SMARTboard

__What is a Smartboard?__
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__Reasons for Use__

 * Digital storytelling
 * Brainstorming
 * Taking notes directly into PowerPoint presentations
 * Reinforcing skills by using on-line interactive web sites
 * Creating a project calendar
 * Teaching editing skills using editing marks
 * Using the highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
 * Using it with Kidspiration or Inspiration
 * Teaching students how to navigate the Internet
 * Illustrating and writing a book as a class. Using the record feature to narrate the text.
 * Diagramming activities
 * Teaching steps to a math problem.
 * Having students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences
 * Utilizing graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students.
 * Teaching vocabulary
 * Building an electronic Word Wall
 * Ending each day by having students write one thing that they learned
 * Saving lessons to present to students who were absent
 * Creating video files to teach a software application, a lesson, or as a review to be posted to the server or web. Example: How to create a graph in Excel or how to burn projects to CDs
 * Using the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.
 * Showcasing presentations created by student or teacher
 * Having students create e-folios including samples of their work and narration

__Ease of use__

 * Very easy to use - easy to create, easy to present.
 * Built-in Gallery can be browsed by topic or searched by keyword.
 * Drag and drop convenience.

__Resources__
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 * LiveBinder - Click to Open**