SB+Smarties+2+TS

//Members: Joanna,Tamra, Lourdes, Jennifer (new tech instructor at Nash)// What we want our schools to learn/do this year: For our three hours, we are going to:
 * __SmartBoard Smartie 2__**
 * More interactive lessons being used
 * Move upward on the rubric
 * Higher-level thinking activities
 * Learn to create lessons and share them

**__Create/find sample lessons to provide to our staff for more effective use of SmartBoards__**
Current [|Smart Board newsletter] with ideas, lesson plans, resources and information about version 10.0 [|Amphi Smart Board Resources] - check out Smart Board podcast (they banter a lot but have good links and resources), Intel tools are perfect for higher level thinking and Smart Board and numerous resources to check out and share with teachers.

This is a nice compilation of [|SmartBoard resources for primary grades K-5] that was put together by Nan LeFebure- Canada
 * Here is a list from Peggy George that she shares with her teachers:**

Great Sites for [|Using the SMARTboard K-3]

[|Engaging Learners the SMARTboard Way] (Eduscapes - Annette Lamb)

[|Primary Interactive White Board Resources]-For Key stages 1,2,3 and Foundations-math, literacy, science and other subjects

[|Jefferson County Schools-Interactive Websites] for Grades Pre K-12

[|Smartboard Notebook Files created by Lakeland Teachers], NY

[|Getting On & Falling Out-SEAL Interactive Smartboard Files] for friendship, cooperation & resolving conflict, feelings, managing & understanding anger, working together

[|Worthwhile Websites for Learning] - Here's another really good website to share with teachers so they can tell their students/parents about these great resources. While it is a Canadian website and some of the links are unique to the curriculum/ communities in Alberta Canada, many of them are useful anywhere. I'm sure you'll recognize lots of them. It's a fantastic collection of websites for students and parents (grades K-6). Division 1 sites are K-3 and Division 2 sites are 4-6. Teachers could use lots of these sites with their SmartBoards for in-class instruction. It's an amazing resource!!!

[|First Grade Backpack-Reading] - If you haven't discovered this website, you are going to want to take a look at it and explore all of the wonderful links!!! It is the most amazing collection of beginning reading websites I have found in one location. There are online stories, poems, interactive games, phonics activities and much, much more!! It would be great for kids to use independently or for teachers to use with SmartBoards. It is designed for first grade, but it could really be appropriate for any primary grades, and would be great for ELL students. Have fun exploring!!!

[|A great SmartBoard resource]

Working with [|SmartBoards to support student-centered inquiry-based learning]

[|Technology in Motion-SmartBoard Basics] (University of Alabama)

=Four Blocks SMARTBoard Activities=

Links for SMARTBoard activities to be used with the Four Blocks
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 * Writing**

• Wall Of Words A sentence building activity.

http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html

• Power Proofreading proof reading activities - grades K-5

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html


 * Guided Reading**

• Study Zone  Reading comprehension activities including recreating the story, cloze activities, vocabulary, grammar and more. grades K-5

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm

• Main Idea Interactive reading and comprehension practice. grades K-5

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/psmain.htm

• Learning Resources includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story. Each module is designed for ease of use so the learner can use it independently. grades 3 - 5

http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/4_networked_indiv/lr_networked_indiv_home.html


 * Working With Words**

Education Place  Interactive Spelling & Vocabulary activities - grades K-5

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/


 * Self Selected Reading**

• World of Peter Rabbit  Original Tales by Beatrix Potter are read aloud. grades K-5

http://www.peterrabbit.com/funandgames/funandgames6.cfm?territory=1&country=1

• Story Place  Children’s digital library. Includes stories, activities and suggested reading lists. grades K-5

http://www.storyplace.org/eel/eel.asp

• Book-Pop  Online stories, audio & animated narrated by the author, printable books - grades Preschool – 3

http://www.web-pop.com/bookpopchooser.html


 * Sites that can be used with all Four Blocks:**

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/pilot/pilotread.htm#1Posted 16 minutes ago ||

Our School Focus at Nash is writing. I found some interactive and instructional sites. Teachers can integrate these sites when creating lessons in Notebook. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm Power Proofreading/ Houghton and Mifflin http://downloads.smarttech.com/media/trainingCenter/flash/Notebook%20Software%20Basics.htm Notebook Basic Two Minute Toturial http://downloads.smarttech.com/media/trainingCenter/flash/Touch%20Write%20and%20Save.htm Touch, Write and Save Tutorial http://www.paragraphpunch.com/how_to.php Writing Prompts http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/grammar_games_index_page01.html Grammar http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/writing.shtml Writing Prompts and more! http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=kderittepun Punctuation Game http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf Spin and Spell (SEI) http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/nina/index.htm Language (SEI) http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm#Vocabulary Interactive Language Activites h[|ttp://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/lang-arts.html] Writing Tips http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/flash/fpoem1.shtml Words and pictures http://kingedward.epsb.ca/wwl/lang1.htm Websites for all content areas http://www.dositey.com/langk2.htm Great activities for all content areas.
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 * From:** Joanna Myhr-Arrison
 * Date:** October 24, 2007
 * Re:** All-day Tech Coach Meeting

I did a mixture of activities. I researched sites that Peggy has already found so that I didn’t duplicate her efforts. I updated this computer that didn’t have the necessary players for the sites I was reaching (Adobe Reader, Flash player, Shockwave player). Then I began searching in my area “music” and general areas. As far as teaching other teachers, this is my favorite site.

This site, "FUSION: Educators Integrating Technology" is is fantastically through and organized specifically for professional development. It won the Missouri State Teachers 2007 Award for "Outstanding Reporting of News in Education."

http://www.willard.k12.mo.us/co/tech/index.htm Willard R2 School District 460 Kime Street Willard, MO 65781

Goal for November meeting:
 * __Before meeting__ - distribute lessons/resources found to teachers at our schools.
 * Collect input from those teachers.
 * Survey teachers for needs to better use their SMARTBoards.
 * Find or create additional lessons/resources and continue to add to our current lists.
 * __At meeting__ - discuss results of teacher feedback.
 * Continue to build our resource library.
 * Discuss how we want to produce our final project.

Results from November 28th meeting:
 * We are creating a Technology Wikki linked to our school homepages as the resource for sharing with our teachers.
 * We will send the link to our wikki for teachers to begin to use the resources.
 * Need to survey teachers for needs to better use their SMARTBoards
 * We will continue to add additional lessons/resources to our Wikki.
 * __At next meeting__ - discuss results of teacher feedback.
 * Continue to build our resource library.
 * Discuss how we want to produce our final project.

1/16/2008 Tamra and Joanna were in attendance. We decided that, at our 3 hour tour (of mental island hopping) we will simply continue to make our school technology wikis presentable to the public.

Research: Continuing refining and formatting our wikis.

Peggy doesn't need to do anything for us :-)

2/12/08 //Tamra & Joanna improved our school technology wikis. They now have better asthetics, and more resources for our teachers.// Tamra's wiki page at Holaway http://holawaytechnology.wikispaces.com/ Joanna's page at Nash http://www.amphi.com/schools/nash/technology/main.html. This links to the wiki page which contains all the information.

March 26th Since the last meeting Tamra has continued to look for quality sites to add to the wiki and build up a library. Joanna and I also continue to add quality sites on the wiki. We would like to make it more presentable. It is still a work in process.

For Next Time: We will share our wikis which is a working resource. We also like to look at each other's wiki to share and post resources.

__Final reflection!__

We are proud of our accomplishments for the year.

We found that the best way to reach our goals was to create a resource for our teachers to access quality previewed resources. This took the form of a Wiki for each of our schools which is attached to our school websites. To be able to build capacity, the wiki can be accessed and edited by other teachers, so that the resources can continue to grow.

Even though the wikis aren't well publicized yet, teachers have already begun to use these resources and are asking for more.

Feel free to check them out and share them with others! (remember that they are works in progress!) http://holawaytechnology.wikispaces.com/ http://nashtech.wikispaces.com/