Nov302009

Guidelines for Students to go up to the Smartboard

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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Nov222009

Teaching with Smartboard Episode 65 Animations

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.

Click Here for RESOURCES and Downloads including notebook documents and PDF’s from each episode

Download the actual MP4 Podcast

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Nov132009

Marzano and IWB Technology

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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Oct302009

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.

Click Here for RESOURCES and Downloads including notebook documents and PDF’s from each episode

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Oct162009

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. 

Click here to go to Resources 

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