Hello Ridgedale Teachers!
I would like to use this blog to document the professional development as it applies to SmartBoard training at Ridgedale. I thought we had a wonderful session on Wednesday May 14 and am impressed by the dedication and camaraderie displayed by all participants! After spending just an hour in classrooms with SmartBoards we able to pinpoint some useful ways to use SMartBoards to enhance teaching in learning.
Please comment on this blog to share ideas about how to use SmartBoards and ask questions!
Ways we are beginning to use SmartBoards!
Great Websites:
It's hard to find good interactive websites that are not to complicated or commercialized. Websites you reccomend are:
Starfall
Harcourt Reading
Math A-rama
Grammar Gold
Notebook Features
Bubble Pop: a fun way to create interactive quizzes!
Shared Documents:
(Stored in a teacher folder on the server)
Here are some questions we have:
How do you clean the surface of a SmartBoard?
Taking Care of Your SmartBoard
Can you open a word document in Notebook?
You can insert PowerPoint, word document, or excel sheets as attachments inot Smart Notebook:
Click on the attachment tab.
Click on insert.
Click on Insert Copy of file.
Navigate to the file select and click OK
You can then access these attachments by:
Click on attachment tab.
Double click on the one you want.
Is there graph paper for Notebook?
Downloads for SmartBoard Graph Paper (apparently you can find it in Galleries in the Notebook)
