Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Video Conferences

See the links list over to the right side of blog for links to help you find the best video conference to fit your needs.

Click on the link below to view or print out handouts on Video Conferencing:

Handouts

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

SMART Board and Beyond Training Notes

Do you have a SMART Board or Airliner and aren't sure what to do with it? Do you need a little brushing up and some things? Did you know that you could use your Document Camera (Elmo) to grab pictures or snapshots of books to put in your lessons to use again and again? You can take images from the web as well using the Snapshot tool. Do you use Envision Math everyday, but only want to show your students certain problems. Use the capture tool to put those problems into a Notebook or digital lesson that you can use again and again. I'll show you how.

Come to our SMART Board class Tuesday, April 11 and Wednesday April 12 during your outclasses.

Information on the portal - Notebook file with items to look for in the gallery that were mentioned during the training (This link takes you to the district portal -- you must be on campus to open this site)
Once you are in the site, open up "SMART Boards in the Elementary Classroom" File in the document Library
http://portal/C1/C13/ElemSMARTBoards/default.aspx?RootFolder=%2fC1%2fC13%2fElemSMARTBoards%2fDocument%20Library%2fCourseMaterials&View=%7b37C62D00%2d0201%2d42F5%2d9511%2d3EF6C3209AC3%7d

Handouts - Link to Ed Tech Portal where you can find examples and handouts for this course. (You must be at school to browse this link)

Examples of SMART Board Lessons - Favorite Lessons posted to the Ed Tech Portal (You must be at school to browse this link)

There are tons of pre-made SMART Board lessons that are found in SMART Exchange. Search them by simply going to their website:

Below are a list of links that I will refer to in the training:
Using the SMART Board to support Science
Using the SMART Board to support Social Studies
Using the SMART Board to support Math
Using the SMART Board to support Language Arts
Using the SMART Board to support Early Primary

Content Related SMART Board Resources
Topmarks Primary SMART Board Resource by Subject
Using the SMART Board to Review Activities Through Games
Games Rock Seriously - You must be at school to browse this link

Tara's SMART Board How To