I am in a media center in NC where we have a SmartBoard! (Yea!!) I use it for a variety of things, including planned lessons. It is nice to work on a MSWord document, leaving blank spaces for student responses, and then transferring it via a memory stick or flash drive to the laptop connected to the SmartBoard. We even have the option of saving our hand-printed responses into the document. ~ Another use of the SmartBoard is to access interactive websites from the internet. Students can use the touch screen feature to navigate through the websites. ~ I have prepared PowerPoint presentations (picturing the NC Children's Book Award books & summary) to play continuously (in a loop) throughout a time span during the day so that students can view the books on that list and read the summary. ~I particularly like the lessons where students respond by writing on the board. We can manipulate responses, erase, etc. to those responses so that the entire group can see. I realize that sounds like a glorified overhead projector, but it is much better since it has the option of saving their responses. These are a few of the ways we use this resource. It is awesome! All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Caudill, Amanda Sent: Wed 3/7/2007 10:26 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Using Smartboard to Promote Comprehension I also would love some ideas on this for reading...i just acquired an airliner...and I would love some lesson ideas....all these things seem like glorified overheads...please enlighten me Harrison County Middle School [EMAIL PROTECTED] sixth grade reading teacher -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Ann Mathews Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] Using Smartboard to Promote Comprehension Hi Everyone, I am in the process of researching and learning about Smartboard. I am curious to learn about how any of you have incorporated it into your reading instruction or seen it incorporated. I am specifically interested in learning about how Smartboard is used to promote comprehension. Last year, I saw a fourth grade teacher incorporate Smartboard in her literacy centers. The students were divided into three groups, each of which had a ?teacher of the week.? When the students arrived at the Smartboard station, the ?teacher? led the discussion on sort words with prefixes and suffixes. There were several prefixes and suffixes at the bottom page, and the students had to match a root word to the correct prefix of suffix. For example, ?complete? was a root word and the students decided that it would go under the ?in? prefix column rather than the ?un? column. I know that Smartboard can be used for just about anything, but I would love to learn about what any of you have found to be successful or not worth trying. I plan on creating several lessons that can potentially be used in the classroom. Thanks! Christine _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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