Technology Medley

NCTIES 2009 Conference Session – SmartBoard

Another NCTIES presentation featured uses for the SmartBoard in the upper elementary classroom. Lynn Keith, Suzanne Blaszak, and Jennifer Keith from Providence Spring Elementary School near Charlotte shared numerous ideas with us.

They have shared their presentation here, and it’s full of ideas that can be used with older elementary students ~ well worth the time to download and explore. In addition to content ideas, they have demonstrated many of the advanced features of the Notebook software.

Some other items discussed during the presentation:

Daily uses for the SmartBoard

• morning routine
• calendar
• pledge, class rules
• weather
• number of days in school – place value items
• money
• use infinite clone for money
• homework
• attendance

They noted that the SmartBoard Notebook software is powerful, and it takes time to explore and find things.

One of the activities they shared involved numerous colored circles on the Notebook slide which were linked to other pages with math problems. Students tossed a koosh ball towards the board. When the ball contacted the board, one of the links was activated and then the students solved the math problem on that particular slide. You can download the file at the SmartBoard Exchange. (You’ll probably need to log in first.)

Create board games and use the dice from the gallery to play.

Use the built in camera to grab screenshots from other documents to use in your Notebook file.

Play Jeopardy. There are lots of templates online that can be used with the SmartBoard. Be sure to sure to check out Jeopardy Labs too.

More NCTIES Posts:

Opening Keynote
Photography Problems
Digital Tools for Digital Kids
Assessment with Technology
SmartBoard in Upper Elementary
Skype in the Classroom
More Than YouTube
Closing Keynote