Get SMART with SMART Boards Premier Podcast August 4, 2009
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There is a new wonderful SMART Board Podcast resource called Get SMART with SMART Boards starring Harvey Almarode (Harvey’s Home Page) and Jim Hollis (Teachers Love SMART Boards). These two gentlemen have inspired so many teachers by sharing their experiences and knowledge about SMART Boards and how to design and create engaging and educational lessons using the SMART Notebook software. Sharing their combined wealth of SMART knowledge via a Podcast is a win, win for all SMART Board users!
When you arrive at the Podcast Page you will not only be able to listen to Harvey and Jim discuss resources they have found to be beneficial in helping teachers use the SMART Board more effectively in classrooms, but they also share SMART Notebook application files and some very useful tips and tricks with video tutorials. This week Jim shared his trick to add fill color to a free hand drawing in a Notebook lesson which I found enormously helpful!
Congratulations to both Harvey and Jim on this wonderful new adventure and a big thank you for always sharing and inspiring! ENJOY!
Harvey Almarode’s Homepage July 31, 2009
Posted by anne marie in Math, SMART Board.Tags: Math, SMART Board
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Great news– Harevy Almarode has updated his wonderful website! For those of you not familiar with Harvey he is a reitred Mathematics Curriculum Supervisor and and Instrutional Technology Supervisor who currently teaches mathematical methods and strategies to seniors at James Madison University. Harvey created this website to share some of the wonderful Math SMART Notebook lessons he has created- it is an AMAZING collection! Sending a great big THANK YOU to Harvey for his continued committment to share his knowledge so all students benefit. ENJOY!
Interactive Activites for SMART Board July 30, 2009
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My friend Skip over on Twitter shared a nice site, Triptico, this morning that offers interactive activities/games to use with the SMART Board. There are several premade activities such as a word magnets, timer, swingometer, etc. So you will need to take time to explore all of the activites offered. An explanation is given for each activity and you simply click on “Use the Resource” to access the activity. All of the activities I previewed worked veru wel on the SMART Board. A big thank you to the folks at Triptico for making these resources available- ENJOY!
Free Interactive Games July 28, 2009
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Awen is offering ten free interactive activities designed specifically to use with an IWB (SMART Board). Click on the image and then double click on the application that you want to run (windows or mac). I should mention that I had trouble accessing the Playground Games option. ENJOY!
Interactive Sites for the SMARTBoard— YEAH! June 24, 2009
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I have been slowly, but surely going through the site I have bookmarked over the year and when I clicked on this site I thought, “You have to write about this resource”! Carol Rock from the Oak Street Elementary School in Plattsburgh, NY has compiled a very comprehensive (K-5) list of interactive sites to use with a SMARTBoard. She has them arranged by discipline and/or subject area. When you click on one of the links it brings you to a page with links to several sites and a brief description of each site. This resource was very helpful to me when I was supporting a SpEd teacher who was searching for some interactive stories to use on the SMARTBoard. So if you are a K-5 teacher and might be looking to incorporate some interactive sites into a SMART Notebook lesson I would recommend you check out this resource- ENJOY! Oops- almost forgot, thanks Carol for putting together a awesome resource- you ROCK!!
Body Parts March 23, 2009
Posted by anne marie in ELA, SMART Board, Science, Special Education, Websites.Tags: Science, SMART Board
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I discovered this interactive body part identification website that works great with the SMARTBoard. It is a basic program for elemenatry students- identifying only 12 body parts, but is available in 6 languages. Students drag and drop the words to match the pictures. Clicking on the pictures or words will ellicit a verbal reinforcement. Works great on the SMARTBoard- ENJOY!
TeqSMART October 8, 2008
Posted by anne marie in Notebook 10, SMART Board.Tags: SMART Board, SMART Notebook
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I was just checking in with my friends over at TeqSMART and was delighted to discover that the Halloween Word Bucket and the SMART Notebook lesson on the 2008 Election are both available for download– best yet, true to their word, they are both FREE!! Now that’s one heck of a Halloween treat– well that and a Super sized Snickers Bar!!!! ENJOY!
Hey guys wish I had known you were going to be in Boston I would have met you for a Fenway Frank!
60 Sec Tech May 20, 2008
Posted by anne marie in Notebook 10, SMART Board.Tags: 60 Sec Tech, Notebook 10, Resource, SMART Board, video
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I have watched the :60 Sec Tech SMART Board videos posted on Teacher Tube since I first started using a SMARTBoard a year ago, so I was thrilled when I came across the :60 Sec Tech site-YEAH! Phil’s videos on specific SMARTBoard and Notebook features are fantastic – his demonstrations and explanations are not only informative and extremely useful, but also very fun! The really good news is, Phil has started to post Notebook 10 videos– as my students would say, “SWEET”! This is a marevelous resource for anyone using a SMARTBoard- thanks :60 Sec Tech!
Germs & Hand Washing May 13, 2008
Posted by anne marie in Our Classroom, SMART Board, Science, Special Education, Websites.Tags: hand washing, health, Science, SMART Board, Videos
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Each and every day, whenever the opportunity arises within the classroom, we discuss the importance of good hygiene to battle the war against germs- especially the importance of washing your hands! Today our school nurse, Ms. Charlotte, followed up with her lesson on when, why and how to wash your hands. 
When she was finished we then switched gears to the SMARTBoard so we could reinforce Ms. Charlotte’s lesson by using the website Find the Germs. To play this interactive activity students drag the magnifying glass over the hand to find the 5 different germs and learn about them. Great to use on the SMARTBoard. To incorporate even more fun, while learning, I used the NSF Scrub Club Games Page which has 6 games to explore, most appropriate for the SMARTBoard. The Scrub Club also has a webisode: “The Good, the BAC, and the Ugly” about hand washing and bacteria. Three of the Scrub Club games are also part of the webisode- the first two games work great with the SMARTBoard.
If you’re not lucky enough to have a Ms. Charlotte to come and speak to your class about germs and hand washing I did find a few free videos that might be helpful. Public Health Hand Washing Video: you can watch the entire video or view video clips.
A fun, quick 30 second video to review how to wash your hands can be found at Did You Wash Them from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Henry the Hand Visits School is a cute video for younger aged children, reinforcing the how and why of hand washing.
Animal Riddles May 12, 2008
Posted by anne marie in ELA, SMART Board, Websites.Tags: Animal riddles, ELA, SMART Board
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Animal Riddles is a fun site by Chateau Meddybumps I use with the SMART Board for listening/comprehension skills and to review animals. We read the clues and ask students for their guess. They check their answer by touching the question mark in the box to reveal both the name and picture of the correct animal.
