The Top 10 reasons I love my SMARTboard...
1. My SMART Board has made every unit I teach totally interactive. I can bring any topic to life with a simple click.
Read more about my SMARTboard at www.theschroederpage.com
2. No more sign in pieces for attendance. I use to make a piece every year with the student's name on it and then add a magnet for them to sign in when they arrived at school. Now we have seasonal pieces on our SMARTboard. Download interactive calendars with seasonal sign in slides for your SMARTboard at www.theschroederpage.com
3. SKYPE! We love staying in contact with students that move, other classrooms in the building, sharing stories and writings with our staff, Christmas Around the World, Guest Readers, training via SKYPE, and SKYPE Web Pals.
Set up a Skype session with me and I will walk you through using your SMARTboard! Don't wait until August!
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4. Recording favorite books with flip cameras and playing them back on the SMARTboard so all can see!
5. The capture tool! I can grab anything off the internet or out of a book and turn it into an interactive SMARTboards lesson.
6. The Magic Pen...zoom in and out on objects by just making a square around it or make a circle and it will become a spotlight.
7. A free bulletin board for my overhead center! I do my whole calendar on my SMARTboard and also can link the songs for our morning routine to the lesson.
8. The gallery sampler. I can insert images and also interactive math tools for my lessons with ease by using the gallery. I can even create my own content section to organize tools I use often.
8. No more paper files...or at least my folders are getting smaller and I am able to organize my lessons better. I have a ton of folders on my computer now that hold all of my SMARTboard lessons.
9. The Page Recorder. I am able to record my steps for solving a problem and have those steps be available for students who are struggling.
10. Training and helping teachers enter the world of technology. Through my SMARTboard I have met an incredible group of teachers that share the same passion I do for technology and teaching.
Link up at Little Miss Glamour Goes to Kindergarten to join the Smart Board party!! :)
ReplyDeleteI am getting a smart board next year and I CAN'T WAIT! I'll definitely be tapping into your ideas and resources! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog!!! You have packed this thing full of awesome resources! I'm getting a Smartboard next year and I'm super excited. I can't wait to implement what you have to offer. The Smartboard page on you website isn't working. I figure that's temporary and you are just packing it full of more cool stuff! :)
ReplyDeleteJulie
Thoughts of a Third Grade Teacher
I am pretty new to the world of blogging and find pure AWESOMENESS right here! Can't wait to sink my little fingers deeper into your blog {which by the way, I.LOVE.}
ReplyDeleteSo, back to the smartboard. I have one and love using it with my kinders. BUT...I recently made the switch from PC to MAC {very happy with that}! BUT...can't seem to get my monitor and the board to play nice. I have tried, without any luck, changing the displays which is what our smartboard trainer advised. Any ideas of what might be the issue???
Have a wonderful day!
Tanya
http://mssolanoskindergarten.blogspot.com