SMART+Mini-Sessions


 * **Workshops** || **Specific Skills** || **Date** || **Video** ||  ||
 * SMART Board Basics || Ink layer, board connected, cleaning board, how it works, pen tray, floating tool bar, right clicking, orienting the board, Notebook || 4-Sep || [|Basics.wmv] ||
 * Transferring Word & PPT docs to Notebook software, Digitalizing transparencies || Print, Save As Notebook, how to make transparencies digital || 9-Sep || [|Importing_MS_Word_Docs.wmv] ||
 * Saving SMART board class notes for absent students || File save as PDF option || 11-Sep || [|Save_as_PDF.wmv] ||
 * Inserting U-Tube Video into Notebook software || search U-Tube, keep vid, inserting into Notebook || 15-Sep || [|Inserting_UTube_Notebook.wmv] ||
 * Notebook Software (Getting Started) || new file, slides, page properties, insert picture, text || 17-Sep || [|Getting_Started_Notebook.wmv] ||
 * Gallery Tab || Basic look at all the Gallery tab has to offer, fun ways to get volunteers || 21-Sep || [|Gallery_tab.wmv] ||
 * Self Checking Activities for Students || erase and reveal, color reveal, ordering || 23-Sep || [|color_reveal.wmv] ||
 * Customizing floating tools/ Open House presentation || adding/subtracting, hiding tools || 25-Sep || [|floating_toolbar.wmv] ||
 * Using SMART video player || inserting videos into SMART player, special features || 29-Sep || [|SMART_video_player.wmv] ||
 * Language Arts Activities || Presentation borrowed from Heather Lamb, SMART board rep. || 1-Oct || [|Integration ideas #1.notebook] ||
 * Small Group break out activities for students on the SMART board || Ideas for quick student assessment, collaboration, getting students up to the board || 5-Oct || [|Getting_students_up_to_the_board.wmv] ||
 * Manipulating objects in Notebook || clone, infinite clone, locking, flip, rotate, resize || 7-Oct || [|manipulating_objects.wmv] ||
 * Notebook Software (More Tools) || Shapes, eraser, magic pen, etc. || 9-Oct || [|Notebook_more_tools.wmv] ||
 * Social Studies Activities || Presentation borrowed from Heather Lamb, SMART board rep. || 14-Oct || [|Integration ideas #1.notebook] ||
 * Integrating Discovery Education materials || signing up with Discovery Education, student accounts, searching for videos, pictures, text || 16-Oct || [|discovery_education.wmv] ||
 * Gallery Tab (more ideas) || Look at Gallery materials and decide which games are appropriate for your subject, brainstorm ideas || 20-Oct || [|more_gallery_games.wmv] ||
 * Animation & Hyperlinking in Notebook || Animation and hyperlinking slides in Notebook, internal and external links (websites) || 22-Oct || [|hyperlinking_and_animation.wmv] ||
 * Science Activities || Presentation borrowed from Heather Lamb, SMART board rep. || 26-Oct || [|Science_Content.wmv] ||
 * Exporting my content || Organizing, Saving and Exporting || 28-Oct || [|my_content.wmv] ||
 * Creating a game in Notebook || linking slides, types of games, linking websites, finding games on the Internet || 30-Oct ||  ||
 * Screen capture recordings using SMART recorder || Advantages of screen recordings, Recording your screen movements, producing, ways to deliver your recordings (online, CD, email) || 3-Nov ||  ||
 * SMART Response Clickers (Part 1/4) || Creating the questions (5 question types), importing questions, on screen simulation || 11/5/2009 || [|Aledo Teacher Resources (Level 1)] ||
 * SMART Response Clickers (Part 2/4) || Performing your first assessment, hooking up the SMART response system || 11/9/2009 || [|Aledo Teacher Resources (Level 1)] ||
 * SMART Response Clickers (Part 3/4) || SMART response RTI, Setting up your class roster in Excel, Importing your class roster || 11/11/2009 || [|Aledo Teacher Resources (Level 2)] ||
 * SMART Response Clickers (Part 4/4) || Follow up/Review/Questions? || 11/13/2009 || [|Aledo Teacher Resources (Level 2)] ||
 * What is Wikispaces? || Learn how useful (and easy) it is to create a wiki for student projects, hyperlinked writing, and a teacher webpage. It's what I use to deliver my training videos to you! || 11/17/2009 ||  ||
 * Getting Social with Social Bookmarking || Explore what the Web 2.0 tool Delicious has to offer for assisting students with Internet searches || 11/19/2009 ||  ||
 * Listen to Their Stories || Integrating digital storytelling (pictures and audio) into the curriculum (How to get started, Equipment, and Lesson Ideas). We will use Windows Movie Maker. || 11/23/2009 ||  ||
 * Let's Get Blogging || More Web 2.0 Tools-- Educational Blogs (Setup, activities, staying safe). We will be using edublogs. || 12/2/2009 ||  ||
 * It's Raining Word Clouds || More Web 2.0 Tools-- Wordle (pasting text, creating word cloud, displaying project, ideas for using word cloud in your subject) || 12/4/2009 ||  ||
 * Purposeful Web quests || Internet scavenger hunts utilizing problem solving skills || 12/8/2009 ||  ||
 * Hyping up PowerPoint Presentations || Creating hyperlinked presentations and ideas for student projects. || 12/10/2009 ||  ||
 * Easy Desktop Publishing || Print design projects in Microsoft Publisher (multi-page flyers, newspapers, book jackets, menus, magazine covers, brochures and calendars || 12/14/2009 ||  ||
 * Sweetening Up Excel Graphs || Presentation on M&M project and the basics of creating graphs || 12/16/2009 ||  ||   ||