SMART+Boards

Session Objectives:

 * Discuss the difference between interactive whiteboard products
 * You will learn what the tools mean in SMART Notebook
 * Share where to find resources for websites, how-to blogs, and already-made lessons
 * Share classroom management tips
 * SMART Boards are a brand. They are a type of interactive whiteboard (iwb). They are the most popular brand in the US. Other districts do have Promethan Boards as well. Most of this page will cover SMART Boards because that is what our district has. For more Promethan resources, click here to search Diigo.

Follow the steps below to download and activate SMART Notebook 10.6.  //**NOTE:** If you don't obtain a product key, you can use SMART Notebook 10.6 for 30 days. //  Download the SMART Notebook software
 * New customers **
 * 1) [|Obtain a product key] to activate SMART Notebook 10.6.
 * 2) Download SMART Notebook software, either by clicking the Download button below or the link in the e-mail you received from SMART when you registered for a product key.
 * 3) During the installation process, enter the product key you received from SMART.
 * Windows computers
 * Mac computers

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Introduction to SMART Notebook - handout developed for Papillion-La Vista staff describing the tools in SMART Notebook =====

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> SMART Technologies Education Site

SMART Technologies Twitter account

[|SMART Classroom] - SMART Technologies YouTube channel

[|SMART Teacher's Hub] - professional development for teachers of all levels

[|SMART Publications] ([|Example EdCompass newsletter - February 2010])

[|SMART Training Center]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">SMART Exchange

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Search the SMART Education site

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Diigo Social Bookmarking Resources
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> My bookmarks tagged "SMARTBoard"

Groups dedicated to IWBs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IWB in Class - PD To Go
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|SmartBoard and Other IWBs]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|IWB Pedagogy]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Georgia ETTC] - websites organized by content area, then grade level
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|42 Interesting Ways to Use Your Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|SMART Boards in Education (wiki)] - [|Katie Morrow], O'Neill Public Schools
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">ESU 3 SMART Board wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">SMART Teachers wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ready made lessons - by content area
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Teachers LOVE SMART Boards] - best SMART Board blog on the Internet ([|their YouTube Channel])
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> SMART Board Revolution Ning