SMARTBOARD
By:
Brittney Lightfoot
Clara Robertson
Katie Weghorst
What is a Smartboard?
Smart Board is an interactive electronic whiteboard, which is a colorful tool that is great for demonstrations. The touch-sensitive display connects to your computer and digital projector to show your computer image. You can then control computer applications directly from the display, write notes in digital ink and save your work to share later. Here is a Smartboard Demo through YouTube that will you help understand how to use the Smartboard on a deeper level.
History and Inventor of the Smartboard?
Smart Technologies was originally created by David Martin and Nancy Knowlton. At first, the company sold projectors in order to pay for creating the first SMART Board interactive whiteboard. Sure enough, in 1991 the first SMART Board was created. SMART Technologies merged with the Intel Corporation in 1992, in order to get the SMART products out to the public more adequately. As the years have progressed the technology has come further a long, people around the world have come to appreciate the SMART Board interactive whiteboard! Teachers, as well as students, enjoy using SMART Boards because it promotes more interaction during lessons presented in the classroom. Because it is so easy to use, you and your students will all enjoy it.
Different Models?
Since being invented, three types of SMART Boards have been created.
SMART Board V280: is the most basic and you only use a pen to interact with it.
SMART Board 600: works back and forth between your pen and your finger.
SMART Board 600i: uses a SMART Board 680 whiteboard and a higher quality projector so that you can easily access any information and view everything more clearly.
"The SMART Board interactive whiteboard is used to teach over 18 million students in more than 600,000 classrooms in over 100 countries around the world."
What are the benefits about using a Smartboard in the classroom?
For Students:
- Students with limited motor skills can enjoy board use...
- It is interactive...
- It makes the subject come alive...
- It captures the attention of learners...
- The board can accommodate different learning styles.
For Teachers:
- It gives the teacher instant access to a vast array of electronic resources...
- It enables seamless links to be made between the technology nad the subject material...
- Teachers are rethinking their approach to teaching...
- The flexibility and the scope for imaginative lesson planning is huge...
- Pages can automaticaly be saved and can be printed, e-mailed or even pasted into a website.
What are the benefits about using a Smartboard out of the classroom?
- All ages of students respond favorably to board use...
- Distance learning is an excellent setting for interactive whiteboard use...
- One-computer classrooms can maximmize the use of limited computer access...
- The board is great for meetins are lessons where the participants need printed copies...
- It enables tutors to use multimedia resources and the internet with a whole class.
Top 5 ways to use Smartboard in the classroom:
Great K-3 SMARTboard Sites is a great website which provides fun websites for the students in K-3 grade in the classroom. Here are some websites that we thought that were fun for the classroom. So don't be scared to try them out.
- Interacitve games
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Math
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Line Jumper: http://www.funbrain.com/linejump/index.html
- The Number Game: http://www.primarygames.com/Number%20Game/start.htm
- Count the Fish: http://www.primarygames.com/math/fishycount/index.htm
- Language Arts
- Put It On The Shelf: http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/shelfwords2.htm
- Writing
- Story Plant: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/story_plant/small_sound/standard.shtml
- Reading Books Online
- A to Z: http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/abc/start.htm
- Children's Storybook Online: http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
- Fable Library: http://www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html
Resources:
What is a SB: http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/
Smartboard Demo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=319sEUWZ6zk&feature=related
Picture of child on the SB: http://kirkwoodschools.org/faculty/keccducks/upload/491469cba0315.jpg
Picture of teacher on the SB: http://warriortechs.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/mrs_lrosa_smartboard.JPG
Benefits of SB: http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/mabell.html
History and Inventor: http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/About+Us/Company+Info/History.htm
Quote and types of smart boards: http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/education/2008072911562.htm
SMART Board 600i: http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Classroom+solutions/Product+news+and+resources/SMART+Board+600i+series/
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Comments (1)
Rona Riza Sumanga said
at 10:15 am on Feb 19, 2009
I enjoyed your presentation!
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