Creating Interactive Lessons on the SMARTboard

Presenters: Valerie Schultz, Central Middle

& Carla Grewe, Fern Ridge High School

Introduction• METC Conference• January 28, 2004• Creating Interactive Lessons on the SMARTboard

– Martha Bogart, CSD• Email: mbogar@csd.org

• SMARTboard Updates• SMART Notebook• Template Websites• How to Create a Lesson• Funding Resources

SMART Notebook Updates

• Software updates are available at:• www.smarttech.com• Follow terms under Software License

Agreement• If you own a SMARTboard, you can download

the SMART Notebook software to any computer– Allows you to create lessons at home and bring

them to school

SMART Notebook

• Interactive lessons– Graphic organizers– Internet activities– PowerPoint

• You can resave with annotations

• Advance slides with a touch

– Peer editing

Templates

Many templates can be found in Design Gallery

SmartTech Website available at:http://edcompass.smarttech.com/en/learning/activities/

notebook.aspx

Additional Websites Include: http://www.eagles.k12.mo.us/sullivan/karen/pd4ets/templates.htm

http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/SmartBoard/smartboardindex.htmhttp://emints.more.net/info/central/templates.htm

www.ikeepbookmarks.com/CSD (Click on SMARTboard Stuff folder)

How To Create A Lesson

Think of your objectives

How can you get students involved?

Your goal is to get them up to the board Create something for them to do that requires use of the pen tray, eraser, board Have the rest of the class help the person at the board Other students should have turns at the board also

Funding Resources

www.adoptaclassroom.comwww.att.com/foundationwww.citigroup.com/citigroup/corporate/foundationwww.nfie.org/programs/howto apply.htmwww.bestbuy.com (Scroll to: Company Information, “click on “Community Relations”www.eds.com/community_affairs/com_grants.html