SMARTBOARD Tutorials

The SMART board interactive whiteboard 10 is the SMART notebook only with less animated tools and gallery items. It is a whiteboard, that projects your computer screen, allowing you to open Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. It is an interactive whiteboard, so the user is able to draw on the project computer screen or any of the Microsoft Applications. The user is also able to take a screen capture of anything they create. This is much like the SMART notebook, except the SMART notebook allows you to add in animations, videos, and flash animation all from your laptop. You are able to design and create lesson plans from laptop and project it provided there is a projector, thanks to SMART notebook. Whereas SMART whiteboard, you are not able to create any lesson plans and save them, you are just pulling up documents from your computer and profiling them to the class. It all becomes like a powerpoint document and there is not much excitement to it.

The SMART Table is much like the SMART whiteboard only it has become a little more advanced. It has the tools of the interactive whiteboard with the activities of the SMART notebook included. The students are still able to touch the screen and draw on it. Students are now able to look at images and can resize the images and organize them. The students can also play activities such as multiple choice and hot spots. The activity multiple choice allows students to come drag the correct answer to question and hot spots allows students to match words and images to correct areas. There are also addition and puzzle activities. These activities build team work and leadership.

The SMART podium is a great idea. You are able to stand in one area of the classroom or walk around and present your information. I would personally find it a little complicated to hold and draw on at the same time. Although, I would have to get over it and learn to multi-task! It is a great tool, I can see how it can be very useful in a large classroom setting such as EDST 221 or a elementary school classroom.