SmartBoards

= Integrating SMART Board Technology in the Classroom =

**Group Members**: Briana Edgerton, Elizabeth Arellano, Kassie Marrs, Emily Janke, Nate Smith

**What is a SMART Board? ** SMART Board interactive whiteboard is an interactive whiteboard developed by SMART Technologies. When introduced in 1991, it was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and annotation over standard Microsoft Windows applications. As of January 2010, SMART Board interactive whiteboards lead the interactive whiteboard category**. (//Google definitions and Wikipedia "SMART Boards"//)**


 * [|Using Smart Boards in the Elementary Classroom]**


 * [|The Magical Classroom]**


 * [|Easy to Use Smart Boards]**

**SMART Board 600 Series Features: ** Touch system Write or perform mouse functions by touching the board with a pen or your finger, and erase using the eraser tool or the palm of your hand – no proprietary tools are required. The touch recognition feature enables the board to switch modes automatically. You can write with a pen, erase with your palm and move objects with your finger without having to access additional tools, on-screen menus or buttons.

SMART Pen Tray Pick up a pen or the eraser, and the pen tray automatically detects which tool you’ve selected. Buttons activate the On-Screen Keyboard, right-click and help function.



Digital Ink Write in digital ink over applications, websites and videos.



Save Function Capture your work to SMART Board software as a screen shot that you can edit, or save your notes directly into several software applications, including Windows versions of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.



**SMART 600 Series Website**

SMART board offers interactive games, activities, and practice with reading and writing skills. SMART boards can be used every day in the classroom so the students can slowly gain exposure and have many opportunities to work with this technology.
 * How can a SMART Board be useful in the classroom? **


 * Useful Resources:**
 * [|SmartBoards]**
 * Smartboard Resources**
 * Ways to use Smartboards in the classroom**


 * Tutorial:**
 * [|Smart- Teachers' Hub]**