Education | Technology | Interactivity | Creativity
Smartboard Resources
Combining the simplicity of a whiteboard with the power of a computer, the SMART Board interactive whiteboard lets you deliver dynamic lessons, write notes in digital ink, and save your work – all with the simple touch of a finger. The SMART Notebook software can also be used without a SMART Board. Files that can be very engaging and interactive will work well on an projector or simply at the computer.
Search Engines
According to a 2007 report by Netcraft, 108,810,358 distinct Web sites make up the World Wide Web. To find out more about a specific topic, service or product, you use an Internet search engine. While the variety of today's search engines work differently, they all use Webcrawlers (also called bots) designed to index pages on the Web and also words found on these pages. The indexing of the Web enables us to search for keywords or combinations of words to find information online.
Google Search Tips
A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. Learn how to get the most out of search engines with some tips and tricks. Google in Webopedia
Links for kids!
Researching specific content and finding relevant, interesting and age appropriate web sites can be a challenge. Here is a short list of sites that are kid-oriented, research-driven, and engaging. Links for Kids and the links below will help students navigate through the World Wide Web successfully. Try some Google tools such as Google Directory, Google for Educators, Google Scholar, Google Wonder Wheel, Google Timeline View and other great Google tools. See the Google Search Tips above.
Professional & Leadership Development
SMART Technologies as well as many other sites that are dedicated to the professional and leadership development of teachers offer many free and interactive training opportunities. Depending on your learning style you will find videos, written documentation, step by step lessons, interactive notebook files and many more ways to help you with your journey. Search for "smart technology training" (with quotation marks) or find many links on the attached file. Teaching Tutorials and PD