Smart board

What is a SMART Board? To get a better idea of what a SMART Board in the classroom looks like, view this video:

SMART Board Introduction What is SMART Board? A SMART Board is a interactive whiteboard It is used to enhance lessons in the classroom. The SMART Board is touch sensitive so teachers are able to touch it as well as students to get them more involved in the learning process.

For Smart board Pop-up Keyboard Floating tools – to access highligher, pen, eraser, and other frequently used tools Spotlight Recorder with audio Video Player

Magnifier Pointer Instant Conferencing – Join or create a data conference over the Internet. Another great feature for the smartboard it the ability to capture screen shots and save them to your smart notebook.

Applications for Teachers 1. SMART Sync Classroom Management - Helps teachers to monitor students activity and manage aspects of the classroom more effectively and efficiently. 2. SMART Meeting Pro Software – Enables teachers to collaborate digitally. 3. SMART Response Interactive Response System – Enables teachers to monitor the learning progress of their students. 4. Teacher Created Resources | Educational Materials and Teacher Supplies 5. SMART Board Templates and Resources From The Teacher's Guide 6. Teachers Love SMART Boards

Applications For Students 1. Tumblebooks: Talking picture books that are animated and interactive 2. Arcademic Skill Builders: This website features different games that students can play that will help them with their math skills such as addition and multiplication. This is a really great website for students to practice their math while they have fun playing games.

More applications… 3. Kerpoof Studio - Kerpoof studio is a website where students can go and write their own stories online. It has different story lines they can choose as well as artwork to go with it. At the bottom of the page, they are able to type in their story. Besides making stories, they have places where kids can create videos, they can draw pictures, and spell different words to make them into pictures. There is also a section for Teachers to check out that has lesson plans and classroom ideas. All in all, it's a great site. 4. Roy The Singing Zebra - Roy the Singing Zebra is a site that is geared towards any child in early childhood education. It is a site that has many stories about a zebra named Roy. It has more than stories though. It actually has different games you can play that are based on putting words into alphabetical order, there is one for high frequency words, and even some that go over plurals. In addition to all these things, there are also worksheets you can download.