers develop new lessons on the SMART we can put them on the Shared drive and share them with in district teachers. This is really beneficial as well because it is a HUGE time saver. I love my SMARTboard.

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Permalink Reply by Isabel Pessoa on July 13, 2009 at 3:07pm

I have had a SmartBoard for a year and a half. I found it extremely useful for engaging the students. The students enjoy being able to interact with it on a daily basis. Notebook has many math tools in it which the students find very valuable. We use it for a large part of our day. We use graphic organizers in language, various Science applications....I can go on with all the stuff I use it for.

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Permalink Reply by Carrie on July 13, 2009 at 6:21pm

I love my Smartboard! It is such an integral part of instruction-- I can't even list all of the ways we use it. Ha! We use our Smartboard to demonstrate using math manipulatives, to share video projects, to create graphic organizers, and to use our Senteos to take teacher and student generated quizzes. The children love using the Senteos, and they also like playing games together using the Smartboard. I also use it to show center rotations and to record lessons to share on our blog page. This year, I recorded lessons on several math algorithms, and children referred to them from home to teach their parents. The "record" feature has so many uses, and I can't wait to use it more this year! We all feel so fortunate to have Smartboards in every classroom in our school. I can't imagine going back to teaching without one!

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Permalink Reply by Donnie Smith on July 14, 2009 at 5:13am

I got one last year and think it's great. However, I need to learn more about them. Thanks for posting your comments. This will help give me ideas.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Baird on July 18, 2009 at 6:23am

If you want to learn more about how to use a SmartBoard or how to use your SB better, look for training. There are lots of videos online at youtube, SmartTech and also at Moodle Tutorials. See if there is a training session at your local educational service center. Every state should have these.

I highly recommend Jim Hollis' site Teachers Love SMART Boards and his professional development site for Notebook 10.

There are also 2 Math teachers from Napperville, IL that do a video podcast on how to use the SmartBoard. Although they have lots of math examples, their info is fabulous for teachers in all subject areas and levels. You can find them on iTunes. Their podcast is called "Teaching with SmartBoard." You can also find their podcast and the files at their school web site.

Training is truly the key to unlocking the potential of the SmartBoard. You also have to allow yourself time to play with it and get to know it. This does take time but like most things with teaching, the results are worth it if you invest the time up front.

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Permalink Reply by Donna Dolan on July 14, 2009 at 6:26am

I'm getting a Smartboard this year. I just went to training yesterday...what an awesome technical tool! I teach high school CTE classes and I wish there were more prepared lessons to use. I'm tired of creating my own!

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Permalink Reply by Deb Elmore on July 14, 2009 at 7:41am

Ditto for me as well. Currently, I teach the following high school CTE courses - Sports and Entertainment Marketing and Digital Communication Systems. I've found some CTE related courses from various SmartBoard blogs, tweets, and such that can be acclimated to my own CTE curriculum. Here are "some" links that may help you in your own search. I plan to start using these resources in creating my own CTE SmartBoard lesson plans and activities over the summer. Hope that this will help!

http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/
http://www.smartboards.typepad.com/
http://www.teacheronlinetraining.com/
http://pdtogo.com/smart/
http://whiteboardchallenge.wikispaces.com/
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smart-lessons/hi...
http://www.curriculumbits.com/
http://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/DimplePimple/Di...
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.contentgenerator.net/forum/index.php?autocom=downloads
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/EDTECH/SB/templates.htm#high
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?s=smartboard
http://teach.fcps.net/trt27/smart_board_lessons.htm

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Permalink Reply by Kim Trefz on July 14, 2009 at 12:33pm

Love it! Thanks for sharing:)

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Permalink Reply by Donna Dolan on July 15, 2009 at 7:15am

This is a wonderful list. Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Dongsik Kim on July 16, 2009 at 1:19am

I am not good at this smartboard, I mean I never use this one and I need to know something about it.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Baird on July 18, 2009 at 6:24am

Do you have a SmartBoard and not't use it? Or do you want to learn more about SmartBoards to find out if it would be useful for you?

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