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SMARTboards are being used more and more in classrooms today. There are numerous benefits of SMARTboards for both __students__ and teachers. The technology is easy to use, and professional instruction on how to use SMARTboards is readily available if needed.

The SMARTboard needs to behooked up to a computer to open files or display a website. Whatever is displayed on the computer screen will be projected onto the SMARTboard. In classrooms that have a document camera the user can project an image of a worksheet, or other document by placing the document beneath the downward pointing lens of the camera. To scroll down a webpage, tap once with your finger on the downward-pointing scroll arrow. To put something in the recycle bin, drag the item by tapping it's icon once with your finger and then trace a path to the recycle bin. To write on the SMART board, remove one of the four pens from the tray below the board. Once the pen is removed you will enter Transparency Mode, and the image will freeze. The pens do not have any ink or electronic component. It is not necessary to use the pens, you can write with your finger or any object. Touch the SMARTboard and digital ink will allow you to write or highlight the display. If the writing is too light, press down harder. When you are finished or want to click or scroll, put the pen back in the slot in the tray. Erase by removing the eraser from the tray. The tray will __register__ the absence of the eraser and the next touch will be an erasure. To use right-click functions press the right-click button under the pen tray. To type, press the virtual keyboard button under the pen tray. The SMARTboard can only recognize one active tool at a time. The writing will stay visible until you exit Transparency Mode. You do this by putting pens and erasers back in the tray and then touch the screen. If you do this by accident, "Restore Handwriting" will get your writing back. There are several benefits to using smartboards in the classroom. One of the major ones is the students interest in interacting with the smartboards. They simply love using them and the ability for them to move object or clicking on links. It increased there learning and interaction in the class and makes learning more fun for them. A benefit for teachers using smartboards is the ability to already have your lesson created and wrote out on the smartboard. There is no time wasted on writing and erasing on a chalkboard or whiteboard. Which is a great time saver. The less time the teacher is writing the more time the student is learning. For students who are visual learners smartboard provide great visual support and will increase their ability to learn. It essentially opens a whole new world to students as far as learning goes. They can go on __virtual field trips__, watch video clips and even write on the smartboard in various activities. Smartboards provide many benefits and all classrooms should have one. Smartboards can be incorporated into the classroom in more ways than one. To __start__, smartboards can easily replace chalkboards and dry erase boards. More and more kids these days have allergies that can be triggered by the dust from chalkboards, replacing a chalkboard with a smatboard will eliminate these health hazards. Dry erase boards require markers and erasers that are often lost or stolen and are not cheap to erase. Although smartboardsare not cheap themselves, they can easily pay for themselves in just a few short lessons. Smartboards give a more colorful and better visual for students when it comes to learning in the classroom. Smartboards link up to the classroom computer and not only is interactive, but it also works as a projector from the computer and can work with the software on the computer as well. Some teachers who have smartboards have given just a few of the many examples of how smartboards can be used in the classroom. When it comes to language arts lessons, smartboards can serve as a way for: digital storytelling, brainstorming a way to take notes for the class, highlight nouns and verbs, teach vocabulary and serve as an electronic word wall. Smartboards can be incorporated into math lessons by displaying diagrams, solving word problems and showing step by step how to solve equations. Social studies lessons can use smartboards in order to teach continents and oceans or even build maps. Some way, some how, smartboards can be incorporated into any subject of the classroom and make it easier and more fun for the students to learn. It makes it easier for students to see what is being taught along with being able to save the lesson that was taught for the students that were absent that day.

SMARTboards are becoming the face of classrooms. Technology is rapidly advancing and these new tools are becoming very popular with students and teachers alike. Most teachers are receptive to new methods of teaching that will engage students and make them enthusiastic learners.

Resources:

Adrian, F. (2004) //Incorporating the Smart Board for Smart Teaching//. Retrieved Febuary 9, 2012 from http://www.techlearning.com/article/42182 Buyer, L. (February, 11 2008). //Smartboard changes classroom//. Retrieved from [] Campbell, L. (2012 //Small Group Computer-Assisted Instruction With SMART Board Technology//. Retrieved February 9, 2012 from http://rse.sagepub.com/content/30/1/47.abstract Chaney, C. (n.d.). In //Directions for U// //sing a SMART Board//. Retrieved January 31, 2012, from Google. http://www.ehow.com/how_7618573_directions-using-smart-board.html Delaney, L. (2009, October 20). In //SMART Board 685i3// . Retrieved January 31, 2012  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354496,00.asp

Kaufmann, K. (2006). In //Reasons School Use Smart Boards//. Retrieved January 31, 2012, from Google.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5078772_reasons-schools-use-smart-boards.html Resources Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (October, 27 2010).//Interactive whiteboards in the classroom//. Retrieved from []

Rossiter M., (2010) //Goodbye chalkboard, hello SMARTboard//. Retrieved February 9, 2012 from

http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/goodbye-chalkboard-hello-smartboard-599648.html Warren, M. (October, 25 2011). //Smarter smartboard™ use: Finding and creating smart lessons//. Retrieved from []

Amanda Wallace Aaron Beiler Matt Stamm



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Aaron Beiler Assignment 3 Benefits of Smartboards

There are several benefits to using smartboards in the classroom. One of the major ones is the students interest in interacting with the smartboards. They simply love using them and the ability for them to move object or clicking on links. It increased there learning and interaction in the class and makes learning more fun for them. A benefit for teachers using smartboards is the ability to already have your lesson created and wrote out on the smartboard. There is no time wasted on writing and erasing on a chalkboard or whiteboard. Which is a great time saver. The less time the teacher is writing the more time the student is learning. For students who are visual learners smartboard provide great visual support and will increase their ability to learn. It essentially opens a whole new world to students as far as learning goes. They can go on virtual field trips, watch video clips and even write on the smartboard in various activities. Smartboards provide many benefits and all classrooms should have one.



Aaron Beiler Assignment 2 Smart Board 002

Article 1 The following information has been copied from: http://www.techlearning.com/article/42182

Adrian, F. (2004) //Incorporating the Smart Board for Smart Teaching//. Retrieved Febuary 9, 2012 from http://www.techlearning.com/article/42182 Technology, ever changing, has become more accessible to teachers in the last few years. Teachers need to be able to use technology to increase their professional development and to have positive contact with students on a regular basis. The action research report discussed in this article illustrates the positive effects of using a SMART Board interactive whiteboard in a fourth-grade classroom. Incorporating this interactive technology increased student contact time and decreased behavioral issues.

Article 2 The folowing information has been copied from: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/goodbye-chalkboard-hello-smartboard-599648.html

Rossiter M., (2010) //Goodbye chalkboard, hello SMARTboard//. Retrieved February 9, 2012 from http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/goodbye-chalkboard-hello-smartboard-599648.html The SMARTboard is connected to a computer, where teachers and students can interact with computer documents, slide presentations and even the Internet. Consumer and family science teacher Leann Thacker worked with her financial management class on good decision-making skills, using a premade chart displayed on the SMARTboard so she could organize her students’ responses.

Article 3 The following information has been copied from:f http://rse.sagepub.com/content/30/1/47.abstract

Campbell, L. (2012 //Small Group Computer-Assisted Instruction With SMART Board Technology//. Retrieved February 9, 2012 from http://rse.sagepub.com/content/30/1/47.abstract A multiple probe design across letter sound sets and replicated across students evaluate the effectiveness of the program and students' acquisition of other students' letter sounds through observational learning. In addition, students were assessed on their acquisition of incidental information presented in the instructive feedback statements following correct responses to target and nontarget stimuli.





Matt Stamm Matt Stamm Assignment 3

How to use a SMARTboard

The SMARTboard needs to be hooked up to a computer to open files or display a website. Whatever is displayed on the computer screen will be projected onto the SMARTboard. In classrooms that have a document camera the user can project an image of a worksheet, or other document by placing the document beneath the downward pointing lens of the camera. To scroll down a webpage, tap once with your finger on the downward-pointing scroll arrow. To put something in the recycle bin, drag the item by tapping it's icon once with your finger and then trace a path to the recycle bin. To write on the SMART board, remove one of the four pens from the tray below the board. Once the pen is removed you will enter Transparency Mode, and the image will freeze. The pens do not have any ink or electronic component. It is not necessary to use the pens, you can write with your finger or any object. Touch the SMARTboard and digital ink will allow you to write or highlight the display. If the writing is too light, press down harder. When you are finished or want to click or scroll, put the pen back in the slot in the tray. Erase by removing the eraser from the tray. The tray will register the absence of the eraser and the next touch will be an erasure. To use right-click functions press the right-click button under the pen tray. To type, press the virtual keyboard button under the pen tray. The SMARTboard can only recognize one active tool at a time. The writing will stay visible until you exit Transparency Mode. You do this by putting pens and erasers back in the tray and then touch the screen. If you do this by accident, "Restore Handwriting" will get your writing back.

I would recommend the SMARTboard to teachers. The technology is easy to use and allows flexibility in teaching. One-computer classrooms can maximize the use of limited computer access. The SMARTboard can accommodate different learning styles. The SMARTboard is an interactive whiteboard that students of all ages respond favorably to. []

Matt Stamm's assignment 2 Article 1: The following information has been copied from: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354496,00.asp

Delaney, L. (2009, October 20). In //SMART Board 685i3//. Retrieved January 31, 2012 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354496,00.asp Smart technologies' SMART Board 685i3 is an all-in-one solution that provides a touch-enabled widescreen interactive whiteboard, a boom-mounted short-throw projector, and an extended control panel for on-the-fly switching. SMART Technology's line of products are completely modular. Educators watching their budgets can choose to add accessories like USB speakers or Bluetooth connectivity to a whiteboard system at a later time, or omit them altogether. The company offers educators a host of additional interactive solutions, including a wireless slate for controlling a computer and a SMART Table that lets groups work on its surface simultaneously. SMART offers a valuable __online__ resource where you can download lesson plans, watch educational videos on how to use the product, or share ideas with others. This site gives a vivid description of the SMART board. It gives its price and dimensions.

Article 2: The following information has been copied from: http://www.ehow.com/about_5078772_reasons-schools-use-smart-boards.html

Kaufmann, K. (2006). In //Reasons School Use Smart Boards//. Retrieved January 31, 2012, from Google. http://www.ehow.com/about_5078772_reasons-schools-use-smart-boards.html SMART boards enhance the potential for students' learning and comprehension. The interactive technology allows students to move beyond the traditional parameters of the classroom and engage in hands-on learning. Embraced by researchers and educators alike, SMART boards serve as a model for the future of classroom instruction. Educators are eager to incorporate the SMART board into their classroom instruction because it allows them to move about the room, interact with students and promote student involvement. As Tom Hopper, a social studies teacher at Chippewa High School in Okemos, MI, indicates on his white board demonstration on You Tube, the SMART board allows him to "deliver material in a way that students are more used to seeing at home" or in environments outside of school. The SMART board draws upon the new learning styles of students who have grown up in a multimedia age where technology, digital enhancement and video interaction are commonplace. A SMART board allows an educator not only to relay information, but also to get students involved in the manipulation of the ideas. The SMART board is effective in engaging children with multiple learning styles; it incorporates visual, tactile and auditory learning into each lesson.

Article 3: The following information has been copied from: http://www.ehow.com/how_7618573_directions-using-smart-board.html

Chaney, C. (n.d.). In //Directions for Using a SMART Board//. Retrieved January 31, 2012, from Google. http://www.ehow.com/how_7618573_directions-using-smart-board.html Find out which SMARTboard interactive whiteboard is right for you. Our comparison chart highlights the features and benefits of each model so that you can mak e the best choice to suit your individual needs. Smartboard interactive white boards come in eight different models. Our comparison chart highlights the features and benefits each model so that you can make the best choice to suit your individual needs





Assignment 3:

Smartboards can be incorporated into the classroom in more ways than one. To start, smartboards can easily replace chalkboards and dry erase boards. More and more kids these days have allergies that can be triggered by the dust from chalkboards, replacing a chalkboard with a smatboard will eliminate these health hazards. Dry erase boards require markers and erasers that are often lost or stolen and are not cheap to erase. Although smartboards are not cheap themselves, they can easily pay for themselves in just a few short lessons. Smartboards give a more colorful and better visual for students when it comes to learning in the classroom. Smartboards link up to the classroom computer and not only is interactive, but it also works as a projector from the computer and can work with the software on the computer as well. Some teachers who have smartboards have given just a few of the many examples of how smartboards can be used in the classroom. When it comes to language arts lessons, smartboards can serve as a way for: digital storytelling, brainstorming a way to take notes for the class, highlight nouns and verbs, teach vocabulary and serve as an electronic word wall. Smartboards can be incorporated into math lessons by displaying diagrams, solving word problems and showing step by step how to solve equations. Social studies lessons can use smartboards in order to teach continents and oceans or even build maps. Some way, some how, smartboards can be incorporated into any subject of the classroom and make it easier and more fun for the students to learn. It makes it easier for students to see what is being taught along with being able to save the lesson that was taught for the students that were absent that day. [] []

Amanda Wallace

February 9, 2012

Research Notes

The following information has been copied from: Buyer, L. (February, 11 2008). //Smartboard changes classroom//. Retrieved from []


 * "The SmartBoard has helped to develop visual learners, while supporting aural and logical thinkers. We utilize PowerPoint for flash cards and access to the internet to view video content,"
 * "The SmartBoard works as a window to my brain" and gives faculty options for truly creative teaching,
 * Kids in the class were actually competing to ask questions so they could direct the flow of the conversation,
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Introducing SmartBoard technology into the classroom has added a whole new level of interactive teaching and learning,"
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kids claim that it's easier to grasp difficult concepts using the SmartBoard.

The following information has been copied from: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Warren, M. (October, 25 2011). //Smarter smartboard™ use: Finding and creating smart lessons//. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ways to use your SMARTBoard™ in your classroom


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Digital storytelling
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brainstorm
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature to narrate the text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Diagram activities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Teach steps to a math problem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Teach vocabulary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Electronic Word Wall
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">End each day by having students write one thing that they learned
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Save lessons to present to students who were absent
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present presentations created by student or teacher

The following information has been copied from: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Resources Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (October, 27 2010).//Interactive whiteboards in the classroom//. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Interactive whiteboards are used in many schools as replacements for traditional whiteboards or flipcharts. They provide ways to show students any thing which can be presented on a computer's desktop (educational software, web sites, and others). In addition, interactive whiteboards allow teachers to record their instruction and post the material for review by students at a later time. This can be a very effective instructional strategy for students who benefit from repetition, who need to see the material presented again, for students who are absent from school, for struggling learners, and for review for examinations. Brief instructional blocks can be recorded for review by students—they will see the exact presentation that occurred in the classroom with the teacher's audio input. This can help transform learning and instruction."

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