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We have several teachers in our building in the same predicament as you seem to be in: have the software, but not the interactive screen (yet). Now's your chance to explore it through your computer; then you'll feel better prepared when you get th...
Feel free to download my free SMARTBoard Notebook 10 software tutorial/training file at http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/forum/topics/notebook-10-trainingmultimedia It goes from beginner to advanced and works great on a computer with Notebook ...
I've been researching Smart Boards for two months now and have put together a Word document listing various tutorials - pdfs explaining the Smart Notebook, 2-minute videos, PP presentations, etc. I'll skim through ans see what I can find for you t...
If you go through the interactives and multi-media section in the gallery, there are all kinds of activity templates that you can quickly create for a lesson.
I do not have a screen but something called SB tools...it is software. Thanks for the comments.
Notebook is similar to PowerPoint except Notebook everything can move, rotate and be resized. Notebook software is incredible software especially if used on a SMARTBoard.
Here is SMARTTech's website with the 1000 Notebook lesson at http://www.edu...
If by tools you mean SB software, you can go to SMARt's Web Site and download files that have already been created to go with your curriculum. Then you could have the kids practice with them at center time. You could also create your own files and...
I have two computers in my classroom with SB tools. I teach first grade and I would love to learn how to use these tools but not sure what I can do...any help would be awesome!!
PS I don't have a smart board in my classroom
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- At 12:29pm on April 3, 2009,
Joan Biese said…
- Sorry it took so long to get back to you, Jennifer! I'm new at this Ning thing! :)
My classroom situation at the beginning of the school year was this: I got transferred from the "old" building into the newly-built addition. I'd had a SMART board for 3 years by then, but it wasn't installed in my new classroom for several months. Finally, after exhibiting a great deal of saintly patience (and pitching a small temper tantrum to administration on my behalf, I'll admit), it was installed.
During the SMART board "drought," I had to re-do most of my lessons that were intended for an interactive board, which, unfortunately (or fortunately??) were created with the SMART board in mind, because I came to enjoy using it so much! Needless to say, the projector was up from day 1, and everything was connected to my computer right away, except the board itself. Many lessons could be presented against the white wipe-off board that was placed on my "projection" wall, but I had to use wipe-off markers and erasers, rather than the technology, to get things to "appear" or move on the documents I showed. Many of the items (completed Venn diagrams, for an example) could not be saved as simply as when it was all hooked up. Instead, we'd do an activity with the Venn diagram projected on the wipe-off board (using the wipe-off markers), and I'd have to get on my computer later on in the day and transfer what the kids wrote by typing it in the proper location. To me, it felt like I had to re-invent the wheel, and it was a tremendous time-drainer--not just having to re-write everything that my students brainstormed, but having to spend an enormous amount of time re-formatting my lesson plans for math, reading, science, handwriting--basically every curriculum subject--because my interactive board wasn't hooked up.
When I learned that brand new SMART boards were being installed in rooms that had never had them before, while mine sat against the wall in my classroom, I pitched that tiny tantrum (and rightfully so, I believe). The very next day, guess what was hooked up?
I wish you lots of luck, and hope that you can soon enjoy the benefits of the whole enchilada, rather than just some of its parts!
- At 10:08am on March 13, 2009,
Matt Granger said…
- Welcome to the Revolution! I hope you find this to be a useful resource. Find ways to get involved: join, or start a discussion or group, start a blog, comment on the videos, and invite your Smart using friends. Check out the File Sharing tab. Submit any lessons to one of the emails listed and we'll post them.
Good to have you on a board.
Matt
- At 9:06pm on March 12, 2009,
Jennifer said…
- I have two computers in my classroom with SB tools. I teach first grade and I would love how to use these tools but not sure what I can do...any help would be awesome!!
Profile Information
- How long have you been a teacher?
- 1-5 years
- How long have you been using a SMART Board?
- 1-3 years
- What SMART equipment do you use?
- SMART Board
- Computer Platform
- Windows Vista
- About Me:
- I teach first grade. I have two Dell tablets with Smart Board tools. I want to learn ALL about these tools. How can I use the Smart Board tools in my classroom????
- What country are you in?
- United States
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I have two computers in my classroom with SB tools. I teach first grade and I would love to learn how to use these tools but not sure what I can do...any help would be awesome!!
PS I don't have a smart board in my classroom
PS I don't have a smart board in my classroom
Posted on March 12, 2009 at 9:14pm — 7 Comments
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