A SMART Board is an interactive whiteboard paired with a projector and connected to a computer. It comes with touch-sensitive software and tools for classroom use. The SMART Notebook software is free and allows teachers to create interactive lessons similar to PowerPoint. Some features of the SMART Board include built-in apps for subjects, customizable seating charts to move student names, games for classroom use, and digital notes that can be printed. Students can interactively participate by dragging items, answering problems on the board, and using the TI software with a simulated calculator.

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Ze Zeon
(Computers in the Curriculum) GE 555-01
Fall 2010
Prof. Lori Schmidt

2. SMART Board: What is it?
• A touch-sensitive
interactive white board
• Paired with a projector
• Connected to a computer
• Comes with four colored
“markers” and an eraser
• Works with the SMART
Notebook Software
Click here to
watch a video
about using a
SMART Board!

3. SMART Notebook
Software• FREE software for anyone with
SMART Board access
• Similar to PowerPoint but is
interactive
• The teacher choses what is locked
and what is “alive” during the
presentation
• Thousands of built-in images,
activities, backgrounds, and
animations categorized by subject
Click here to
download SMART
Notebook
software!

4. Teacher Use: BUilT in
appleTs
• SMART Notebook comes with built-in applets
• The one pictured below is for Algebra 2
– Graphs a standard parabola
– Shows how the graph changes as different numbers
are substituted for a, b, and c

5. Teacher Use: Seating Charts
• Teachers can make changeable seating charts
like the one pictured
• The rectangles mirror the classroom desk
arrangement
• Everything is locked but the students’ names
• Student names
can be dragged
to different desks
as the seating
chart needs to change

6. Teacher Use: Classroom Games
• SMART Notebook comes with many built-in tools
perfect for classroom games
• These tools include:
– Playing cards
– Spinners
– Dice
– And many
more…

7. Teacher Use:
Making Tests
• It is very simple to
make figures for tests
in SMART Notebook
• Figures can easily be
copied and pasted
into Microsoft Word
• The test to the right
was typed in MS Word
with figures made in
SMART Notebook

8. Teacher Use: Giving Notes
• Using the included “markers,” teachers can give
notes right on the SMART Board
• Save the notes at the end of the period
• If any students are absent that day, the notes can
easily be printed (or posted on a teacher web site)!

9. St udent Use: Put t ing Problems on t he Board
• Students love putting
problems on the
SMART Board
– Teachers can
demonstrate a few
problems and then
leave several “blank”
– Students can
volunteer or be called
on to answer
problems

10. Student Use: Venn Diagrams (Dragging)
• Students can drag
items on the SMART
Board to categorize or
sort
• The teacher can choose
what is “draggable”
– To the right, everything
is locked except the blue
words
– Students can come up
and drag the words to
the correct place on the

11. Student Use: TI – SMART View
• Texas Instruments provides interactive calculator
software to work with SMART Boards
• The calculator pictured below is touch-sensitive
• Students can come up and push the calculator
buttons while their peers follow along on their own
calculators!

12. Thank you
• Did you learn anything about SMART Boards
today?
• Any questions? Comments?
• Feel free to leave feedback on my blog.
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13. Credits
• Google Images
• Microsoft Word
• SMART Board
• SMART Notebook
• Texas Instruments