1. SMARTBoard and Interactive Activities for Middle School

2. Session Description Enhancing your use of technology may be as simple as fully utilizing your SMARTBoard software. In this digital age – it is important to engage students. Interactive lessons achieve that goal. SMART offers many lessons that coordinate with your subject area. Many activities can be found online as well. I will share lessons and activities as well as links for more resources. Wonderful for whole class and also excellent for differentiation. Version 9.79.7 Version 1010

3. Previous Page Next Page Add a blank page Save Paste Undo Delete Toolbar- Same icon format as you see in Windows programs

4. Shade Full Screen Capture Select Tool Pen Creative Pen Eraser Toolbar These are unique to SMART

5. Line Shapes Font Fill Transparency Line Width Move toolbar to bottom Toolbar These are unique to SMART

6. Question boxes – question on one side, click and it flips over to reveal the answer.

7. Page 2 of Teacher Created Activity

8. Use a pen to draw lines….

9. Or use a creative pen to draw lines….

11. Page Sorter shows all pages open Gallery- Access to Gallery and Essentials for Educators Attachments – View of files you have attached

12. Dice With Numbers, Letters and Sounds

13. Spinner

14. Clock Shows Current time and runs.

15. Clock with Timer Can set time to start and run clock

16. Timer Set time to run up or down. Timer will beep when time expires.

17. Enhanced Resources There are also: Navigation Buttons Paper Backgrounds Planning tools for teachers Go to Geography Back

18. There are slight differences in the toolbar in Version 10. And some new options: Page Groups Themes Senteo Software Question Sets Smart Document Camera Images Magic Pen Tool Table Integration Active Alignment Object Animation Page Recorder Shape Recognition Color and Gradient Fill Effects Print Capture Spell Check Locking Interactive White Board

19. Previous Page Next Page Add a blank page Open Save Paste Undo Redo Delete

20. Shade Full Screen Show multiple pages Capture Connect Document Camera Insert Table Select Tool Pen Creative Pen Eraser Capture: Press capture button Pointer changes to cross hairs Press and drag the cross hairs on the screen to define the area you want to capture The image of this area appears on a new notebook page Options include: Area capture Window capture Freehand capture

21. Line Shapes Shape Recognition Magic Pen – Magnifier and Spotlight Fill Font Move toolbar to bottom

22. Writing to Text

23. Click on the arrow icon and click and drag across the handwriting

24. Click on the down arrow in the top right corner and select recognize and choose the correct text.

25. The handwriting is converted to text.

26. Eraser Circle the area – tap the center – it erases it all.

27. Tables can have cell shade or table shade

28. Page Sorter shows all pages open – can group pages Gallery- Access to Gallery, Lessons and Essentials for Educators Attachments – View of files you have attached Fill and Page Recording options

29. SMART Ideas Use engaging websites Tools are great for enhancing the visual of any activity Concept Mapping Maps Virtual Field Trips Tutorials Manipulatives in math Writing – editing, composing, brainstorming, story starters Great for use with existing software such as Kidspiration, Inspiration,Timeliner or activities such as Jeopardy created in PowerPoint Labeling parts of an image or diagram Recording data Comparison Timelines

30. Floating Toolbar Can be moved to right or left and minimized.

31. Select Pen Highlighter Eraser Straight Line Shape Right Click Keyboard Notebook Undo Customize

32. Teacher Created Activities Start from Scratch Or start with a created activity and modify to suit your lesson Use tools and backgrounds to enhance

33. Gallery Here you will find many many ready made activities, lessons, multimedia to use for instruction. This is a fantastic resource available to all!! Included are these areas of content

34. Gallery Essentials for Educators –Administration and Evaluation –Arts –English Language Arts –Geography –History –Mathematics –People and Culture –Science and Technology –Special Needs –Sports and Recreation

35. Lesson Activity Toolkit These have interactive and multimedia, images, notebook files and pages and instructions Activities Games Graphics Help Pages Tools

36. Lesson Activity Toolkit Tools are REALLY COOL Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities. Balloon Pop Checker Tool Click and Reveal Variety of dice Information Button Question Flipper – with words, text and/or images

37. Lesson Activity Toolkit Tools are REALLY COOL Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities. Balloon Pop Checker Tool Click and Reveal Variety of dice Information Button Question Flipper – with words, text and/or images

38. Pull Tab Question tool Random Card, Letter, Number Text Generator Scrolling Text Text Splitter Vote Tool Word Generator Lesson Activity Toolkit Tools are REALLY COOL Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities.

39. Pull Tab Question tool Random Card, Letter, Number Text Generator Scrolling Text Text Splitter Vote Tool Word Generator Lesson Activity Toolkit Tools are REALLY COOL Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities.

40. Gallery Gallery Sampler –Administration and Evaluation –Arts –English Language Arts –Geography –History –Mathematics –Science and Technology

41. Gallery Lessons and Activities in All Subject Areas –Science Structure of a Leaf (Gallery Sampler, Science-Technology) Frog Guts (Essentials for Edu,Sci/Tech,Biology) –Math-Algebraic Fractions (Essentials for Educators, Mathematics) –LA –Grammar Show Interactive (Essentials for Educators, ELA, Grammar, Adj.) –Technology -Email Detectives (Essentials for Edu,Sci-Tech,Technoloty) –Social Studies-I have a Dream (Essentials for Edu,History,North America,USA,Famous Americans) All Grade Levels Formats: –Interactive Movies – some with Quizzes –Sound Files –Templates –Images –Some activities link to pages and activities on the WWW

42. In Gallery Essentials for Educators Geography Maps North America USA USA-States Geography

43. Click and drag states – They will snap to the correct spot.

44. Interactive Movies in the Gallery Essentials for Educators – Physics – Gravity – Gravity and the Solar System

45. Some interactive movies have Tests and Reviews

46. Add Sounds to Text Hear the Pig Teacher Created Activity Adding sounds to text and images

47. Drag money amounts to coin. Locking Images

48. Coins are locked in place Money amounts and words are not locked. Movement is allowed. Amounts and words can be dragged to the coin.

49. Drag words to match coin and money amounts.

50. Shade is used to hide areas of the SMARTBoard. Shade reveals coins and money amounts.

51. Shade reveals only coins.

52. Shade reveals only words to read and review.

53. Lessons From SMART-found on Web – Can Search for Activities by Curriculum Standards and/or Grade level Or go to Educator Resources>Lesson Activities> View All for a search feature http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/ Language Arts –How to use a Thesaurus –Figures of Speech –Metaphors and Similes –Word Identity Math –Circumference –Coordinate Geometry Science and Social Studies –Skeletal System –What is a Biome –Which Gum makes the Biggest Bubble Technology –Computer Parts

54. Lessons Available on Internet Language Arts - Newspaper Writing from Primary ResourcesPrimary Resources

55. http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/powerpoints/newspapers_AMW.swf

56. Lessons Available on Internet Math Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

57. Lessons Available on Internet Science- Self correcting - Interactive Life Cycles http://www.topmarks.co.uk/r.aspx?sid=2099http://www.topmarks.co.uk/r.aspx?sid=2099

58. Tables of Links For Interactive Sites – Use left Column For SMARTBoard Notebook Activities- Use right column For Links sites with MORE>>> Go to the Iredell Statesville Webpage Click on Departments>Technology> Contact Information>Kathy Beck http://iss.schoolwires.com/16592082992612637/bla nk/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c =78370&16592082992612637Nav=|&NodeID=2153

59. SMARTBoard Presentation Created by Kathy Beck, Instructional Technology Coordinator Iredell-Statesville Schools for Middle Schools Updated 2009