SMARTBoardand Interactive Activities

for Middle School

Session DescriptionEnhancing your use of technology may be as simple as fully utilizing your SMARTBoard software. In this digital age – it is important to engage students. Interactive lessons achieve that goal. SMART offers many lessons that coordinate with your subject area. Many activities can be found online as well. I will share lessons and activities as well as links for more resources. Wonderful for whole class and also excellent for differentiation.

Version 9.7 Version 10

Previous Page Next Page

Add a blank pageSave

PasteUndo

Delete

Toolbar- Same icon

format as you see in Windows programs

ShadeFull Screen

CaptureSelect Tool

PenCreative Pen

EraserToolbar These are unique to SMART

LineShapes

FontFill

TransparencyLine Width

Move toolbar to bottomToolbar

These are unique to SMART

Question boxes – question on one side, click and it flips over to reveal the answer.

Page 2 of Teacher Created Activity

Use a pen to draw lines….

Or use a creative pen to draw lines….

Page Sorter shows all pages open

Gallery- Access to Gallery and Essentials for Educators

Attachments – View of files you have attached

DiceWith Numbers, Letters and

Sounds

Spinner

Clock Shows Current time and runs.

Clock with Timer

Can set time to start and run clock

Timer

Set time to run up or down. Timer will beep when time expires.

Enhanced Resources

There are also:

Navigation Buttons

Paper Backgrounds

Planning tools for teachers

Go to Geography

Back

There are slight differences in the toolbar in Version 10.

And some new options:

• Page Groups

• Themes

• Senteo Software Question Sets

• Smart Document Camera Images

• Magic Pen Tool

• Table Integration

• Active Alignment

• Object Animation

• Page Recorder

• Shape Recognition

• Color and Gradient Fill Effects

• Print Capture

• Spell Check

• Locking Interactive White Board

Previous Page Next Page

Add a blank page Open

SavePaste

Undo Redo Delete

ShadeFull Screen

Show multiple pages Capture

Connect Document Camera Insert Table

Select Tool PenCreative Pen Eraser

Capture:

•Press capture button

•Pointer changes to cross hairs

•Press and drag the cross hairs on the screen to define the area you want to capture

•The image of this area appears on a new notebook page

•Options include:

•Area capture

•Window capture

•Freehand capture

LineShapes

Shape Recognition Magic Pen – Magnifier and Spotlight

Fill Font

Move toolbar to bottom

Writing to Text

Click on the arrow icon and click and drag across the handwriting

Click on the down arrow in the top right corner and select recognize and choose the correct text.

The handwriting is converted to text.

EraserCircle the area – tap the center – it erases it all.

Tables can have cell shade or table shade

Page Sorter shows all pages open – can group pages

Gallery- Access to Gallery, Lessons and Essentials for Educators

Attachments – View of files you have attached

Fill and Page Recording options

SMART Ideas• Use engaging websites• Tools are great for enhancing the visual of any activity• Concept Mapping• Maps• Virtual Field Trips• Tutorials• Manipulatives in math• Writing – editing, composing, brainstorming, story

starters• Great for use with existing software such as

Kidspiration, Inspiration,Timeliner or activities such as Jeopardy created in PowerPoint

• Labeling parts of an image or diagram• Recording data• Comparison• Timelines

Floating Toolbar

Can be moved to right or left and minimized.

Select

Pen

Highlighter

Eraser

Straight Line

Shape

Right Click

Keyboard

Notebook

Undo

Customize

Teacher Created Activities

• Start from Scratch

• Or start with a created activity and modify to suit your lesson

• Use tools and backgrounds to enhance

Gallery

Here you will find many many ready made activities, lessons, multimedia to use for instruction. This is a fantastic resource available to all!!

Included are these areas of content

Gallery• Essentials for Educators

– Administration and Evaluation– Arts– English Language Arts– Geography– History– Mathematics– People and Culture– Science and Technology– Special Needs– Sports and Recreation

Lesson Activity ToolkitThese have interactive and multimedia, images,

notebook files and pages and instructions

• Activities

• Games

• Graphics

• Help

• Pages

• Tools

Lesson Activity ToolkitTools are REALLY COOL

Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities.

• Balloon Pop

• Checker Tool

• Click and Reveal

• Variety of dice

• Information Button

• Question Flipper – with words, text and/or images

Lesson Activity ToolkitTools are REALLY COOL

Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities.

• Balloon Pop

• Checker Tool

• Click and Reveal

• Variety of dice

• Information Button

• Question Flipper – with words, text and/or images

• Pull Tab• Question tool• Random Card, Letter, Number Text

Generator• Scrolling Text• Text Splitter• Vote Tool• Word Generator

Lesson Activity ToolkitTools are REALLY COOL

Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities.

• Pull Tab• Question tool• Random Card, Letter, Number Text

Generator• Scrolling Text• Text Splitter• Vote Tool• Word Generator

Lesson Activity ToolkitTools are REALLY COOL

Look at the examples and then use these to create your own activities.

Gallery

• Gallery Sampler – Administration and Evaluation– Arts– English Language Arts– Geography – History– Mathematics– Science and Technology

Gallery• Lessons and Activities in All Subject Areas

– Science • Structure of a Leaf (Gallery Sampler, Science-Technology)

• Frog Guts (Essentials for Edu,Sci/Tech,Biology)

– Math-Algebraic Fractions (Essentials for Educators, Mathematics) – LA –Grammar Show Interactive (Essentials for Educators, ELA, Grammar, Adj.)

– Technology -Email Detectives (Essentials for Edu,Sci-Tech,Technoloty)

– Social Studies-I have a Dream (Essentials for Edu,History,North America,USA,Famous Americans)

• All Grade Levels

• Formats:– Interactive Movies – some with Quizzes– Sound Files– Templates– Images– Some activities link to pages and activities on the WWW

In Gallery•Essentials for Educators •Geography•Maps•North America•USA•USA-States

Geography

Click and drag states –

They will snap to the correct spot.

Interactive Movies in the Gallery

Essentials for Educators – Physics – Gravity – Gravity and the Solar System

Some interactive movies have Tests and Reviews

Add Sounds to Text

Hear the Pig

Teacher Created Activity

Adding sounds to text and images

Drag money amounts to coin.

Locking Images

Coins are locked in place

Money amounts and words are not locked. Movement is allowed. Amounts and words can be dragged to the coin.

Drag words to match coin and money amounts.

Shade is used to hide areas of the SMARTBoard. Shade reveals coins and

money amounts.

Shade reveals only coins.

Shade reveals only words to read and review.

Lessons From SMART-found on Web – Can Search for Activities by Curriculum Standards

and/or Grade levelOr go to Educator Resources>Lesson Activities>

View All for a search feature

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/

• Language Arts– How to use a Thesaurus– Figures of Speech– Metaphors and Similes– Word Identity

• Math– Circumference– Coordinate Geometry

• Science and Social Studies– Skeletal System– What is a Biome– Which Gum makes the Biggest Bubble

• Technology– Computer Parts

Lessons Available on Internet•Language Arts

- Newspaper Writing from Primary Resources

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/powerpoints/newspapers_AMW.swf

Lessons Available on Internet•Math

Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Lessons Available on Internet•Science- Self correcting - Interactive

Life Cycles http://www.topmarks.co.uk/r.aspx?sid=2099

Tables of Links

• For Interactive Sites – Use left Column

• For SMARTBoard Notebook Activities- Use right column

• For Links sites with MORE>>>• Go to the Iredell Statesville Webpage• Click on Departments>Technology>• Contact Information>Kathy Beck

• http://iss.schoolwires.com/16592082992612637/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=78370&16592082992612637Nav=|&NodeID=2153

SMARTBoard Presentation

Created by Kathy Beck, Instructional Technology Coordinator

Iredell-Statesville Schoolsfor Middle Schools

Updated 2009