SmartBoard Tips

Below are some notes/resources compiled by teachers, from the Caesar Rodney School District, who attended the Tatnall Smartboard conference on March 5th, 2011. The feedback was great!

Tatnall SMART board notes:

1. Use the plastic finger pointers!  It’s so much easier for the kids to reach up high and move things!

2. In the Gallery: lesson activity toolkit:

1. Anagrams: use as a center for vocab or spelling words.
2. Sentence Arrange: use to sequence story events
3. Fridge magnets: word center
4. Text splitter! Allows to you type up a list and insert it into a notebook files as separate words.
5. Fraction Maker.  Use a pen to write the numerator and denominator.  Once the text is recognized, click the arrow to display the editable fraction as an object on your Notebook page.

Web Resources for Notebook Files

Harvey’s Homepage –Smart Board Lessons in All Content Areas- this presentation was a Tatnall hit!
http://harveyshomepage.com/Harveys_Homepage/Welcome.html To save notebook files to your documents, right click “Save Target As,” change the file name to whateveryouwant.notebook,(actually type in .notebook into the file name field).  Also change the “save as file type” to “all.”

Rockingham School District Smart Board Database- Lessons for each Virginia Standard and two search engines to find Smart Lessons
https://1134461b98b787e104243863e2080174325bad9f.googledrive.com/host/0B2w2sv-hoeskbDdKRVNsNlNldWM/

Obe’s Smart Conference Presentations- Spice Up your Smart Notebook Files. Great Resources on his presentation! http://www.quia.com/pages/ohostetter/tatnall

Smart Board Ning- ask questions and share resources.  This is like a Facebook for Teachers who use SMART boards.  Post a question and you will receive many responses. http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/ 

Teq Smart Free Resources  http://community.teqsmart.org/download.php

Other Web Resources
Animation Library- Free Animations for your Smart Notebook Files  http://animationlibrary.com

http://thinkfinity.org/

Screencast- Make a Screen Cast- USB headset required
(Screen casts are short videos that feature what is going on on your computer screen with your voice and directions. Great for tutorials!) http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

Any Video Converter- add United Streaming Videos into your Smart Board file.
If you insert the video directly into your notebook file it must be in .flv form
If you link in a video it must be in .avi form
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Many presentations were about adding video and sound to notebook files.  When MP3’s are inserted, you can click the speaker icon to pause and then click again to play beginning right where it was paused.  In iTunes you can convert .wav files to .mp3’s.  In Audacity, you can record sound and convert to MP3’s. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ 

How to Clean Your SmartBoard

Use standard window cleaner WITHOUT ammonia or alcohol.   Spray a soft cloth and then wipe the board. Never spray the board.  This should keep your board in good working condition.  Another alternative is Windex Wipes.

How to remove permanent marker from your SmartBoard:

You have two Options:

1. Use a Commercial Cleaner such as Sanford EXPO Whiteboard Cleaner. Spray a soft cloth, then cover permanent ink stain. Allow solution to dry, then wipe off with a soft cloth.

2. Use a standard or HIGH odor dry erase marker. These markers contain solvents that remove permanent ink. Do not use LOW odor or non-scented dry erase markers.  They do not contain the appropriate solvents.  Cover the permanent ink stain with the HIGH odor dry erase ink.  While the HIGH odor ink is still wet, wipe the board with a soft cloth.  Do not allow the ink to dry.  If any ink remains, spray Windex glass cleaner (without ammonia or alcohol) or Sanford EXPO Whiteboard Cleaner on a soft cloth and then wipe off remaining ink marks.  Do not use harsh abrasives because they can damage the writing surface.

Keep permanent markers away from your SmartBoard!