In this episode we cover many of the random generators in Smartboard.  They are flashed based and easy to edit.  Some of them on this weeks episode include:  Random name chooser, Random group maker, and a random number generator. We show how to find them, and also store them in the gallery.  We also discuss a great site at www.pbs.org.

To get a bunch of resources go to http://teachingwithsmartboard.com

 

In this Podcast we discuss a memorization technique that is interactive and fun.  They are a way to have the students work through a vocabulary and definition or simply just a spelling word.  We also talk about some user tips for beginners.  Things like using the page sorter and the select button.  Hope you can join us.  Remember that resources and downloads are at http://teachingwithsmartboard.com

Today’s Podcast is using Three Column Sorting to help teach your material.  This is template “O” from the teaching templates from the gallery.  (go to teachingwithsmartboard.com to get the gallery collection file “Teaching Templates” and it will automatically load into your “my content” gallery.   

Using three column sorting you can define the categories and then make your items that go into the categories.  This podcast explains how to get the template from the website teachingwithsmartboard.com.  We also discuss a lesson from Steve Batts on Geometry involving parallel lines and a transversal.  Of course, we have a few jokes included for you.

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In episode 61 we cover a teaching template called category sorting with named categories. This is a great template for higher order thinking.  The students may or may not be able to quickly idenify the categories that are within all of the items on a slide.  This template is available from our website at http://teachingwithsmartboard.com.  Go to the resources tab and then find the lesson templates.

We also cover a Jeopardy template in smartboard that was given to us by a listener.  It is very easy to edit and is a great review for your classes. Enjoy.

Lastly, we made a igoogle button on our website so that you can add our blog to your igoogle homepage and know whenever we upload a new podcast. 

Oh yeah, don't forget the new jokes that we have this week.  We have a site for you to go to to check out a bunch of new clean fun 4th grade humor jokes. 

Dave

This is our first podcast since we started school.  We cover a lesson structure called Category Sorting.  This sturcture you do not name the categories.  Students will work together to formulate categories and also sort the items into the categories.  We also cover our new website teachingwithsmartboard.com.  We share a great flash stoplight timer from Teq Smart.  Welcome back and we hope you enjoy the informational podcast about Smartboards.

Dave and Scott

Please visit our new site

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This is our last podcast of this school year.  We will probably have a podcast this summer, but look for us to have more podcasts in the fall when school starts back up.
We cover some of the things you might want to do this summer with your Smartboard.  We give some lesson ideas for you to try, as well as some links for you to go to.
Have a great summer.  We hope you get a lot of time to work on some new Smartboard activities.
Dave and Scott
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In this podcast we have a special guest Rob Porter who is a part of the Naperville Central High School math department.  He shares a math lesson with us.  We also talk a little about the Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0.
Hope you can join us.
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This week's Podcast includes guest host Tony Schlorff and the singing of Pop Goes the Weasel.  Tony goes through a few different ideas he uses in his math classes.  Of course we have a couple of jokes for you too.
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We had a listener submit this lesson.  Denise gave us the Hot Spot lesson idea.  It uses the Flash gallery item.  It is a whole lot of fun and easily adaptable.  We cover Denise's two lessons from this and then we made a couple of our own from this.  Enjoy.
Here is our website:
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This is the second podcast on the Smartboard Gallery.  We cover things like adding your own shapes and words to the Gallery and also how to print capture things and put them in the gallery.  We also make a gallery collection for easy distribution.  Our website is:
http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/what/math/smartboard/