How are you using your classroom smartboard?

Any teachers out there have smartboards ? How are you using it? Do you find it helpful as a teaching resource?

Tags: Board, Education, K12, Smart, Smartboard, iboards

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Permalink Reply by Donna Dolan on July 14, 2009 at 7:26am

I'm getting a Smartboard this year. I just went to training yesterday...what an awesome technical tool! I teach high school CTE classes and I wish there were more prepared lessons to use. I'm tired of creating my own!

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Permalink Reply by Deb Elmore on July 14, 2009 at 8:41am

Ditto for me as well. Currently, I teach the following high school CTE courses - Sports and Entertainment Marketing and Digital Communication Systems. I've found some CTE related courses from various SmartBoard blogs, tweets, and such that can be acclimated to my own CTE curriculum. Here are "some" links that may help you in your own search. I plan to start using these resources in creating my own CTE SmartBoard lesson plans and activities over the summer. Hope that this will help!

http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/
http://www.smartboards.typepad.com/
http://www.teacheronlinetraining.com/
http://pdtogo.com/smart/
http://whiteboardchallenge.wikispaces.com/
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smart-lessons/hi...
http://www.curriculumbits.com/
http://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/DimplePimple/Di...
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.contentgenerator.net/forum/index.php?autocom=downloads
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/EDTECH/SB/templates.htm#high
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?s=smartboard
http://teach.fcps.net/trt27/smart_board_lessons.htm

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Permalink Reply by Donna Dolan on July 15, 2009 at 8:15am

This is a wonderful list. Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Dongsik Kim on July 16, 2009 at 2:19am

I am not good at this smartboard, I mean I never use this one and I need to know something about it.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Baird on July 18, 2009 at 7:24am

Do you have a SmartBoard and not't use it? Or do you want to learn more about SmartBoards to find out if it would be useful for you?

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Permalink Reply by Obe Hostetter on July 18, 2009 at 6:09pm

I would also add the SMARTBoard Revolution Ning to your SMARTBoard list. This is a network of over 2000 SMARTBoard users sharing ideas, files, websites, and tips. Check it out at http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com

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Permalink Reply by Marcia Jeans on July 19, 2009 at 12:26pm

Wichita Public Schools has a wonderful website loaded with hundreds of teacher created SMART Notebook lessons. Check it out at http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm .

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Permalink Reply by Cassie Herd on July 26, 2009 at 10:53pm

I love using my smartboard! I use it all day long in all of my subjects. My first graders really love it when I let them pick their own activities on the smartboard at center time. They choose the interactive games most of the time. They are also just fascinated by writing and drawing with it. It adds so much to my lessons.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Pennington on October 4, 2009 at 8:23am

RE: SmartBoards for proofreading practice... Here are 10 tips for proofreading and some really fun exercises that will help writers catch their own mistakes-even spelling errors! See if you can catch all of the errors at Top 10 Proofreading Tips without using these tips. I'll wager that you can't. These proofreading tips will make a difference in your own writing and in that of your students.

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Permalink Reply by Donnie Smith on October 4, 2009 at 8:28am

Wow! We have some awesome teachers on here. Thanks for all of the tips. Keep them coming and keep on keeping on. Donnie Smith

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Permalink Reply by Flora Vgontza on October 8, 2009 at 9:24pm

Thank you dear colleagues for these links... I really appreciate it!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Nick Petrarca on November 8, 2009 at 8:15am

I do not currently have a smartboard in my classroom, but I do have access to one in other classrooms. I am new to the smartboard technology. I have read several replys on this discussion. I am looking for some basic pointers to get my students involved with me using the smartboard in class. i am an elementary health teacher.