Multimedia StrategyMultimedia StrategyCooke Center Educational ChallengeRobin Wilensky, Vickie Barone, Liz Kiernan

Multimedia Strategy

•Introduction to SMART Board & SMART Notebook

•Alternative Room Designs•Identify Search Criteria•SMART Notebook Resources•Internet Resources•Resources You Create•A Values / Life Skills Curriculum

Introduction to SMART Board & SMART Notebook•Getting Started•Exploring Tools•Exploring Features•Exploring Gallery•If you have a SMART Board…

Using Smart Notebook

Getting Startedo Start from the beginning by opening the program and clicking: FILE and NEWo Anytime you want to add a page to your project, click picture of paper with a green pluso To save your project, FILE and SAVE AS

Using Smart Notebook

Exploring Toolso The Pen allows you to draw using different color lines, dotted lines, and highlighting lineroThe Magic Pen allows you to draw a line that will fade over timeoThe Creative Pens allow you to draw with fun lines, including smiles, rainbow colors, flowers, etc.oErasers allow you to erase things using different thicknesseso Line and Shape features let you make straight lines and different shapesoShape Recognition Pen lets you draw a shape, and will convert it to a shape with straight lines.oFill lets you color in an object with a color with one clickoAdd text using the Text feature

Using Smart Notebook

Exploring Featureso Adding objects: Click INSERT and you can put a picture, sound or video onto your notebook page. You can also drag items onto the pageo Moving objects: Click on the picture of the mouse pointer, hold the mouse on an object and move. o Editing objects: Click the white circle on the object to resize and the green circle to rotate

Using Smart Notebook

Exploring Gallery

o Gallery is a collection of items you can insert into your project, from a variety of subjects. They include sounds, videos, pictures and activities.o To explore Gallery: Click VIEW and GALLERYo Gallery Sampler is organized by subjectoTo insert in your project: Drag onto the notebook page

Using Smart Notebook

If you have a smart board:o Visit the following site for step by step instructions for setting up your board w/ visuals:

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/stu_tech/smartboard.htm

Alternative Room Designs• Low-cost Interactive Whiteboard

▫ Wii Interactive Whiteboard - http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/ (and associated Forums: http://www.wiimoteproject.com/wiimote-whiteboard/)

▫ Wii Remote for Wii Interactive Whiteboard - http://www.amazon.com/Wii-Remote-Controller-nintendo/dp/B000IMWK2G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1260196675&sr=8-1-catcorr

▫ Wii Interactive Whiteboard Pens & Accessories - http://www.wiiteachers.com/ & Wiimote IW Pens

▫ SmoothBoard software - http://www.smoothboard.net/

• Projector Mounts▫ http://www.projectormountstore.com/?

source=adwords3&gclid=CIToyNLjv54CFUlo5Qod_DyCog▫ http://www.htmarket.com/audio-video-products-for-home-

theater-ceiling-mounts-for-projectors.html

Identifying Search Criteria

•Grade level•Subject matter/ Content•Goals•Media type

Search http://search.creativecommons.org/# for copyright free music, images, videos, etc...

SMART Notebook Resources

•SMART Gallery▫Pictures & Clip Art▫Videos (Interactive & Multimedia)▫Notebook files

•See SMART Notebook file – Resources.notebook

Internet Resources

•Video•Audio only•Visual only (Slideshows, Images, etc…)•See SMART Notebook file –

Resources.notebook

Resources You Create

•Teacher-directed•Student-directed•See SMART Notebook file –

Resources.notebook

A Values / Life Skills Curriculum•Values – Gratitude, Responsibility,

Creativity, Confidence & more•Life Skills – e.g. Sexual Education for

Special Needs students•See SMART Notebook file –

Values.notebook