Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans

Posted by Jim on 10/02/07

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Hi Robin!

That was an awesome post! Thanks for putting up some great suggestions
to help other teachers use their Smartboard.

Jim


On 9/26/07, Robin wrote:
> On 8/09/07, Lucie wrote:
>> I tried that site. I could never pull up any lessons. I got
>> titles to a few, but no lessons! I guess I was doing something
>> wrong, but have tried on 3 diff occasions.
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>> On 8/09/07, Wendy wrote:
>>> You can use it for so much stuff. First off you can use it for
>>> movies and videos and such.
>>>
>>> Also go to smarttech.com they have tons of premade lessons that
>>> you can use on the smart board. You can use it for science by
>>> largely displaying on it what you see on your computer.
>>>
>>> Need more email me. We have them in most classrooms at my
>>> school.
>>>
>>> Good luck!'
>>>
>>> On 8/06/07, Lucie wrote:
>>>> On 8/06/07, mh wrote:
>>>>> On 8/06/07, Lucie wrote:
>>>>>> I am applying for a grant for a smart board through my
>>>>>> school district! I have recently completed a technology
>>>>>> academy, and will be applying soon. One of the questions
>>>>>> on the grant is, how will you integrate the smart board
>>>>>> into your class.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone used a smartboard in 1st grade? Can you give me
>>>>>> some ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
> It would be easier to list ways you CAN'T use it. I got mine last
> year and I wonder how I taught for 22 years without it! Lots of
> school systems have templates and activities already made.
> I have personalized mine to include my spelling word introduction,
> morning warm up, homework and reminders.....on and on! By using the
> same formats each week, the kids start to teach themselves. I also
> put up my seating chart. I can move students as needed and have
> placed myself, up front of course, with a crown next to my name
> (lol). My kids bought me a septre!
> It is great to put notes up and be able to save them to print for
> students who are absent or EC kids who need that modification.
> Review games (i.e. jeopardy, matching) can be used for all subjects.
> Current events are a click away via the internet. Two of my favorite
> activities are the matching maps and science equipment. I made these
> myself using the gallery.
> The tools it provides at your fingertips are effective and
> timesaving! It is great to be able to say, "Remember when we learned
> about _____?" and simply touch the board to bring the info up.
> The novelty of the board NEVER diminished from Day 1 to Day 200, even
> with middle schoolers! SmartBoards are the best thing to happen to
> education in a long time. Next to smaller, much smaller, class
> size....SmartBoards are the way to go! Good luck with your grant!
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>>>>> Use with Starfall reading site. Children can write on board
>>>>> and interact with the site.
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>>>>> Phonics and spelling- you can use notebook pictures and they
>>>>> can label them or write a story about them. interactive
>>>>> writing.
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>>>>> Magnetic spelling. They can create words on this site.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are many interactive math sites where they can make
>>>>> sets, add and subtract, do place value
>>>>>
>>>>> Any topic you use in science and social studies- you can pull
>>>>> up info from the internet and use.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you do a search on interactive computer sites, you will
>>>>> find many ideas.
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>>>> Thanks a million!

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Smartboard Lesson Plans, 8/06/07, by Lucie.
• Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans, 8/06/07, by mh.
• Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans, 8/06/07, by Lucie.
• Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans, 8/09/07, by Wendy.
• Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans, 8/09/07, by Lucie.
• Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans, 9/26/07, by Robin.
• Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans, 10/02/07, by Jim.
• Re: Smartboard Lesson Plans, 7/17/08, by Jo.