Monday, January 28, 2008

Vital -- Video In Teaching And Learning

Vital is an easy to use classroom resource with downloadable video clips and math and ELA activites. VITAL now includes over 140 video-based math and ELA activities for grades 3-6.
At: http://vital.thirteen.org/index.php
A printable Teacher's Guide is now available, with sections on navigating the site, creating your own VITAL activities, building visual literacy, and classroom tips for effective video use. Check it out.

Smartboad Just Launched Their Very Own Channel On YouTube!

SMARTBoad Just launched thier very own channel on YouTube. You can check it out here: http://youtube.com/user/SMARTclassrooms
See the power of using SMART products in a variety of learning environments with this collection of videos created by teachers and SMART staff.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Online Review Games in Science






The Review Game Zone is a web based review game creation site. Any teacher can easily create games for free using a simple form on this website. Simply input the question data, type the answer choices and that’s it! The games are automatically created and provide interactive review for exams or quizzes. Students can use games that have been created by other teachers on a variety of subjects. This is a new site and does not yet contain all subject areas. This what they have so far for grades 6-11
http://www.reviewgamezone.com

ScienceReviewGames.com, your FREE, fun and interactive site to help you study for science exams! Here you can play games such as basketball, soccer and deal or no deal all while reviewing science topics! Test review just got fun!

Any teacher can create games using a simple form on the website. Simply input the question data, write the answer choices and that’s it! The games are automatically created and provide interactive review for exams or quizzes.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

SmartBoard Resources

This tutorial is a quick introduction to the basics of SMART Board software. You will see how to launch an application with your finger, write on the interactive whiteboard and how you can save your notes.



Simply follow the link below to see more Two-Minute Tutorials
http://smarttech.com/trainingcenter/tutorials.asp

Notebook software lesson activities
Take advantage of thousands of Notebook software lesson activities for your classroom. Find Notebook software lesson activities by curriculum standards or subject and grade level
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/Notebook+activities/

SmartBoard Resource Pages
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm#Math
http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html

SMART Exchange
A community of teachers, administrators and SMART experts sharing ideas, expertise and enthusiasm to create extraordinary moments in the classroom
http://exchange.smarttech.com/

Posted by: Jim Fargione
District Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology
Three Village School District