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SmartZone: Using Your Interactive Smart Board


 * Tom Barrett's Interesting Ways Series on Interactive Whiteboards**

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__Reasons for use__

 * Easily create presentations to use with and without the SMART Board.
 * Integrates seamlessly with the SMART Board - present, write, modify, save, all from the board itself.
 * Comes complete with thousands of images, templates, backgrounds, multimedia elements, activities, games and more.
 * Easily insert and edit images, audio files, video clips, text, icons, clipart.

__Ease of use__

 * Very easy to use - easy to create, easy to present.
 * Built-in Gallery can be browsed by topic or searched by keyword.
 * Drag and drop convenience.

__Ways to use your SMARTBoard™ in your classroom__

 * Digital storytelling
 * Brainstorm
 * Take notes directly into PowerPoint-Like presentations
 * Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites
 * Teach editing skills using editing marks
 * Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
 * Teach students how to navigate the Internet
 * Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature to narrate the text.
 * Diagram activities
 * Teach steps to a math problem.
 * Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences
 * Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students.
 * Teach vocabulary
 * Electronic Word Wall
 * End each day by having students write one thing that they learned
 * Save lessons to present to students who were absent
 * Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.
 * Present presentations created by student or teacher

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