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Resources- SMART Board

Notebook 10 Lesson

The authentic assessment for this workshop will be to make a lesson using the SMART Notebook. You will have to include text and graphic in your lesson (animation is not expected). You will be graded on how well your lesson looks as well as how independently you worked. At the end of the workshop you will present your lesson to the class (2-3 minutes).

Example: Math Jeopardy Game

===|| || Multimedia Project : SMART Board Lesson

Teacher Name: Shauna Cromwell Student Name:


 * ||  || === ||   || CATEGORY  ||   || 4 ||   || 3 ||   || 2 ||   || 1 ||


 * Presentation ||  || Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. ||   || Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time. ||   || Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time. ||   || Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost. ||


 * Mechanics ||  || No misspellings or grammatical errors. ||   || Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors. ||   || Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar. ||


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Organization ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content is logically organized for the most part. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. ||


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. ||


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Attractiveness ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content. ||

Step 1: Go to the Lesson Activity Toolkit

Step 2: Choose Notebook Files and Pages

Step 3: Choose a template


 * Work Sample**







SMARTbeyond Notebook Software is a word document that provides information on how to use SMART Notebook. SMART Notebook is a program that allows individuals to create and save files for the SMART Board. This document also provides information on the different components that can be used on SMART Notebook.



This power point presentation provides step-by-step on how to connect your SMART Board once it is removed from packages.

This link is an instructional manual for the Smart Board. This manual gives you step-by-step information on how to set-up a SMART Board, its components, trouble-shooting instructions, etc.

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This video presentation offers an example of a mathematical lesson being presented with the use of the SMART Board.

media type="youtube" key="0U05WeXPGlk?fs=1" height="385" width="640" This particular video presenter informs the users on the unique characteristics of the SMART Board. The presenter touches on how the SMART Board creates an interactive learning environment, the use of the pen tray, and the benefits of SMART Notebook.

media type="youtube" key="-UYhPPBC-sU?version=3" height="390" width="640" This video presentation provides a website that gives educators multiple lessons to use for their SMART Board. Many educators do not know how to create interactive lessons and are unsure where to find this content on the internet. exchange.smarttech.com gives educators the opportunity to use free lessons within their classrooms.

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This video presentation provides 5 useful tips on how not to focused on the SMART Board itself, but on how an educator can create lessons and presentations with the use of a personal computer/laptop and the SMART Board Notebook Software.