Monthly Archives: October 2009

Teaching with Smartboard Episode 64 Random Gallery Items

In this episode we cover many of the random generators in Smartboard.  They are flashed based and easy to edit.  Some of them on this weeks episode include:  Random name chooser, Random group maker, and a random number generator. We show how to find them, and also store them in the gallery.  We also discuss a great site at www.pbs.org.

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Background Music during a Test using Smartboard

I gave my students a test today and played some background music throughout the test.  The students loved it and I found myself a little more relaxed.  Why don’t you give it a try.  Just download the classical music notebook file from our resources page.  The composer and the length of the music in minutes is located on the slide itself. 

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Teaching with Smartboard Episode 63 Beginner Tips and Interactive Memorization Techniques

In this Podcast we discuss a memorization technique that is interactive and fun.  They are a way to have the students work through a vocabulary and definition or simply just a spelling word.  We also talk about some user tips for beginners.  Things like using the page sorter and the select button.  Hope you can join us.

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Post Smartboard Lessons for your Students

I just wanted to share with you the work that Ed Watson, a math teacher at Naperville Central High School, is doing with his classes.  He is posting all his completed Smartboard Lessons online through Google Sites.  Basically, at the end of the lesson Ed will export his Smartboard document as a PDF.  A PDF is a digital version of the Smartboard slides and is universal so that anyone can read it.   (In Smartboard click on File, then Export, and then PDF and save it to a location on your computer)  After he makes it a PDF he uploads it to his website on Google Sites.  (Ask the tech person at your school to help you upload PDF’s)   Google sites is a very easy to learn and is FREE.  If you have a Google account, then you already have access Google Sites.  Ed just got an email yesterday from a student who has mono and was expressing his appreciation for being able to go online and keep up to date with what happens in class.  Ed says that he uploads the PDF’s before the students get home from school each day and it only takes him a couple of minutes to do.  Here is the link to Ed’s Site to check it out and see it for yourself.  http://sites.google.com/site/honorsprecalculussite/home

Here is a picture of what the students see at Ed Watson’s Site

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Game Show Jingles in Smartboard

I just thought you would enjoy this Smartboard Document that contains the sounds of a few of my favorite gameshows including: Jeopardy, Family Fued, The Price is Right, and others.   I use these sounds sometimes when I give a question to the class and are having them work with a partner to solve it.  It is nice background music.  Here is the link to the download or just go to the Resources Page.

Direct download :   If you are having problems with the download see the directions on the Resource page.  http://smartboard.fatcow.com/resources/notebookandpdfdocuments/gameshow%20jingles%20for%20smartboard.notebook

 

I pulled the MP3 sounds from this site.  http://www.audiomicro.com/game-show-sound-effects/page-1#

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