The following information has been compiled by Jim Birney, Education Adviser ICT, Fife Education.
SMARTBoard Curricular Resources |
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What's New? (October 2011)
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SMARTBoards in Learning and Teaching How SMART products help children with different learning styles. The Classroom Suite offers teachers and learners the opportunity to exchange ideas. A Hints and Tips menu leads you into a set of step-by-step guides, sample Notebook files and other ideas. |
A selection of SMART Notebook files may be downloaded from the or from a selection of other
SMART released a Training CD ROM in spring 2007containing sample files for secondary schools and a very useful selection of short training videos suitable for all Notebook users. Although this is a few years old now it still worth looking at if you are starting out. |
Each SMART Board has a CD ROM software bundle delivered with the Board. Installation rights may be restricted so staff should first login, go to the Start menu and check on the Glenrothes Node link- if SMARTBoard Notebook is there then remote installation is available to your school (Fife only).
Please view the Frequently Asked Questions for more information on Safety Issues and using the Smart Notebook application. Staff could also refer to the short Smart Safety Notebook file which holds very useful information. |
Websites offering online activities suitable for use with interactive whiteboards:
| Ambleside Primary | Count On |
| Crick Flash Activities ( Numeracy, Literacy, Science and Early Years) | Mathematics for 5-14 from South Lanarkshire (LT Scotland site) with a collection of links |
| Planet Arkive | |
| Sample activites based on some of these websites and on senteacher.org are described in more detail in Hints and Tips | |
| SMART's own website offers a number of resources including: | |
SMART Technologies Inc. - SmartBoard manufacturer's website for Notebook files and definitely take a look at the Interactive Education quarterly magazine - a free pdf download and subsciption. |
Online Tutorials - links to a range of tutorials held online including Help sheets and videos (mostly You Tube). |