The Networked Student

More SMARTBoard Sites

As more and more of you have access to the SMARTBoard you realize that The SMART Board interactive, electronic whiteboard can enhance instruction and learning. The SMART Notebook software makes it possible for teachers to create content rich, dynamic lessons which address specific student skills. Below is a list of websites that have Pre-Made Notebook Activity lessons to download. Some of these sites also have tutorials and short videos on using the SMARTBoard. Special Thanks to Jessica Borneman at Setauket Elementary School for her contributions to this list! If anyone wants to add a site to the list please e-mail me.

Notebook Activities on SMARTTECH Essentials for Educators
SMARTBoard Resource Page
Longwood School District’s SMARTBoard page
Lakeland Schools SMARTBoard notebook files
SMARTBoard Lessons on the TeachersGuide.com
Summit School District SMARTBoard Lessons and Templates
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/sb/templates.htm

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

SKRBL: Shareable online whiteboard

Did you ever wish you and your students could work online together?

Simple and easy online multi user whiteboard, start skrbl, give out your URL & start working together. Sketch, text, share files, upload pictures all in one common shared space. Use the button and the button to switch between freehand drawing, and text mode. skrbl saves and syncs your whiteboard automatically... what could be easierThere are no new tools to learn, nothing to download, nothing to install. Brainstorm on the simple whiteboard to start thinking together, everyone sees the same screen, everybody gets on the same page. Register for free give out the url to students and you are set to go.
Check out my skrbl at http://skrbl.com/92241901 add to my board to let me know what you think.

The Writing Teacher: Tips, Techniques and Strategies for Teaching Writing

The goal of this blog is to increase the quality of our students’ writing skills by sharing knowledge among experts and practitioners. The authors plan to share theory, practice, and research through articles, feedback from readers, and a numbers of web events. They will have teachers, writing assessment experts, academics, and others write about what they’ve tried, what works, how to implement ideas, and current theories on the subject of writing. They also plan to include lots of ideas regarding ways to get students writing more, since that’s the surest way to improve writing!