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What is a SMART Board?

High-tech hardware used for group/class presentations with special interactive features

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Special Features• It can be used alone as a regular or

electronic whiteboard or...

• It can be used as an LED projector and screen with a connected computer.

• It is touch sensitive.

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Whiteboard

• It works just as any erasable whiteboard.

• User can write or draw with finger.

• But it works with virtual markers and eraser also.

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LED Projection

• It can be used with an external LED projector

• Another model comes with its own rear-projected LED projecter

• It is more than a glorified

whiteboard!

No more messy chalk!

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Software/Technology

• Connected to a computer

(PC or Mac), it becomes a touch-activated monitor.

• Whatever software is on the computer works also on the SMART Board.

• It comes with its own SMART software and virtual tools.

Another monitor,

too!

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• Virtual markers

• Virtual eraser

• SMART software included– SMART Notebook– SMART Recorder

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SMART Software• SMART Notebook

– Works in background. Will open automatically when it is needed under another software program or as a single application.

• SMART Recorder– Records voice, sounds, or music. Can be

replayed with Windows Media Player.

I talk!

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Handwriting Recognition

Write something in your own handwriting...

Click on text icon, and it turns into text on the SMART Board to be printed, saved, sent via internet, etc..

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Save/Print Options• Regular software document

• Screen capture graphic file (.png)

• Html file--can be posted to web or sent via internet

• PDF file (Adobe Acrobat)

• Printed as any document

• Transmitted via network to connected computers

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Applications of SMART Boardfor English/ESL Instructors

• Teach syntax and grammar

• Teach editing/proofreading

• Mark papers virtually

• Annotate literary passages

• Demonstrate writing process

• Peer review of compositions

• Teach computer technology to facilitate writing

• Distance classes and many more…...

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Other Applications• Foreign Languages

• Computer Applications/IT

• Geography

• Science

• Engineering

• Business

• Art

• Any Distance Classes

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Enhances Presentation

• Adds interactivity

• Uses multimedia to increase learning

• Increases interest in material presented

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SMART Board Concerns

• Damage (holes, scratches, permanent marks, etc. ) to board is not reversible

• Lost virtual tools• Extra RAM memory

needed, speakers and mike for sound

• 3-yr warranty covers defects and malfunctions only

• Finger can replace tools

• 64 M is minimum but 128+ is needed for SMART Recorder

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Where to find more information about SMART Board

• www.smarttech.com

• http://www.smarttech.com/services/training/10minute.asp– SMART Board Basics– Taking Notes on a SMART Board– Using PowerPoint on a SMART Board– Using Computer Applications on a SMART

Board

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Get SMART!Learn how to

use the SmartBoard.