Smart+Board

=SMART Board=

General Resources for creating SMART Board lessons:
Teachers can locate SMART Board lessons and interactive tools online, modify existing lessons and tools, or create lessons using tools available within Notebook software. The SMART Tech site contains a wealth of resources to assist teachers, including the ability to search through lessons that other teachers created. Here are some useful sites to look for ideas and lessons.

You can also search online for lesson materials- try using keywords including your specific topic and "interactive whiteboard," "activity'' or "lesson." SMART Board is a name brand for an interactive whiteboard, other useful lessons might be on sites intented for competitive products such as Promethean or Mimio, so take a look there, too. Search for teacher-created SMART resources || Interactive resources by subject area || [|Thinkfinity] - search for interactives or lessons || (tips and links to tutorials) || [|Teachers love SMART Boards] Blog about teaching with SMART Boards- mentions many resources || blog with videos, lesson ideas, & links || [|SMART Board Revolution] Ning (online community) about using SMART Boards ||
 * Instructions: || [|SMART Board quick reference] ||  ||
 * Online SMART Board lesson resources: || [|Search for SMART resources] || [|SMART exchange]
 * || [|Center School District]
 * About Using SMART Boards and other interactive whiteboards: || [|Ways to use Whiteboards in the classroom]
 * || [|Teaching with SMART Board]

March 23, 2010 PD Using SMART Boards for Math lessons:
[|Tomlinson March 23 Math.notebook]

Math Resources for SMART Boards:
Preview this SMART notebook math tools software add on []

These sites can be used to locate lessons or various math manipulatives that you can incorporate into your lessons. Lesson plans and activities || Online math activites and videos ||  ||   || Interactive games || [|National LIbrary of Virtual Manipulatives] || [|CTK interactive math games] || [|Intel online interactive tools] || interactive math manipulatives || [|Downloadable tools for Numeracy] || [|Crickweb] || [|Weight converter] || [|Volume converter] [|Area converter] [|More converters & calculators] || measures angles of shapes ||
 * Links to Various Resources: || [|SMARTer Math Classes] || [|e-Learning] || [|Interactivate (Shodor)]
 * || [|Math by Design]
 * Manipulatives and
 * || [|Everyday math resources]
 * || [|Birmingham interactive resources] || [|Johnnie's Math Page] || [|Math Dictionary] ||
 * || [|Waldomaths] || [|Visual Fractions] || [|Kent interactive games] ||
 * || [|Topmarks] || [|Interactive Lessons] ||  ||
 * Measurement || [|Alfy's links for measurement] || [|Length converter]
 * Geometry || [|Virtual Geoboard] || [|Virtual Tangram] || [|Measuring Angles] ||
 * || [|Polygon Sort] || [|Triangle Sort] || [|Virtual Pinboard]
 * || [|Polygon Sort] || [|Triangle Sort] || [|Virtual Pinboard]
 * || [|Geometry Interactive] || [|Surface area & volume] ||  ||

Notebook Files- SMART Board Pages:
These sites contain files with lessons written in Notebook software which you can use as is or with modifications on a SMART Board. some with Clicker quizzes || [|Lessons from Center School District] || [|ACCE] lesson examples and background papers ||
 * Choose from links: || [|Lessons from Wichita]
 * Measurement || [|Metric "Stairsteps"] || [|Metric conversion] ||  ||
 * Geometry || Shapes Matching[[file:shapesmatching.notebook]] ||  ||   ||

SMART Board Galleries- clip art to use in Notebook files:
These sites contain galleries of math-related pictures which you can add to notebook software to incorporate into lessons.


 * Place Values: || [|Place Values] || [|Place values with columns] || more [|Place Value with columns] ||
 * Measurement: || [|Measurement Tools] ||  ||   ||
 * Integers || [|Integer Bingo] || [|Cuisenaire rods] ||  ||
 * Geometry || [|Fun shapes] ||  ||   ||

Create your own lesson:
Use the images and manipulatives in the Notebook Software Gallery collections to create activites for your class.

Use the Lesson Activity Toolkit to develop your own manipulatives. Here are some examples you can use, placed within a Notebook file. Click to open, save the file, and then modify the activities that are appropriate for your class. [|Creating new activities.notebook]