1. Technology to Enhance Foreign Language Instruction:
Session 1: SmartBoard
Monday, 10/17, 3:30-6:00 p.m.
Session goals:
Participants will:
• become familiar with available resources
• create a sample agenda & convert it to a PDF to post online
• adapt SmartNotebook activities for the FL classroom
• modify game templates for their own lessons
Activities:
#1 - Create an Agenda & Post It Online
#2 - Create a Lesson to Stimulate Discussion
#3 - Use the Activity Toolkit to Create Interactive Games
#4 - Modify Game Templates
#5 - Create a SmartNotebook Comic
#6 - Use SmartNotebook & the Internet to Visit a Foreign City & Measure Distances
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2. General Layout / Checking for Updates / SMART Exchange
• Help - Check for Updates
• Page sorter
• Gallery
• Lesson Activity Toolkit
• Files
• Properties Tab
• Large Icon Bar
• SMART Exchange
**Please take a minute to browse the resources**
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3. Activity #1: Create an Agenda for Your Class
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4. Add accents
Unfortunately, there is no way to insert an accent as in MS word.
Either copy & paste from Word or use accent codes!
Hold down the ALT key and type using the numeric keypad.
à 0224 á 0225 â 0226 ñ 0241 ä 0228
è 0232 é 0233 ê 0234 ë 0235
ì 0236 í 0237 î 0238 ï 0239
ò 0242 ó 0243 ô 0244 ö 0246
ù 0249 ú 0250 û 0251 ü 0252
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5. Add links (to documents & Internet) and images to your agenda
Adjective­ETRE celebrity review.ppt
Le Figaro
**Please take a few minutes to add to your agenda**
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6. • Create a sample agenda for one of your classes for this week
• Include title, date, goals, activities, homework
• Add links and images, and change the background color
Be sure to:
• Change size, font, color of text
• Move text to different areas of the page
• Add a background (Gallery Essential -> Background & Themes)
**Please take a few minutes to create your agenda**
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7. Save Your Agenda as a PDF and post it online
Students do not have SmartBoard software at home,
so you must save your agenda as a PDF first!
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8. Activity #2: Create a Lesson to Generate Class Discussion
• Re-use knowledge of modifying text, adding images, adding links
• Re-use knowledge of adding backgrounds
• Add links within your SmartBoard document & to images
• Save images, images with links, documents and links to your My Contents file
• Use Screen Shade
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9. Let's open a new file and see how to make this!
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10. Create your own lesson to generate discussion.
Be sure to:
• Include images from the Internet or the Gallery
• Add these images to your My Content file
• Add links to these images to the Internet
• Add links to these images to other slides within your document
• Use Screen Shade to cover part of your slide
**Please take a few minutes to create your
own lesson to generate class discussion**
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11. Activity #3: Use Lesson Gallery Activity Templates
Available Activity Templates:
• Anagrams
• Category Sort (for Image or Text)
• Hot Spots
• Image Arrange, Match, Select
• Keyword Match
• Multiple Choice
• Note reveal
• Pairs
• Sentence Arrange
• Tiles
• Timeline Reveal
• Vortex Sort (for Image or Text)
• Word Biz, Word Guess
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12. Anagrams:
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13. Category Search (for Image or Text):
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14. Hot Spots:
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15. Image Arrange:
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16. Image Match:
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17. Image Select:
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18. Keyword Match:
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19. Multiple Choice:
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20. Note reveal:
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21. Pairs:
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22. Sentence Arrange:
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23. Tiles:
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24. Timeline Reveal:
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25. Vortex Sort:
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26. Word Biz:
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27. Word Guess:
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28. Pick Two SmartBoard Activities & Adapt Them for Your Class
**Please take a few minutes to create your activities**
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29. Activity #4: Modify Game Templates
Go to:
worldlanguagefileshare.wikispaces.com
Click on "Templates" (on left) for blank template.
Or click on "Expresate" (on left) for my completed templates.
There are tons more templates to search from on SmartExchange!
**Choose your favorite template and modify it for a lesson**
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30. Activity #5: Create a SmartNotebook Comic with Audio
SmartNotebook Comics
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31. 1. La Poste
Voilà le facteur qui va
distribuer le courrier.
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32. 2. La Poste
Merci, monsieur!
Il met les lettres dans la boîte aux lettres.
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33. 3. La Poste
e
m ond
du
Il ya ui !
… urd’h
là là t aujo e!
O h e ueu
gui
ch la q
au sf ont
gen
Les
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34. 4. La Poste
Le facteur pèse mon colis sur la balance.
Ouf ! Il est lourd !
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35. 5. La Poste
Merci ! Et au revoir !
Il met un timbre sur mon colis et je paie.
C’est pas trop cher !
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36. Student Sample #1:
Students created a 1st
draft on paper.
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37. J'achete un
timbre qui est
pour une lettre.
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38. J'envoie la
lettre a mon
amie Isabelle
qui est en
France.
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39. Je vais a la poste
que j'envoie le
colis.
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40. Le colis a
une adresse
de un nom,
un numero,
unerue, un
code postal,
et une ville.
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41. Je donne le
colis au
employe de
poste que il
pese avec la
balance.
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42. J'achete une
enveloppe pour une
lettre que j'envoie
ce soir.
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43. Student Sample #2:
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44. Un jour, Nicolas a entré une nouvelle école qui n'était
pas tres jolie (Melrose High)
Je suis excité pour
l'ecole!
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45. b
Bonjour, je
m'appelle Betty On y va!
Il avait beaucoup des peurs jusqu'a il a fait le
? connaisance de Betty et Jessie qui étaient les
meilleurs.
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46. Bette et Jessie ont pris Nicolas a la
cours de Francais, ou ils ont apprendu
comment parler Francais, ce qui est
difficile.
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47. Mdr....
?
La fille dont Nicolas était amourse est Bette,
qui était le prémier de la classe
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48. Melrose High
Chez Jessie
Apres l'ecole, Betty, Jess et Nicolas ont rentre chez
Jessie, pres de lequel était Melrose High
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49. Au revoir
La maison, ou ils ont fait les devoirs, était tres
grande. Nicolas a l'aime. Apres les devoir il a dit "au
revoir!", ce qui etait dommage.
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50. Technical How-To
Set a Background:
- click on "Gallery" tab
- click on "Background and Themes"
- choose your background
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51. Technical How-To
Insert Comic "Frame"
- click on the "Shapes" button
- choose the shape you want
- click and insert it on the page
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52. Technical How-To
Insert Images:
1. - search for an image on-line
- copy & paste it into your
presentation
2. - search for an image in the
"Gallery" tab
- select the image and place it in
your presentation
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53. Technical How-To
Insert Speech/Thought Bubbles:
1. - click on the "Shapes" button
- scroll right for one speech, one
thought bubble
- click and insert it on the page
2. - search for a speech bubble in the
"Gallery" tab
- select the speech bubble and place
it in your presentation
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54. Technical How-To
Insert Text:
- begin typing anywhere on the page
- highlight the text to change font,
color, size, etc.
- when done, click outside of text box
- text can now be moved around the
page like an image
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55. Technical How-To
Group Text & Speech/Thought Bubbles:
- size your text and place it in the speech/thought bubble
- drag the mouse around the text & speech/thought bubble so that both are selected
- click "CTRL + G," or select drop-down arrow on either and select "Grouping," "Group"
- text & speech/thought bubbles now move together
*you will no longer be able to modify text
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56. Technical How-To
Record Sound:
- open the "Sound Recorder" from the
program menu
- use a microphone or the built-in
microphone on your computer to record
your voice
- save file (saves as .wav or .wma, not .mp3)
*check compatibility with your version of SB
software. If SB only accepts .mp3, check for
updates.
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57. Technical How-To
Attach Sound:
- select the text or speech/thought bubble
you want to attach sound to
- click on the drop-down arrow and select
"Sound"
- browse for and select your sound recording
- click on "object," then ok
- the sound file will be coverted
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58. Technical How-To
Attach Sound Effects from Internet:
- find the sound effect from on-line
- save to your computer (right-click "save link as") and
follow same steps to attach sound recordings
*Some free on-line sound effect websites:
http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html
http://www.findsounds.com/
**Try creating your own Comic!**
http://www.soundjay.com/
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59. Activity #6: Use SmartNotebook & the Internet to visit a foreign city
The transparent background icon will allow your SB page to
"disappear," but will save all work you do as if you were still on it.
Why use the transparent background?
- look at content on-line or on the computer,
take notes and save them
- create a class record of notes/discussion without
constantly re-opening Smart Notebook
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60. *Note that this slide does NOT have a background!
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61. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/paris
Activity #1: Visit Paris
What are the key monuments in Paris?
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62. Technical How-To
Create Text Boxes:
- click on "Shapes" button
- select the shape you want to encircle your text
- size it around your text
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63. Technical How-To
Fill Text Boxes:
- click on the text box you've created
- click on the "Properties" tab on the left
- select the color/style you want
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64. Technical How-To
Send Text Boxes to Back:
- click on the text box
- click on the drop-down arrow
- select "Order," then "Send to Back"
Practice
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65. Technical How-To
Group Text & Text Boxes:
- drag the mouse around the text & text box so that both are selected
- click "CTRL + G," or select drop-down arrow on either and select "Grouping," "Group"
- text & text box now move together
*you will no longer be able to modify text
Practice
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66. Screen Capture:
The screen capture icon will allow your to select certain parts of
the page you're looking at and save it to a SB page.
Area capture will allow your to select certain parts of the page
you're looking at and save it to a SB page.
Window capture will allow your to select a window within the
page you're looking at and save it to a SB page.
Full screen capture will allow your to save the entire page you're
looking at and save it to a SB page.
Freehand capture will allow your to select a part page you're
looking at and save it to a SB page.
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67. Area capture will allow your to select certain parts of the page
you're looking at and save it to a SB page.
Un-check "Capture to new
page" if you want content on
same page as the one you're
working on.
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68. Window capture will allow your to select a window within the
page you're looking at and save it to a SB page.
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69. Full screen capture will allow your to save the entire page you're
looking at and save it to a SB page.
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70. Freehand capture will allow your to select a part page you're
looking at and save it to a SB page.
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71. Rulers & Compasses:
measurement tools
ruler
protractor
Geodreieck protractor
compass
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72. Magic Pen:
- Circle with magic pen = spotlight
- Square with magic pen = magnifying glass
- Write with magic pen = disappearing ink
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73. http://maps.google.com/maps
Activity #2: Measuring Distances On-Line
What is the distance from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame?
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74. Ink Aware:
Ink Aware Programs: MS Word, PPT, Excel
Insert as Image
Insert as Text
Save to SB page
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75. Ink Aware in MS 2007:
Word:
- MS Word 2007 requires a complicated and temperamental activation
- if you simply pick up your SB pen, all ink-aware products will work in
Word regardless of the version!
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76. Ink Aware in MS 2007:
Excel & PowerPoint:
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77. Contact Info
Please feel free to contact me with questions or lesson ideas:
catherineritz@yahoo.com
www.catherineritz.org
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78. Attachments
Melrose Study 1200 Feb 2011.pdf
Boston Globe
Le Figaro
Adjective­ETRE celebrity review.ppt
Bourses___form4506.pdf