This episode is all about animations.  We explore different ways in which you can use animations in your lessons.  We talk you step by step through the different aspects of making an animation and then using it.

We also have a guest video clip sent in from Kelley Garbero.  It is called stand tall.  This is where students are shown a certain problem on the smartboard and certain students stand up at certain times.  It is very intereactive and movement driven.

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Best Regards,

Dave and Scott

Happy Holidays!

In this podcast we take a look at a template called Guess the picture.  Here is how it works.  You put a picture or a problem or a sentence behind a few squares.  You have a student and their partner go to the Smartboard and delete one square.  They and the rest of the class try to guess what the picture is from the revealed area.  If they don't guess correctly, another set of two people come up and delete another square.  This occurs until the picture is guessed.  Scott has designed a few cool holiday items for the podcast.  He shows a really nice snowflake maker.  

Hope you enjoy the show.

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Dave and Scott 

In this podcast we cover the teaching template called Order of Importance.  This is a way to put a set of items in a certain order.  However, the order depends on the students choices.  The only thing the students have to do is JUSTIFY why they put items in the particular place.  It is a great way to get students to engage in the material and take a stand.  This can be used in almost any subject and any age. 

We also go over a few listener submitted letters. 

We have to admit that we forgot to put in the jokes this week.  Some of you may be happy about that.  We will definitely put them in next podcast.

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This podcast is filled with how to work the animations in Smartboard Notebook 10.  We cover the Fly in, and the Fade in.  It is a great way to add a liitle extra something to your lesson.  We also cover a couple of cool websites.  Happy Turkey Day.

Give an email if you can sometime.  smartboardguys@teachingwithsmartboard.com

 

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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.

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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

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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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