Dawn Robinson EDMA 658 Presentation October 9, 2012 Interactive whiteboards and screen casting Technology in the elementary classroom Dawn Robinson EDMA 658 Presentation October 9, 2012
Interactive Whiteboards-Hardware Promethean Board www.prometheanworld.com Smart White Board http://smarttech.com
Interactive Boards-Software ActivInspire www.prometheanplanet.com
Smart Board Software http://smarttech.com/Support/Browse+Support/Download+Software/Software/SMART+Classroom+Suite+interactive+learning+software/SMART+Classroom+Suite+software/Version+2012+for+Windows
Whiteboard Professional Communities www.prometheanplanet.com
Smart Board Professional Resources Smart Exchange http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0
Lovely Tools… Pens Wands Tablets Tables Dual Boards Student Hand Held Devices (ActiVotes, ActivExpression)
Wonderful Math Widgets Any virtual tool you can download: Grids Rulers Calculators Dice Protractors Math Packages
Promethean Board Math Expressions www.thinkcentral.com Our entire 2nd Grade program with added curriculum features is available on the Q Drive (network drive that can be accessed by anyone in the MSBSD).
Any interactive website you can find you can use in your classroom: Teachers and Students alike! www.thinkcentral.com Program materials and added tutoring and math games. www.aleks.com Tutoring program used for highly capable students. www.khanacademy.org Brief mini lessons on over 2,000 concepts. www.learn360.com Videos demonstrating concepts, especially great for the younger viewers-Cyberchase, Math Monsters, etc.
Use in the Classroom Most programs are electronic and/or interactive Throw it up on the board… Add a few widgets to make it interactive… Add in media clips and animation to hook and hold their attention… And voila! An 80-90% engaged classroom of 26+ students! Add some hand held devices for 100% engagement and instant corrective feed back!
Taking whiteboard instruction one step forward Screencasting
While students are watching… The interactive whiteboard of you or it appearing to teach the lesson by itself you can be: Circulating Checking and Correcting Catching students up Working with a small group where audio/visual is not enough
How do you do this? Promethean has a built in feature that you can “record” yourself teaching the lesson. You can go to http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ and get a free account and do up to 15 minute videos (you can do a pic in screen of yourself teaching if you have webcam but I’ve only done the screen record mode.)
Why do this? Pros Cons Allows you more mobility Allows flexibility in instruction Differentiation Takes time Need to be tech savvy Know your class-it changes every year