Getting+Started+With+Your+Smartboard

toc =Getting Started With Your Smartboard=

There are several excellent Smartboard or Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) tutorials on the internet that will help reinforce the skills you're learning. They break down the Notebook software into small manageable tutorials. However, like the children we teach, many of us learn best with a 'hands-on' approach. One of the best tips I can think of is to have Notebook open at the same time you are watching a tutorial. Use the F9 key (this could be F3 on newer models) to switch back and forth between Notebook and your web browser. This will allow you to stop the tutorial and practice what you just learned. Then switch back using the F9 key and continue the tutorial.

You don't need a Smartboard to create lessons, you just need the Notebook software on your PC/laptop. Start by familiarizing yourself with the basic features on the toolbar then progress to the Gallery on the sidebar of the window. I save clipart I've imported and use repeatedly in the Gallery. I started saving lessons I created in a folder on my desktop called 'smartboard'. It seemed easier when I wasn't yet familiar with how to use the Gallery and its features. To learn more about the Gallery and other tools to use in creating lessons, I've included several links and explanations for these below.

Tutorials on the Internet tend to use a PC instead of Mac to show the lesson. [|Atomic Learning] does have tutorials using both. They require a username and password which our school offers. The variety of tutorials is expansive and varies from the basic to the more complex tools.

Ideas for lessons and tools, as well as support sites for teachers, can be found at [|Delicious], smartboard blogs, smartboard wikis like this one, [|Google], as well as [|TeacherTube]. There is a wonderful [|elearnr blog] I found that really guides you through easily. Another blog I found useful for resources, tips and tricks is a page from  [|Teachers love SMART Boards]. There are amazing sites on the web, but I find it easy to lose focus and have fun 'getting lost' in them.

Basic Features

 * Orientation and your Smartboard**
 * Access Orientation through SMART Board Tools on your dock (Open, Orient), or hold the two keys (Keyboard and Right Click Mouse on the pen tray) down at the same time.
 * Orient whenever you haven't used the Smart Board in awhile
 * When it's been moved
 * When there has been a lot of movement in and around your room (from an upstairs classroom or if your room is next to a busy stairway)
 * When the cursor and your finger or pen tip don't match
 * Not needed every day


 * Toolbar**
 * [[file:SB2 - Notebook 10.0.notebook]]
 * Select Arrow
 * Pens, Magic Pens (they disappear!), Creative Pens (colorful and fun)
 * Screens - Full vs. Dual, Screen Shade
 * Table
 * Eraser
 * Shapes

What's Next?
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 * Learning about //Move and Reveal, Erase and Reveal, Pull Tabs, and other layering techniques//
 * //Screen Shade//
 * //[[file:Saving a Lesson.pdf]] (scroll down to page 4 - Advanced Features)//

Advanced Features
Tutorial - [|Understanding the Ink Layer] //Ink layer// using Word [|Smartboard Ink Layer] Smarttech's tutorial using the [|ink layer and handwriting/shape recognition] Learning the features and tools in the [|Lesson Activity Toolkit] - The 2.0 version is available as a download. [|10 Tips and Tricks] that cover tools from the Lesson Activity Toolkit Using the [|Smartboard Recorder]

More Website Resources for Tutorials and Lessons
[| ICT Across the Curriculum]- awesome resource designed to help support teachers as they learn how to use an IWB (Smartboard), also has great links. Video on 5 tips and tricks covers how to import Word document, spotlight tool, and saving to My Content in the Gallery [|Smartboard on Teacher Tube] - great searchable source [|Fusion Tutorials] - awesome examples [|Atomic Learning] - PC and Mac tutorials, username and password required [|My Delicious Bookmarks] - lots of lesson ideas, games, tutorial sites. Sites always being added, K-12 [|Getting Started with SMART Notebook - the Basics] - download the guide which is for a PC but should be helpful for Mac users