SMART Webinar Create. Teach. Learn. Assess: Enhancing Teaching and Accelerating Learning with Technology in 1:1 Environments

1. SMART Webinar
Create. Teach. Learn. Assess:
Enhancing Teaching and
Accelerating Learning with
Technology in 1:1 Environments

2. Webinar: Create. Teach. Learn. Assess:
Enhancing Teaching and Accelerating Learning
with Technology in 1:1 Environments
Jason Nast
Software Specialist
Education Consultant
SMART Technologies

3. Survey Results
What percentage of your classrooms are equipped with a computer,
laptop or netbook for every student?
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Less than Over 75% of
10%-25% 26%-49% 50%-75%
10% classrooms
Series1 44% 16% 9% 7% 20%

4. Webinar: Create. Teach. Learn. Assess:
Enhancing Teaching and Accelerating Learning
with Technology in 1:1 Environments
Mark Hess
Principal
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Sarah Banks Middle School, Walled Lake, Michigan
Amy Rothenberg
Teacher
Lee County Public School District
Fort Myers Middle Academy, Fort Myers, Florida
Andrew Alphin
Teacher
Wilson County Schools
Hunt High School, Wilson, North Carolina

5. Webinar: Create. Teach. Learn. Assess:
Enhancing Teaching and Accelerating Learning
with Technology in 1:1 Environments
Mark Hess
Principal
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Sarah Banks Middle School
Walled Lake, Michigan

6. Mark Hess | Principal | Sarah Banks Middle School
www.banksmiddleschool.org www.one-to-oneinstitute.org

7. Background Information
Middle school (6-8) | 900 students | 24% Free & Reduced Lunch
~1/3 of students use parent purchased laptops
Each interdisciplinary team has a set of 30 district-owned laptops
2 traditional computer labs
Not quite a 1:1 school, but fairly close
SMART Board in each classroom
Document camera in each classroom
Video projector in each classroom
We are in our 4th year with the SMART Boards

8. Questions we often receive
How do I get the staff to “buy‐in” to technology
use in the classroom?
What can I do as building leader to model and
promote technology?
What kind of results do you see with the
technology integration?

9. How do I get the staff to “buy‐in” to technology
use in the classroom?

10. Clearly, people have embraced and place
value on technology in their personal life,
so why not on their professional life?
Not only do we have a professional
obligation, but we have a moral obligation.
Anything less, is educational malpractice.

11. What can I do as building leader to model
and promote technology?
You have a significant, if not the most important, role as building principal in
promoting, modeling, and cultivating a learning community embedded with
digital opportunities. Leaders must have tech awareness!
Technology integration in the classroom should be the norm and not the
exception.
Let teachers know that you have high expectations and are not afraid to
engage in conversation when those expectations are not met.

12. What can I do as building leader to model
and promote technology?
The principal must model this ‘digital’ attitude by making innovative
technologies a standing agenda item at staff meetings, and allowing teachers
to share best practice ideas and strategies related to digital learning.
Kids eat, breathe, and sleep in a digital world. Your world may look
different. But here’s one thing I know for sure – the kids won’t be joining your
world, so you might as well join their world. It’s an obligation.

13. What kind of results do you see with the
technology integration?
Teacher Survey
Instructional advantages you have noticed by incorporating the
SMART Board into your classroom
Students more engaged, interested and excited
Great for formative assessments
Students enjoy demonstrating concepts and more motivated to participate
It’s like having “Virtual Manipulatives”
Increasing interaction between teacher and students
Relevant to today’s learner – Digital Native teaching and learning
Allows for more differentiation in the classroom
Shortened distance between response and feedback
It has helped me become a better teacher
Increased test scores

14. What kind of results do you see with the
technology integration?
Teacher Survey
In your opinion, how has the SMART Board enhanced student learning
in your classroom?
More student engagement when lessons are interactive
Increases class participation, student interest and motivation
Innumerable lessons – do things I could not do before
Made it fun to collaborate with colleagues to find new ways of teaching
Enables students to see real world application and make a greater impact
Can interact with computer without sitting behind keyboard or desk
Great for formative assessments | increases achievement
Examples used can be more elaborate and can be saved to reuse later

15. Create a Tech Plan: Essential Questions
involve stakeholders & have clear vision
be knowledgeable & have tech awareness
high expectations for integration
professional development
monitor progress
continue to re‐imagine | digital leadership

16. Webinar: Create. Teach. Learn. Assess:
Enhancing Teaching and Accelerating Learning
with Technology in 1:1 Environments
Amy Rothenberg
Teacher
Lee County Public School District
Fort Myers Middle Academy
Fort Myers, Florida

17. Create. Teach. Learn. Assess.
Enhancing Teaching and
Accelerating Learning with
Technology in 1:1 Environments
Amy Rothenberg
Fort Myers Middle Academy

18. Introductions
• Amy Rothenberg
▫ Teaching for 30+ years
▫ SMART Exemplary Educator
▫ Certified SMART Notebook Trainer
• Fort Myers Middle Academy
▫ Title 1 School with 90% free/reduced lunch and
minority students
▫ Many ESL students & students with limited
academic background

19. Emergent Technologies Class at FMMA
• Exploratory Class where students learn to use
technology so they can use technology to learn.
• SMART Classroom Suite (Notebook, Notebook
SE, SMART Sync and SMART Response)
• Software applications, digital citizenship,
appropriate & effective Internet use, etc.
• 31 Seat Computer Lab

20. Create……….
• Teacher created lessons using SMART
Notebook, presented via SMART Board
• Teacher created lessons presented directly on
student computers via SMART Sync
• Student created presentations using SMART
Notebook or SMART Notebook SE
• Student created presentations shared with
classmates via SMART Sync

21. Teach…..
• Interactive Lessons in SMART Notebook
• Flash Videos
• Sounds
• Pictures
• Graphics
• Lessons delivered via SMART Board or
student computers

22. Learn………..
Student learning is enhanced with
the use of SMART Sync
As students learn how to use
computer applications, they are
also reinforcing learning in
content areas

23. Assessment
• SMART Response
▫ Allows teacher to send quizzes and tests directly to
student computers
• Lesson Activity Toolkit
▫ Features such as the category sort, anagram,
sentence arrange, etc. offer opportunities for
informal assessment
▫ Interactive

24. Create! Teach! Learn! Assess!
• Use of SMART Classroom Suite Benefits Teachers,
Students, Administrators & Taxpayers!
▫ Saves time & money
▫ Engages the 21st century learner
▫ Increases student on-task time
▫ Improves student behavior
▫ More fun & interesting (for teacher and kids)

25. Webinar: Create. Teach. Learn. Assess:
Enhancing Teaching and Accelerating Learning
with Technology in 1:1 Environments
Andrew Alphin
Teacher
Wilson County Schools
Hunt High School
Wilson, North Carolina

26. Effective use of
Technology in the Classroom
Andrew Alphin
Teacher: Hunt High School
Wilson, NC

27. About Me.
• Andrew Alphin
• Kinston, N.C.
• 1st year math teacher
• Mount Olive College
– B.S. Mathematics
– Graduated 2009

28. • Enrollment = 1275
• 1-1 laptop program
began in 2007-08
• Approximately 1200
laptops deployed
• Approximately 90
members of faculty.
• Est. 1978

29. Effective use of Technology
in the Classroom

30. Effective?
• Students use technology strictly directed
by instructor.
• Students Understand Technology and how
much it can benefit their learning.
• Learning occurs, not just “work”.
• 1:1 allows students to discover different
possibilities not just during school hours,
but also at home and in their spare time.

31. Our Goal?
• What do we as educators want to do with
technology in the classroom?
• Answer: Transform classrooms into centers
of interactive learning where students are
engaged and teachers are inspired.

32. “Transform classrooms into centers of
interactive learning where students are
engaged and teachers are inspired.”
• Update Lesson plans on the computer
• Find a great company of programs to
allow you the tools to be effective.

33. “Transform classrooms into centers of
interactive learning where students are
engaged and teachers are inspired.”
• Relieve Frustration
• Your comfort with the tools you use will
simplify any problem and in return will
make technology a great source of
education for your students.

34. Sounds good?...HOW?
• I cannot speak for everyone, but I can tell
you how I choose to go about using
technology in my classroom.
– SMART Notebook
– SMART Sync
– SMART Interactive White-Board

35. Works just like paint
Hundreds of
files, pics,
charts,
interactive
pre-made
tools.
•Actual SMART
notebook screenshot.

36. Procedure
Each child has access to SMART notebook on
their school issued laptop.
• Teacher presentation
– Elaborate
– Notes
– Teacher “helps”
– book information
• Student copy (notes)
– Minus
• Pull tabs
• Answers
• Important notes
• computer led FRUSTRATION
The point is to MAKE THEM WORK, NOT GET FRUSTRATED!

37. How do I get all my students on the
“same page”?
• SMART SYNC
Teacher benefits
– Allows me to monitor 30 computers on one
screen.
– Allows me to block internet with one click
– Allows me to send files out to my class
instantly
– Allows me to lock the computers down with
one click if I need to get the classes attention

39. Students
– Organization
– Allows students to Submit files to me.
(Homework, project, classwork)
– Student collaboration
– Student Practicality

40. Interactive White-Board
Great for Visual or Kinesthetic Learners
•Writes just like a white-board. (virtually no training)
•Interactive questions on board
•Pull tabs
•Reveal boxes
•Math manipulatives
•Etc. (whatever keeps students’ attention)

41. Final Notes:
• Remember to find what works for you.
• Students get frustrated, it is your job now
to eliminate the difficulties
• Computers are not going anywhere, so get
use to it
• Be flexible and do not give up.
• It’s worth it if it helps one student.

42. Questions?
Mark Hess
Principal
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Sarah Banks Middle School, Walled Lake, Michigan
Amy Rothenberg
Teacher
Lee County Public School District
Fort Myers Middle Academy, Fort Myers, Florida
Andrew Alphin
Teacher
Wilson County Schools
Hunt High School, Wilson, North Carolina

43. Discover the power of 4 in 1
SMART Classroom Suite
SMART Classroom Suite includes:
- SMART Notebook software
- SMART Sync software
- SMART Notebook SE software
(Student Edition)
- SMART Response CE software

44. Please join us for our upcoming webinars
Building a Professional Development Strategy to Effectively Support
Your SMART Product Implementation
Tuesday, March 2 – 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT
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Thursday, March 25 – 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT
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