Westfall High School Waiver Day

Staff Training 2011

SMART Board Tips, Tricks, and Resources

Presented by: JD Williamson

Welcome and Introduction

SMART Board on and off suggestions

How to check your bulb life

SMART Board Tips and Tricks

SMART Board Resources http://www.westfall.k12.oh.us/Technology.aspx

SMART Board on and off suggestions

How to check your bulb life

Topic One- SMART Board Tips and Tricks

Dual Page Display and Pinning – you can easily toggle between dual and single page display with the dual page button on the toolbar. When in Dual Page mode you can pin one page. The pinned page will stay and you can change the other page with the arrows or slide sorter.

Topic One- SMART Board Tips and Tricks

Linking –

Linking to files, websites, other sides. Use the attachment tab to link to audio, video, Ms Office, or other Smart notebook files.

Topic One- SMART Board Tips and Tricks

Customize Your Toolbar – By right clicking on the toolbar in Smart, it opens up a window that allows you to drag icons on and off the toolbar to customize it to your own wishes.

Topic One- SMART Board Tips and Tricks

Change the Default Font Settings

Click on the Text Tool (Big “A”) on the toolbar and select one of the six text settings that you want to change. On the properties tab change the settings as you require (color, size, font) and choose Save Tool Properties – and your settings are changed.

Topic One- SMART Board Tips and Tricks

Shape Recognition Pen – This is a handy tool to draw free hand shapes. When you draw something reasonably close to a given shape, it will automatically transform into that shape.

Topic One- SMART Board Tips and Tricks

The Magic Pen – The Pen Icon with stars around it is a very neat tool. If you draw a circle it will put a spotlight on the circular spot and grays out the rest of the screen. If you draw a rectangle it will zoom in on the rectangular spot.

Topic One- SMART Board Tips and Tricks

Clicking on the Launch the Screen Capture Tool icon brings up the window shown to the left. The options are: capture area, capture window or capture screen. If you click on the Area box, you may use your cursor (or your finger on the SMART Board) to select an area on the screen which you want to bring into the SMART Notebook. If you click on the Window box, the open window will be selected. If you click on the Screen box, your entire desktop screen will be selected. This tool is ideal for capturing screens from the TI-83 emulator; for capturing portions of web pages accessed through the internet; of capturing portions of PowerPoint presentations; etc.

Topic Two- SMART Board Resources

Resource 1- SMART Exchange Forum

Resource 2- SMART Exchange Templates and Downloads

Resource 3- Teachers love SMART Boards Blog

Resource 4- High School Notebook Lessons

Resource 5- School of Waupaca SMART Board links

Resource 6- SMART Board Games and Activities

Click the link above to access the SlideShare presentation

http://www.westfall.k12.oh.us/Technology.aspx

Contact information

JD Williamson

jwilliamson@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us