Smartboards+in+Special+Ed

Deborah Rudenko (South Side SD/Beaver County) + Rebecca Lake (Smart certified teachers)


 * Timeline tool in the toolkit
 * Learning characteristics/needs of students in co-teaching classroom
 * Focus
 * Screen shade
 * Pull tabs (put directions on there, answers, good for giving the paraprofessional guidelines if they're teaching the lesson)
 * Sequence activity - "Note reveal" - reveals one item at a time
 * Animate - option in the "properties" tab (4th tab down) - i.e. make it spin if it's a consonant, make it jump if it's a vowel
 * select the object
 * go to the properties tab
 * Organization
 * Timer (i.e. you have 2 minutes to write a reflection on your project)
 * Calendar (morning calendar activities)
 * Random word chooser OR random name picker
 * Relevancy
 * "Image Select" in toolkit
 * click on picture for it to stop - 3 options to choose a word that describes the picture
 * Simplification of concepts
 * dual page- pictures on 1 page, words on another
 * Concept mapping
 * SMART Ideas (extra cost) - when you get a smartboard, you're eligible for smart license for smart ideas (1 for each board) - licensing fee if more want it on their computers
 * Web linking
 * Virtual tours
 * Flip cards
 * Lesson Activity
 * SMART video player - can write on it
 * When you move the book, you reveal the author then there's a web link
 * Soft Skills
 * email for more Mentally and Physically Challenged Lesson
 * using kids pictures on animated bodies in smart notebook
 * "What should I wear today?" (have clothing options to choose from)