Hi Tammy, I LOVE my smartboard. We have them in all classes at my school now, but I was one of the original "testers." I have been using it for about six years and find it hard to imagine going without it now. The projector allows me to visit and display the Internet, display learning software, display DVDs, and show writing work to all of my students at the same time. The smartboard allows me to do this while showing them the buttons I am using (the students learn how to use the computer through osmosis) and to write on anything that I display. This rocks writing revision lessons, art print lessons, and anything where I want to annotate text. The board allows me to use math and language applets (small programs on the Internet) with my finger, which means I can leave small student groups working with the applets while I am working in some other part of the classroom. The board comes with special gallery notebook software that is quite versatile, too.
I am running a blog to teach my teachers some basics of the board. The blog is lesson by lesson (newest lesson first) because that is easier for those teachers with less technology experience. The later lessons have mini movies and the earlier ones are mostly text, but I think if you try them they are helpful for getting started. I also have a smartboard wiki that allows beginners to visit many resources and allows more advanced users to share their thoughts and ideas with others. Here is my wiki address: http://smarterboards4us.wikispaces.com/Links+to+other+smartboard+lists Here is my blog address: http://smarterboards4us.wikispaces.com/Links+to+other+smartboard+lists Hope that helps! Bonita ---- Tami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am getting a smartboard for my classroom this month and I was wondering if > anyone has any experience with them or any websites they could recommend. > Thanks, > Tami _______________________________________________ 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.
