SMART+Board

SMART Board Resources

 * Basic SMART Board Use**
 * 1) With any application, you can use the SMART Board as a touch-sensitive screen. Furthermore you can pull up a keyboard to enter text or numbers and save annotations on the screen created with the tools from the pen tray and floating tools from the screen.
 * 2) With Microsoft Office, you have tools that provide enhanced SMART Board features, such as converting handwriting to text for Word and Excel, and providing additional tools in PowerPoint.
 * 3) With SMART Notebook and other SMART Tech applications, you have applications that are fully integrated with the board.

[|SMART Tech] - the company that produces the SMART Board [|Download instruction guides and view tutorials] [|Download the software] to your home computer (You'll need the activation number from your school's tech department.) [|SMART Exchange] SMART Tech's Educator Community for lesson plans and more EASTCONN's SMART Users Group Wikispace for resources and ideas from our community.
 * SMART Board Resources**

The Notebook software has many features for educational applications. Some of these include:
 * SMART Notebook**
 * The Galleries provide pictures and flash programs for enhancing your curriculum.
 * The Lesson Activity Toolkit provides "bells and whistles" to embellish your lessons.
 * Screenshots can be placed on a notebook page.
 * Images and media can be dragged into the My Content (you can create folders here too) to build a personal gallery of images, media, as well as lessons and other objects.


 * Other Useful SMART Applications**
 * SMART Video Player (Windows only): You can play a video, annotate using the pen set and more, copy the image into Notebook.
 * SMART Recorder: You can record your desktop and voice (with mic) to create a movie file (large file)
 * Other SMART Tools: Screenshade, spotlight, calculator and more can be used with any application.

[|Thinkfinity] [|PBS Teachers Resource] [|WGBH Teachers Domain] [|Discovery Education] [|BBC Bitesize] [|iConn: Connecticut's Digital Library] [|Internet4Classrooms]
 * Educational Resources**

[|Illuminations from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics] [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] [|Shodor Interactives]
 * Math Resources**


 * Helpful SMART Board Handouts**