Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota SMART BOARD Basics Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

Getting your hardware going… What to connect… USB Speaker?? Projector What to look for…. Green light on the bottom left of board Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

Hardware Basics – Get connected, orient Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

Features Touch system Digital Ink overlay Pen Tray Floating Tools Smart Notebook Software Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

Are you using SmartNotebook? Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

Floating Tools The Floating Tools toolbar is a customizable collection of buttons that floats on top of other programs. The Floating Tools toolbar enables you to quickly access frequently used tools and features. The default Floating Tools toolbar enables you to write or draw, highlight, erase, right-click, start the SMART Keyboard, create .notebook files and undo a previous action. To open the Floating Tools toolbar Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Show Floating Tools.

Tool Bars Delete Open Paste Save Undo Redo Previous Next Add Page

Show/Hide Screen Shade Full Screen View Toggle Dual Page Mode Screen Capture SMART Document Camera Table Insert Question Start Assessment

Shape Recognition Tool Magic Pen Tool Fill Tool Text Tool Select Tool Pen Tool Creative Pen Tool Eraser Tool Line Tool Shape Tool

Properties Toggle Toolbar (top/bottom)

Overview of Tools Pat Bruinsma - ESA2 Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

Smart Notebook Gallery Features Math Tools Ruler Compass Protractor Clock Number writing practice Language Tools Large letters Sound

Creating (or modifying) a Lesson Plan with SMART Notebook Objects In Notebook, anything you can select inside the work area including text, graphics, shapes, and pictures are considered objects Objects have 2 handles –White to resize, Green to rotate Black arrow to change properties (add links, clone, group, order….) SMART gallery Page templates (folded top right corner) Gallery items Online resources Page Sorter Overview of all pages in a presentation Active pages are indicated by the blue border and a drop down menu Cloning, deleting, clearing pages Changing order, naming pages

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Students with Disabilities Visual learners -note-taking, diagramming and manipulating objects on the large screen Kinesthetic/tactile learners -exercises involving touch, movement and space Deaf and hearing-impaired -visuals on the screen and the simultaneous use of sign language Visually impaired students (with some vision ability)- manipulate objects and text Physical disabilities -the large screen and touch-sensitive surface facilitate learning Behavior issues -can be used to promote good behavior