Smart boards are interactive whiteboards that function as a touch screen connected to a computer. They allow teachers and students to write on the board, drag and drop images, interact with educational activities, and save notes and annotations. In the classroom, smart boards can be used to present lessons, have students create e-portfolios, do digital storytelling, and reinforce skills with interactive websites. They benefit learning by accommodating different styles, engaging students visually and interactively, and maximizing limited computer access.

1. Innovative uses of smart boards in the classroom Lathania Angui ED480-01 Mr. John Jenkins NMC-SOE March 21, 2008

2. What are smart boards? SMART Boards (SMART-Technologies, 2003) are a brand of interactive whiteboards. Simply speaking it can be described as a whiteboard displaying the image from the computer monitor with the surface operating as a giant touch screen.

3. SMART Board Enables the teacher and/or student to perform a range of functions. The user can Write on the interactive whiteboard's large touch-sensitive surface with the electronic pen, drag and drop images or text Interact in many ways such as pressing icons to hear pre-recorded sounds Engage with educational multimedia activities Watch simulations and view graphics Capture text or areas of screen and annotate with the pen Save notes, drawing s or annotation for future use.

4. How it works

5. How it looks like in the classroom

6. Interactive uses in the classroom Save lessons to present to students who were absent Create video files to teach a software application, a lesson, or as a review to be posted to the server or web. Example- How to create a graph in Excel or hoe to burn a projects to cds Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals. Present presentations created by student or teacher Have students create e-folios including samples of their work and narration Digital storytelling Teach whole group computer or keyboarding skills Brainstorming Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations

7. Continuation… Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites Creating a project calendar Teach editing skills using editing marks Use in the 6 trait writing process Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Use it with Kidspiration or Inspiration Teaching students how to navigate the Internet Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature to narrate the text. Use the Interwrite software to create lessons in advance at home or at school. Then save them for future use or to be shared with other teachers Diagramming activities Teaching steps to a math problem. Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students. Teaching vocabulary Electronic Word Wall End each day by having students write one thing that they learned

8. Benefits The interactive electronic whiteboard is great for demonstrations.... The interactive electronic whiteboard is a colorful tool. Research indicates that students respond to displays where color is employed... The board can accommodate different learning styles... All ages of students respond favorably to board use... Distance learning is an excellent setting for interactive whiteboard use... One-computer classrooms can maximize the use of limited computer access... The interactive whiteboard is an excellent tool for the constructivist educator... The boards are clean and attractive tools... Students with limited motor skills can enjoy board use... It is interactive... It can interface well with other peripherals.... It is a kid magnet! ...

10. Tutorials SMART Tech Home Page http://library.uchc.edu/departm/cec/flash/sb_main.html

11. Lesson Plans with Smart boards http://www.scholastic.com/ interactivewhiteboards / http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/ http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/ http://www.wacona.com/smartboard/smartboard.html http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/WIT/SmartBoard/specificapps.htm

12. Resources SMART Tech Home Page http://library. uchc . edu / departm / cec /flash/ sb _main.html http://www.scholastic.com/ interactivewhiteboards / http:// eduscapes .com/sessions/ smartboard / http://www.education. smarttech .com/ ste /en-US/Ed+Resource/ http://www. wacona .com/ smartboard / smartboard .html http://www. waukesha .k12. wi .us/WIT/ SmartBoard / specificapps . htm

13. In conclusion Smart-Boards are interactive and hold the attention of students. Teachers are able to obtain Smart-Board lessons. Having students have a visual, listen to the teacher and interact with the board and one another is an improvement in the way a teacher presents information.