Smartboard

The Low Down: • Easy to access http://education.smarttech.com • Notebook software is affordable • Sharing lesson plans • Teachers can take it home Software: • You can freely download other teachers lesson plans • You can upload your lesson plans, to share with other teachers • Notebook software compatible with most operating systems • Notebook software also has a handwriting recognition feature that converts handwriting to text Classroom use: •Smart boards can be used in the classroom in a variety of ways. The Notebook software allows teachers to: •Have handwriting converted to text with touch of the screen •Split the screen in columns and have multiple windows open at once •Create gallery of images, videos and audio that can be brought up in presentation. Information taken from: · http://education.smarttech.com · http://education.smarttech.com/NR/rdonlyres/C190B4DF-E412-427A-B7BD-720DB3F4566F/0/UNBReseachReportSept08.pdf