1. EDU614 Session 4
Smart Notebook
Podcasting, Visual Sites
All Things Smart!

2. Agenda
Questions?
All Things Smart
Podcasting
QR Codes
Final Project topics

3. All Things Smart
work through some tutorials
investigate some resources
try out the smartboard in small groups

4. Why is SmartNotebook great
for teachers?
Organizes lessons
Easily tweaked year to year
Easy to share
Engaging
Use as center

5. The Welcome Center

6. Tools

7. Let’s Try it out!
Link to MANY tutorials
Open Notebook and try a lesson on the computer
Online Free tutorials & other resources
Work through some of the tutorials.
Try a few templates.

8. Getting Started
The Welcome Center
Toolbar
Creating and Using Object
The Gallery
templates
pictures

9. Features
Ink Aware
Camera
Toolkit
Record and play back

10. Exporting
export as
pdf
powerpoint
Slideshare to embed
Share on school website

11. Resources
Smart Exchange - great lessons are shared
Teachers Love Smartboards
Smarttech free tutorials
fine tune your results for free tutorials
Scholastic IWB lessons
Cybrary Man - HUGE list of links
Free Templates for all grade levels and subject areas

12. More
Scholastic-great examples including copyright friendly
Let’s get Smart - a great blog about using Smart
Wes Fryer’s Blog post including great game
template file to download
Curry College - video tutorials

13. Math Resources
Math Lessons for the Smartboard
A Collection of math lessons
Mr. Vizza
Tom Reardon - smart and TI resources

14. More Teacher Resources
Wed 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
Internet Resources
Blog-Podcast-Screencast Resoureces
Collaboration - wiki sites
Online Productivity/Organization ToolsGood
Educator Blogs to Read
The Educators PLN
a ning for educators
lots of groups

15. Podcasting
Legal Guide
Podcasting Booklet
PodOmatic
make free podcasts
Check out iTunes U for podcasts
Remember that you have to find three for use
in your classroom - see session 8

16. Podcasting How To
Podcasting 101
What is podcasting
How to subscribe
Podcasting 102
Recording your own show
Podcasting 103
Recording a Skype conversation

17. Watch-Know-Learn
Watch-Know-Learn
Created by the co-founder of Wikipedia
Thousands of educational videos
Remember you need to find three videos for
use in your classroom - see session 7

18. Pinterest
Online visual bookmarking tool
Bookmarks called Pins
can add descriptions
A Blog Post from ISTE: Pinterest for Educators
includes description of Pinterest
links to several educator boards
Follow me if you would like - I’m just starting
You have to request an invitation

19. Pinterest
16 ways Educators use Pinterest
Pinterest - Teaching
a board dedicated for teaching
Cybraryman’s page on Pinterest

20. QR codes
What are those squares of black & white?
How would I use them?
Go to this glog to learn
Hover over text to see link
The Periodic Table using QR codes
A Live Binder on QR codes
All the tabs are links
20 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes to Support Learning

21. Dropbox
Online storage of documents
Access from any computer
syncs wherever you work
Dropbox
if you want to sign up, let me invite you

22. Symbaloo
Another visual tool
links to other sites
Symbaloo
a blog post: the fun continues
An elementary math example
Middle & High School math

23. Posterous
A visual blog like tool
Great for visuals or a photo blog
Some Richard Byrne (FreeTech4Teachers) posts
Creating an online classsroom with Posterous
Common Core Essentials
Curated by a fellow PARCC Educator Leader
Fellow :)