Sharpening Your SMART Board Skills

Where to find SMART board resources and training information:

1. School Website 
2. Technology Integration Blog  Click on SMART Board tag to view all posts. 
3. The SMART Exchange 
 
4. Google Topics or search training need in YouTube. 

Saving Notebooks to be shared with other teachers in the building:

• Save As- (You may want to rename the notebook.)
• Place- Computer -> Smpdata -> Instructional ->Smart Notebooks

Training Videos
 

Using the SMART Exchange, Presented by Joanna
 

Using the SMART Board . . . On the Fly!  Presented by Celeste

Embed YouTube Video into SMART Notebook Page, by Ryan Birch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJgUkYv7O8

Smart Board Erase to Reveal, by MrEgan1230

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQS7AQLJmHg

QTT Balloon Pop SMART,  presented by SolutionTechnologies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTcDGsWlAg

The #1 Student Response Suite!

This is the best!  This site enables teachers to quickly create and send out a set of questions, prompts, or even a quiz. Young students can easy access activities on any device by entering a five digit code. My favorite features are the ability to have questions read by simply clicking on the audio button, and the drawing response to answer questions.  Oh, and it is Free!

Check out How to Get Started With InfuseLearning by Infuse Learning on Snapguide.

Apply Thanksgiving!

 

Turkey Paint has ten finger-painting templates for young children to enjoy.

Plucker enables you to test your speed in removing all of Tom's feathers and challenge others for the best time!

Turkey Words is played like "hangman." Challenge yourself to figure out the set of Thanksgiving words.

Work up an appetite by playing Turkey Trivia!  This game makes people of all ages think.  

High Tech Show and Tell Apps!

Use Doodle Buddy to engade students in learning by completing paperless worksheets.  Take a picture of your worksheet to load it into your photo Library.  Allow the Doodle Buddy App to access your photos and you are set up!  Once the work is finished, take screen shot to save the child's work to a virtural file. 

Take pictures on your iPad and add them to Story Maker along with text created by your students.  This App also allows you to add narration.  

The Show Me App gives users a recordable white board.  This exciting board can also be used as an informal chalk board.  

A SMART App!

Watch this eHow video to learn how to control your SMART Board with your iPad.

http://youtu.be/LZSOIvcUqYY 

Come on, Take Your iPad and Run!

Turn your iPad into a wireless Keyboard and Mouse!  The Air Keyboard App will enable you to use your iPad freely to control presentations, SMART Board Software, and your computer from anywhere in the Wi-Fi connected area.  Once you have downloaded the Air Keyboard App to your device you will need to visit http://airkeyboard.skygears.com to download the application to your computer.  After you open the app on your iPad you will need to select the computer you want to control from our school’s list.  (You will see a list very similar to the reflector list.)  I was lucky enough to download this exceptional App for free.  When I checked the price today, Air Keyboard cost $0.99.  This app is well worth the price!

Mirror iPad Image Using the Reflector App

I first learned about ReflectorApp.com on Pinterest back in October. After reading and watching a promotional video I was eager to try their 10 minute free trial. I was so impressed with this short demonstration that I contacted the company. This company is easy to work with and offers outstanding tech support. It accepts purchase orders and is on the BCS approved vendor list. The teachers at my school and I find this application to be outstanding for a very small price.

Click the link below to watch a 3 minute demonstration on the Reflector App in action and learn about unique uses for the classroom!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xytpd9m0zvdbakk/m-GpcnN6oD

Helpful Advice:  It is a good idea to turn off notifications before projecting before any audience. : )

Visit:  http://www.reflectorapp.com/ for more information.

Teachers Check Out AdaptedMind

Start here to learn and assess Math!
This site has amazing math practice, instructional videos, and worksheets for grades 1-6! Go to www.AdaptedMind.com and click on "Become a Member." Under the "Become a Member" button you will see the link that says, "Teachers - Enroll your class for free." Enter your school email and wait for your verification response. Continue to follow the instructions in the email to create a free Teacher account. I will give you a heads up that you will need to include a personal phone number, and a representative will call you for a follow-up on your opinion of the site. I am going to post a link to AdaptedMind under the "Teacher" tab on our web page for you to access easily. Let me know if you would like me to use this wonderful math practice with your students in the lab. What I love about this site is students have the option of having the questions read to them. The sad news is the site doesn't offer anything for kindergarten. Let me know what you think!

Don't Worry ~ With Child Proof App Settings.

Set Apps so that they can't be deleted by any one but you.
Go to Settings ~ General
Passcode Lock: Turn Passcode On and enter your own code.
Go to Restrictions ~ Enable Restrictions by entering the code you just created.
Turn Deleting Apps OFF and anything else you don't want students to access.

Lock students into only using one app selected by instructor.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access.
Turn guided Access to ON, and set a Passcode.
Then, go to the app that you want your child to focus on and triple-click the Home button.
This will pop up the Guided Access screen and once you tap on Start, the Home button is
locked and your child will not be able to switch to another App.
To get out of the lock, press the Home bottom three times to go back to the Home view.
Just like Dorothy, There is no place like home. Three clicks of the red slippers!

Teachers With Apps

Teachers With AppsThe BEST Free Educational Apps of 2012

IPad FUNdamentals

Resources

Download the iPod user's Guide for iOS6 to you book shelf.

Join Pinterest and start following and pinning technology posts.

Follow technology articles on LinkedIn.


Have fun and just play with it. Word of advice: Don't change the settings without being sure what your doing. If you accidentally change the language to Chinese it is a little tricky to get back to English.

Let Siri Entertain You

Press the home button to launch Siri and this is what it can do for you!

1. Search for any information: including current weather, updated sports scores, or directions from your current location.

2. Enables you to send a Tweet or make a post to Facebook.

3. You can launch an App by just telling Siri the name of the App to open.


There are times you may what to turn Siri off when working with students. This can be done under general settings.