SMART Board Resouces

SMART Board Resources

Interactive whiteboards are used in many schools as replacements for traditional whiteboards and to provide ways to show students material on the computer (educational software, web sites, etc.). Projectors, which are used on interactive whiteboards, can also be connected to a video recorder or DVD player eliminating the need for a television in the classroom.

The real power of an interactive whiteboard is in its ability to engage students as they use the board to interact with the content being presented. The interactive whiteboard allows students to come to the board to do such things as solve puzzles and math problems, move items around on the board to practice and demonstrate their knowledge on a particular subject, and the board allows the teacher to keep notes on the lesson by saving information in the SMART Notebook.

The following sites are a few offering resources and online interactivity to try with your board.

SMART Technologies Resources

Home Page

http://www.smarttech.com

Training Center includes links to printable training materials, Hands-on Practice, Quick Reference Guides, and Tutorials.

http://www.smarttech.com/Trainingcenter/

Support materials—Links to Product Information, User Guides, Software Downloads, etc.

http://www.smarttech.com/Support/

Gallery - Essentials for Educators - (Scroll to bottom of page)

PC - http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/SBS/SBSv95Win.htm

Mac - http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/SBS/SBSv95Mac.htm

Online Training Calendar

http://www.smarttech.com/trainingcenter/online/index.asp

Educator Resources—Lesson Activities, Templates, Software Resources including BrainPOP, Flash Movies, Finale Notepad 2006, Number Cruncher, and SMART Speller.

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/

Searchable database—Interactive K-12 lesson activities correlated to US state standards.

http://education.smarttech.com/standards

Language Art Resources

Elementary

Magnetic Poetry

o High School Kit—http://www.magneticpoetry.com/magnet/index.html

o Kids’ Kits Online— http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm

Grammar Bytes

http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

Interactive Web Sites

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm