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If your SMARTBoard is not mounted (on wheels), you should re-align the board before each use. This should only take 1 minute. | If your SMARTBoard is not mounted (on wheels), you should re-align the board before each use. This should only take 1 minute. | ||
# Press on the Control Panel button | |||
# Press Orient/Align the SMART Board | |||
# Press the center of each target and release with your finger | |||
with your finger | |||
Then, you are ready! | Then, you are ready! | ||
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Revision as of 18:06, 27 March 2009
SMARTBoard Interactive Whiteboard
A SMARTBoard,a product of SMART Technologies, is a large, touch-controlled screen that works with a projector (either mounted or not) to provide users with a larger version of their computer screen. The SMART Board has a touch-controlled screen that works in conjunction with a projector and a computer. The projector puts the computer’s desktop image onto the interactive whiteboard, which acts as both a monitor and an input device. Users can write on the interactive whiteboard in digital ink or use a finger to control computer applications by pointing, clicking and dragging, just as with a desktop mouse. Buttons launch a popup keyboard and a right-mouse-click menu for more input options. The interactive whiteboard is usually mounted on a wall or a floor stand and is used in face-to-face or virtual settings in education business and government.
Getting Started
If your SMARTBoard is not mounted (on wheels), you should re-align the board before each use. This should only take 1 minute.
- Press on the Control Panel button
- Press Orient/Align the SMART Board
- Press the center of each target and release with your finger
Then, you are ready!
Uses In The Primary Classroom
The SMARTBoard is a highly effective and motivating tool in the classroom. More and more classrooms are purchasing SMARTBoards for their students. Educators comprise the majority of users of SMART Boards; as of 2007, more than 800,000 SMART Board interactive whiteboards had been sold in more than 100 countries. Even preschool students can benefit from the diverse activities through the SMARTBoard. The following lessons are ideas that can be difficult to teach whole class without the SMARTBoard.
Watching a video The SMARTBoard can act as a wide screen TV as teachers open bookmarked videos from websites such as National Geographic [1].
Counting Coins Open [2] to access the game. The amount of coins that can be used is infinite (as opposed to the classroom in which many manipulatives are used, and often unmanagable). Students show various coin combinations they might use to purchase items.
Using a Ruler Use this SMARTBoard lesson to teach students in a large group how to use a ruler. [3]