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Animations II and a Guest Video on Teaching with Smartboard

smartboard — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:37:43 +0000

We continue our work with animations in this podcast. We explore many different ways to incorporate animations into your lesson. We also have a guest video from Kelley Garbero. You won’t want to miss this podcast.

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Guess the Picture Episode 67 of Teaching with Smartboard

smartboard — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:05:17 +0000

Happy Holidays!

In this podcast we take a look at a template called Guess the picture. Here is how it works. You put a picture or a problem or a sentence behind a few squares. You have a student and their partner go to the Smartboard and delete one square. They and the rest of the class try to guess what the picture is from the revealed area. If they don’t guess correctly, another set of two people come up and delete another square. This occurs until the picture is guessed. Scott has designed a few cool holiday items for the podcast. He shows a really nice snowflake maker.

Hope you enjoy the show.

Dave and Scott

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ORDER of IMPORTANCE Episode 66 of Teaching with Smartboard

smartboard — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:00:01 +0000

In this podcast we cover the teaching template called Order of Importance. This is a way to put a set of items in a certain order. However, the order depends on the students choices. The only thing the students have to do is JUSTIFY why they put items in the particular place. It is a great way to get students to engage in the material and take a stand. This can be used in almost any subject and any age. We also go over a few listener submitted letters. We have to admit that we forgot to put in the jokes this week. Some of you may be happy about that. We will definitely put them in next podcast.

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Guidelines for Students to go up to the Smartboard

smartboard — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:27:01 +0000

I think it is important to communicate your expectations often when dealing with the Smartboard. That is why I made a Smartboard Slide with all my expectation on it. I always give this at the begining of the year, and often at times throughout the year. It is a good reminder about how to treat each other with respect while working together as a class to accomplish a goal. Here is how I set it up.

1. Have the students work in pairs.

2. Have the person who is closest to the door be the reader.

3. Display the “Guidelines for Students to go up to the Smartboard” for the class to read.

4. Have each pair of students discuss items that caught their attention.

5. Call on a few students one at a time in a random fashion to share their thoughts.

6. Open the discussion up to anyone else who would like to contribute.

Guidelines for Students to go up to the Smartboard

Be respectful to others when they are at the board. We will not laugh at mistakes, or make fun of someone for any reason. Remember you will be up there soon.

You always must justify your answer

You may bring a person up to the board to help you.

If you are not sure what to do, you still must come up to the board, however, you may ask for help from someone who has their hand raised to walk you through the problem.

You will be picked at random to go to the board so be ready at all times with your answer.

You may change what someone else has done at the board. You must justify why you changed it.

Click here to download the slide with the Guidelines on it. This will take you to the resources page. Then click on the Smartboard notebook file that says “Guidelines for Students to go up to the Smartboard”

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Teaching with Smartboard Episode 65 Animations

smartboard — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:43:14 +0000

This podcast is filled with how to work the animations in Smartboard Notebook 10. We cover the Fly in, and the Fade in. It is a great way to add a liitle extra something to your lesson. We also cover a couple of cool websites. Happy Turkey Day.

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Marzano and IWB Technology

smartboard — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:15:53 +0000

Here are two intresting articles regarding IWB and some studies involving Robert Marzano. They are well worth your read!

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/Teaching_with_Interactive_Whiteboards.aspx

http://iwbrevolution.ning.com/forum/topics/robert-marzano-and-interactive

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Teaching with Smartboard Episode 64 Random Gallery Items

smartboard — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:56:46 +0000

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

smartboard — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:57:13 +0000

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

smartboard — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:33:15 +0000

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

smartboard — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:47:03 +0000

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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