Teaching with Smartboard
A weekly screencast discussing how to use an IWB in the classroom.

Hello Everyone. 

Happy Holidays.  We have put together a podcast about named and unnamed category sorting.  We have a template for you and we have some examples that show you how to use the template.  Templates are great to use because they can be modified with the varied content you have.

We also cover a couple of new jokes for you.
Enjoy,
Dave and Scott

Direct download: twsb86.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 11:05 PM

Happy Thanksgiving!
We cover two things today.  One is called Label the Diagram.  This is a teaching template that we provide on our website.  www.teachingwithsmartboard.com
We also cover category sort.  This is a flash teaching template that SMART provides. 
We also cover a couple of new jokes for you.
Enjoy,
Dave and Scott

Direct download: twsb85.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 1:48 AM

Scott and Dave have another podcast out.  In Episode 84 we discuss how to use the flash template "Image Select".  We also give a few great websites for using instruments on the SMARTBoard.  Yes, we do have a joke for you as well.
Enjoy the podcast.  Check in for many resources at www.teachingwithsmartboard.com .
All the Best,
Scott and Dave 

Direct download: twsb84.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 1:55 AM

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the new school year.  We have been off for a while.  Some might say that we have always been "off".  We have just completed our first podcast this school year and it has to do with NOTEBOOK EXPRESS.  This is a FREE program that can run Notebook documents though a website.  It is really cool.  It is great for your students to be able to work with any Notebook document that you put out there.  Also, we talk about one of the flash templates that Smartboard puts out called ANAGRAMS.  It is where you can put in a list of vocabulary words and then the students will have to unscramble them.  It works great and is very easy to use.  Check out our podcast.
Go to www.teachingwithsmartboard.com for more information and more resources.


All the best,

Dave and Scott

smartboardguys@teachingwithsmartboard.com

 

Direct download: twsb83.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 7:35 PM

Today we cover a few Interactive Games that are  excellent for the SMARTBoard.  We talk about the toolkit interactive tools as well.  It is a fun podcast.  I hope you can join us.

Scott and Dave

Direct download: 82.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 6:56 PM

In this episode we cover the 800 Series SMARTBoard as well as some teaching ideas that incorporate the dual touch. One idea like having one person an eraser and one person a writer. Another idea is having a student on the left side of an equation and one person on the right side. Then they have to work the problem together. We also took the idea from the game Minute to Win it on TV and use the game BREAKFAST SCRAMBLER to scramble pictures. It has been a really fun activity. We are still searching for ways to incorporate it into curricular material.

An itunes listing of TEACHING WITH SMARTBOARD click here

Click here to go to the blog entry on purchasing the book. 

All the best,

Dave and Scott

smartboardguys@teachingwithsmartboard.com

 Click Here for RESOURCES and Downloads including notebook documents and PDF’s from each episode

Direct download: 81.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 8:59 PM

We our 80th Podcast!  Wow.  It really has been fun.  Thanks for following us.  That means you probably have heard your share of corny jokes.  Tune into this podcast and you will hear some more.

First we cover the teaching template called "Four Corner Sorting".  It is a classic teachingwithsmartboard.com template.  It is all premade and easy to use.  We take you step by step through the process.  If you are a beginning user, this episode is for you!

We also cover how to take a screen capture.  This means that if I want to take a picture of what is on my screen I can highlight a certain area and it will capture it into SMART Notebook software.

We cover how you can access our book at our website  www.teachingwithsmartboard.com   Go to our resources page and download the teaching templates gallery collection file.  You will find 29 templates of ready to use lessons.  Enjoy!

All the Best,

Scott and Dave

Direct download: 80.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 8:23 PM

If you use SMART Response, you will want to check this podcast out.  Tagging questions using the Smart Response system is very easy and useful. We will walk you through the process of putting tags on any assessment you use in SMART Response.  We also enjoy some holiday websites.

Got to www.teachingwithsmartboard.com to get more information

All the best,

Scott and Dave 

Direct download: 79.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 9:25 PM

This podcast covers a few teaching ideas using sound and language.  We feel this podcast is valuable to any SMARTBoard user but would especially be useful to World Language Teachers.  We also cover the new SMARTBoard feature called Transparent Background.  This replaces the ink aware problems that plagued so many earlier versions of SMARTBoard Notebook Software.

Check out our website full of materials and downloads at www.teachingwithsmartboard.com

All the best,

Dave and Scott

Direct download: 78.mp4
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 7:57 PM

In this episode Scott and Dave look at a few more Math Tools that are now available from SMART.  They explore the equation editor and the connections it has with the graphs.   There is also an excellent kooshball game that is designed to work with your smartboard.

All the best,

Scott and Dave  

www.teachingwithsmartboard.com

thesmartboardguys@teachingwithsmartboard.com

Direct download: 77.m4v
Category:Vidcast -- posted at: 4:08 PM