1. Today’s Agenda
Opening Activities
• Check emails- we begin at 8:15
• Welcome and Housekeeping (Lunch 11:30-12:45)
Interactive Whiteboards
• Update to SMART 11
• Create
Constructivism
• Experience a Lesson
• Review Lessons
Community Building
• Examples
• Work time
• Reminders

2. We will…
• Begin and end on time
• Consider the positive possibilities
• Participate and process
• Practice focused listening
• Be what we want to see

3.  Examine the basic tools of SMART Notebook
 Understand uses for the SMART board in the
classroom
 Understand the components of Constructivism
(or Inquiry-based learning)
and why it is important to 21st Century Learners
 Understand specific lesson components that
can be used to promote inquiry
 Explore the relationship between Classroom
Communities and successful learning.

4.  Demonstrate basic skills in creating a SMART
Notebook activity.
 Explain the benefits of using the SMART Board
 Be able to explain the components of a
constructivist lesson (IBL) and the value of
inquiry-based instruction for 21st Century
learners.
 Be able to transform a lesson from coverage to
inquiry.
 Demonstrate the differences between
community and team building.