tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32294135899623969652024-03-13T04:53:03.089-07:00Smart Board CommunityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-6211308945446604962009-08-27T04:39:00.000-07:002009-08-27T05:20:27.466-07:00Sharing TechnologyIn the past year, please share what technology strategies or lessons have been successful for you and your students in the classroom.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-80213230447670098652008-12-10T15:34:00.001-08:002008-12-10T15:44:59.867-08:00SMART ClassToday, we worked on having our students use our digital cameras to make <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PowerPoint presentations</span>. After school during our study group, we had some great discussions about how this lesson could be adapted for all grade levels. We spent some time learning how to add sound to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">PowerPoint</span>. Here is what you do: Plug in a microphone to your computer. Click on record narration under <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">slide show</span>. Check the microphone level and then click on okay. <em>You can change the quality if need be.</em> Choose the slide and start talking, you can click on different slides as you continue to talk through the slide show. When finished click on save, it takes a little time. When you play the slide show the voice will go along with the show. WOO <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">HOO</span>!Cassandra Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852115886691729999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-82783789524960059922008-12-03T15:19:00.000-08:002008-12-03T15:25:59.291-08:00smart board classToday we explored a variety of tools that could be very useful in the classroom. To get to the new tools you need to have installed smart board 10. Click on the gallery (the little picture), scroll down to tools. I used the word generator program. I entered words with short vowel sound. When the frog spits the word I am going to have my class sort the words for which vowel sound each had.Cassandra Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852115886691729999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-51024259161460796472008-11-20T15:11:00.001-08:002008-11-20T15:12:23.803-08:00Study GroupNovember 20, 2008<br /><br />In order to print out or send a smart document to a student:<br />Click on File<br />Go to Export<br />Save as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PDF</span><br />Attach as an email<br /><br />This would be helpful for students who are absent but need to have the curriculum that was taught in class.Cassandra Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852115886691729999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-76989423251220719582008-06-18T07:23:00.000-07:002008-06-18T07:26:06.590-07:00Erase and Reveal Helps with Higher Order Thinking<a href="http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6d8dbb22cdf491e481ed">Teacher Tube: Erase and Reveal Smart Board Tip</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-45485739601787109232008-06-17T13:44:00.000-07:002008-06-17T16:01:10.800-07:00Best Practices in Action!Lights, Camera, Action!<br /><br />Click here .....<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L_NDUPGaLc&feature=related">SMARTBoard!</a> Enjoy a series of videos on interactive SMARTBoard lessons and tips.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-39248879556345528442008-06-16T09:00:00.000-07:002008-06-16T16:25:56.953-07:00Allen Swanson's Words of WisdomAllen Swanson's concluding remarks in a report, "Transforming High Schools with Interactive White Boards" makes the following points about BEST PRACTICES.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#666666;">...Good installation followed by adequate training focused on student-centered teaching with supporting interactive activities will lead to successful effects on student interaction. Student interaction is a sign of engagement, which leads to higher student achievement. And this is the GOAL OF EDUCATION.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-86230626759812620242008-06-16T08:10:00.000-07:002008-06-16T08:24:03.120-07:00More Useful SMARTboard TipsFollow the link for tips and ideas. It is organized and easy to navigate. Find SMARTboard lessons aligned with standards. <br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">"With younger children who have trouble dragging items, some teachers have provided students with a small mallet (with a soft end such as one used with a xylophone) and found it to work successfully. It also helps with the shadow problem, allowing the students to better see what they're doing. Also, they can better reach the top area of boards with the extended length.<br />Alternatively, Q-Tips work well to assist dragging! </span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Another technique that works well with younger children who have trouble dragging is to use the two-finger method. Put one finger on the object you want to move. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Keep that finger on the object and touch the whiteboard with the other hand in the location you want to move the object. Then, remove the finger that was originally touching the object. You should see the object zoom to where the other finger is placed! (Left hand touch object, right hand touch destination, left hand let go, right hand let go.)</span> "<br /></span><br /></span>For more great ideas, click on the following link.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/soltechintegration.htm">http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/soltechintegration.htm</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-26129559135624947382008-03-16T23:26:00.000-07:002008-03-16T23:30:43.016-07:0050 Ways to Integrate Technology<ol><li>Assist students in organizing information </li><li>Assist teachers in planning lessons/units/themes </li><li>Illustrate school's goals or plan for Parent-Teacher Organization </li><li>Illustrate instructional goal links to testing expectations </li><li>To show what each grade will be teaching and how units fit into the larger picture of curriculum for the whole school </li><li>Assess student learning </li><li>Show integration of different topics across the curriculum for a unit, lesson, or long-range plan </li><li>Present difficult material in a step by step manner </li><li>Plot summaries </li><li>Create cause/effect/solution diagrams to resolve social issues within the classroom </li><li>Book design elements </li><li>Illustrate digestive system </li><li>Local government diagram </li><li>Defining new terms </li><li>Introducing a new concept </li><li>Note-taking organizer </li><li>Detailed processes (how to add polynomials etc.) </li><li>Creating storyboards for Powerpoint presentations </li><li>Comparison activities </li><li>Historical cause and effect </li><li>Cycles (recycle, weather, etc.) </li><li>To construct a food chain </li><li>Map of where items are stored in desk, trapper, or locker </li><li>Library orientation </li><li>Language Arts - character descriptions, plot movement, action that leads to the climax </li><li>Math-to teach algorithms (especially division) </li><li>Math-problem solving because it is non-linear </li><li>Create instructions for games </li><li>Create picture charts that students can follow if they are communication impaired. Kids can follow picture symbols such as the symbols found on the Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker software. </li><li>Help study for a test. </li><li>Classroom organization chart with associated responsibilities </li><li>How to/step by step for learning new software </li><li>Developing a course or workshop </li><li>Planning a WebQuest </li><li>Documenting job responsibilities </li><li>Planning a Web site </li><li>Personal professional goals </li><li>Concept maps to send home to parents to help explain a unit so they can help their children study/review </li><li>Assist cooperative groups in defining projects and dividing job responsibilities. </li><li>Faculty/district - responsibilities of committees </li><li>Flow charts for behavior plans for either the classroom or a specific student </li><li>Similarities between different units through the use of the same structure in the graphic organizer. </li><li>A tool for students to identify when they do not understand information and identify the where the breakdown is in their comprehension. </li><li>To add more depth in a compare/contrast lesson, for example, identifying the important variables by color-coding or other visual element, and then deciding if the variable is the same or different in the two objects of study. </li><li>Showing relationships. </li><li>Procedures to follow during an emergency drill such as a fire or storm drill; </li><li>Lab procedure explanation </li><li>To present lab conclusions and highlight important concepts (especially prior to completing a written explanation) </li><li>In foreign language classes create an organizer that shows the English word on one side and the foreign language word equivalent on the other side with pictures as hints. </li><li>When studying a poem, in the center concept list the name of the poem and the connecting lines contain phrases from the poem. The sub concept explains the words in the phrase and the literary technique used such as personification.</li></ol>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-91791819680153396632008-03-16T22:59:00.000-07:002008-03-16T23:17:51.587-07:00Teaching Through Technology<a href="http://www.ecb.org/ttt/index.php">http://www.ecb.org/ttt/index.php</a><br /><br />This Web site provides a database of ideas for curriculum-based technology use in the classroom. Access to information about the teachers and projects that have been featured in the series is provided by grade level, subject, or the type of technology used.<br />To view the video clips, you need <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank">QuickTime Player</a>, a free application.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-73567867765973281712008-03-16T22:29:00.000-07:002008-03-16T22:57:12.133-07:00Podcasting Tips<a href="http://engage.wisc.edu/podcasting/teaching/index.html">http://engage.wisc.edu/podcasting/teaching/index.html</a><br /><br />Instructional Goal /Podcast focus<br />Prepare or motivate learners for learning new content<br />1. Arouse interest and curiosity about a new topic to increase learner motivation<br />2. Inform students of the learning outcomes or benefits of learning new content<br />3. Influence feelings and attitudes about a topic prior to a lecture or reading assignment<br />Recall and integrate previously learned material with new content <br />1. Explain the connection between what students have previously learned with new content to be presented in a lecture or reading assignment<br />Provide high-level overviews <br />1. Prior to presenting a new topic, provide a general overview as an advanced organizer<br />2. Before teaching a complex skill or procedure provide a mental framework from which to approach it <br />Provide a lead-in to an assignment or learning activity<br />1. Discuss in more detail what you expect of students from an assignment and how you suggest they best approach it<br />Elaborate on and further explain a complex concept <br />1. Explain nuances and intricacies of a difficult concept, principle or abstract process<br />Provide learning guidance and strategies for understanding new content or solving problems<br />1. Provide coaching and advice on learning strategies or approaching certain problem solving tasks<br />Provide content to encourage analysis <br />1. Provide a stimulus for students to react to or reflect upon for deeper analysis<br />Provide some variety in the learning environment <br />1. Bring in other people’s viewpoints<br />Student projects & assignments <br />1. Students create their own podcasts<br /><br /><br />Coming up with a good message design strategy for a podcast requires creativity. The approach you use to communicate your message is what makes or breaks your podcast from a listener perspective. Monologues, interviews, dialogues and other approaches used in radio broadcasting are all examples of design strategies. A few message design principles are provided below.<br />Frame your content into a problem or challenge and explain how that problem or challenge can be addressed. <br />Obtain voices of other experts you've interviewed about specific topics of interest to students in the course.<br />Use a case story that illustrates a key topic or learning goal.<br />Share a personal story. You’re an expert in the field and likely have a wealth of experiences that may not fit into a lecture.<br />Capture dialogs with opposing viewpoints. This is often done on radio and television talk shows.<br />Keep the length of a podcast short. Most experienced podcasters recommend a program length anywhere between 3 and 15 minutes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-58144211170978407092008-02-26T10:07:00.000-08:002008-02-26T10:16:32.360-08:00Tech and Take - Grade Level IdeasKindergarten - Uses K<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">idpix</span> to make stamp books, introduces letters with pictures that the letter does/doesn't start with, vowel sounds - short and long<br /><br />First - ABC order moving words, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Venn</span> diagrams, science, making compound words, story mapping, word art, and guided writing<br /><br />Second - Venn diagrams, prefix/suffix, root words<br /><br />Third - Scans in art <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">transparencies</span>, editing, geometry, guided classwork, reviews homework<br /><br />Fourth - Venn diagrams, webs, gallery for maps and regions, interactive math, research, examples of art, kids make own <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">PowerPoint's</span><br /><br />Fifth - Math - fractions, graphing, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">geometry</span>, speechesCassandra Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852115886691729999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-53344734019017524502008-02-15T10:22:00.000-08:002008-02-15T10:26:50.016-08:00Tech and Take - Guest Allen SwansonAllen shared some websites with us to help with reading and writing strategies. The sites are <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/">http://www.readwritethink.org</a> and <a href="http://thinkfinity.org/">http://thinkfinity.org</a><br />Thinkfinity.org gets you the same result as readwritethink.org plus more ideas.<br /><br />Allen Swanson<br />Technology Integration SpecialistRegional Support CenterPima County School Superintendent's Office6420 E. Broadway Blvd. Suite A100<br />Tucson Arizona 85710<br />520-745-4588Cassandra Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852115886691729999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-2747782698885712212008-01-11T12:14:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:23:05.027-08:00Tip of the week 12/12/07With the updated software we have the ability to scan in documents. Another great way to help our students learn is to use the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SMARTboard</span> to teach flips and turns (rotation and reflection). Take a shape and put a dot in the shape. Have one student rotate the shape. Have the class discuss how the shape was moved. Students can check their guesses by rotating the shape so both shapes match.<br /><br />Here is a helpful hint: In order to save all draw a rectangle around your group. Click on the arrow and then click on save.Cassandra Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852115886691729999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-32734606001557673162007-11-28T13:50:00.000-08:002007-11-28T14:12:11.870-08:00Tech and TakeHere are some ways to connect ideas to a picture. Your ideas are your words and you can make them into an image. You can type in text. First it will looklike a text box. The little green circle allows you to rotate your words. If you wanted to make a flower you would start with a circle and then type the words for your flower petals. All you would need to do is rotate the words and move them to your circle. You can also use shape tools to make an image. Make a variety of shapes and fill them in with a color. One idea is to use a circle to make a turkey body. Using shapes to make the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">face</span> and then have students generate what they are thankful for. Type them in a text box and then rotate to make feathers for the turkey.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.storyit.com/">www.storyit.com</a><br />This site has many different resources for stories. You could go to story starters select a topic. It will print a picture sometimes it will have text and sometimes it won't. You can print out a word list with lines for both primary and secondary. Has borders for any holiday you want. You can make pages with graphics and lines for students to write their own story.Cassandra Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852115886691729999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-69430117964140551312007-10-10T14:41:00.001-07:002007-10-10T14:45:28.591-07:00<span style="color:#cc33cc;">Tip of the week - October 10, 2007</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Change background color</strong> - hold your finger on the SMARTboard (about 3-5 seconds) for a right click. Scroll down to background color and a color tile will appear. Choose your color and viola. Ideas to use for scenery for plays or emphasis important ideas/concepts.</span>Mr. Dyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05627928013315035320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-75254426998616516552007-10-03T14:54:00.001-07:002007-10-03T14:54:52.230-07:00October 3, 2007Tip of the Week – October 3, 2007<br /><br />You can go to Fruchthendler Blog to see ideas for Smartboard<br /><br />Go to technology section of our webpage and click on smart recourses, click on blog (interactive resource on the web - people will respond to what it being said or post their own comments). This where the tips of the week will be posted – The goal is to have everyone participate more so we can have more ideas.<br /><br />There are also different resources on our blog sight on the right hand side that have different links – movies, tips,<br /><br />To add comments:<br />It’s a word document type – if you want to make a comment to what someone said click on comments and screen pops up so you can type your text – you can go anonymous or click on other and type your name – you could also type grade level - then you click on publish comment – can’t go back and correct or erase – unless we go to the original post. It does correct some things i.e mr dye = Mr. Dye <br /><br />If you go to need blogger.com sign in (need gmail or blogger account) the Fruchthendler blog click – New post click (takes a little time) put in your title type message, you can add movie, pictures, change font and then click on publish post<br /><br />In the classroom<br />Mr. Dye has it set up about questions about homework, projects – teachers can check it and students so they can help each other. Also have pictures where you can start a story and then they can add on different parts to the story. Polls, questions, helps build community and is a great extension of the classroom, also links to games – Dye changes his polls once a week but it is up to the individual. All you have to do it drag and click. He is willing to help you do what you need doesn’t think it will take but 10 minutes. His is linked to his website and is easy for the older kids and great with help for the younger ones.<br /><br />We are encouraging everyone to go on to our blog and add input.Mr. Dyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05627928013315035320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-78928530983698006302007-07-30T21:51:00.001-07:002008-12-08T17:42:09.393-08:00Art Enrichment Activity<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98y4bB0ewcob2mDup3KFpM890afjXwkdu-OWCWzjhPO7VwmnYGiVpbLiCK214qZ8puNofKkTMZtG0r9DlOJY0wkqdSSgfu4S3fPb88FWivgwAkIgaOJsRriwFe-pKOad0PSo3qu7Wwc0/s1600-h/Sunflowers-on-Blue-Vincent-Van-Gogh-8254.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093219287376956658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98y4bB0ewcob2mDup3KFpM890afjXwkdu-OWCWzjhPO7VwmnYGiVpbLiCK214qZ8puNofKkTMZtG0r9DlOJY0wkqdSSgfu4S3fPb88FWivgwAkIgaOJsRriwFe-pKOad0PSo3qu7Wwc0/s200/Sunflowers-on-Blue-Vincent-Van-Gogh-8254.jpg" border="0" /></a> Each time we start an Art Enrichment activity, it is easy to portray images from the artist's collection and to find websites about them from the Internet on our interactive white board. With this image of sunflowers by Van Gogh spread across the Smart Board from corner to corner, I was able to capture the attention of my first graders. Before painting with acrylic paints, we started by counting how many flowers we could find noticing that some were partly hidden. I invited students to come up and circle the center of each flower with the Smart Board pen. Then, we replicated the same step on white poster board with our pencils. Each step of the way, we noticed little details about his painting. We examined the paint strokes and decided that Van Gogh must have put a lot of paint on his brush to give it so much texture. So we changed our Smart Board pen to show a wider line and painted petals around our circles on the Smart Board. Each technology step on the Smart Board, helped us create our own creations on paper with paint. Slowly, our creations turned into beautiful master pieces that were inspired by Van Gogh and a dash of technology. Ooh La La!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229413589962396965.post-66708795307975491232007-07-30T11:34:00.000-07:002007-07-30T11:40:39.281-07:00Just Use It! :)I know that using all of this new technology can be hard at times, especially when it looks like it will just be more that you have to do. My suggestion is to simply use it as much as possible throughout the day as a hightech whiteboard. Open up the notebook software and anything you would have written on the board simply put it on the Smart Board. The first step to great Smart Board use is to simply become comfortable and familiar with it. If you ever need help, don't hesitate to ask me.Mr. Dyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05627928013315035320noreply@blogger.com0