SMART+engagement

=﻿Activities:=

Hot Spots
Using the Hot Spots activity, students identify the main organs of a frog prior to a dissection exercise. LiveScribe pens were introduced during this activity.



Question Flipper
For the new WHII.13d and WHII.14c., one of teachers used the Question Flipper to create an answer key. Students then move their answers over the famous people, then tap the question flipper to see the correct responses.

=﻿Tools:=

Random Word Chooser
The Random Word Chooser is a great tool to use with students. It can be used to have students sign in to class and then randomly choose them to participate in SMART activities.



Magnifier Tool
The Magnifier Tool was used to help students analyze a primary source document.

Pull Tabs
Pull Tabs with questions were used to help students look for specific details in the primary source document. Answers to the questions were hidden in the document. The magnifier reveals answers as students uncover details.



The Pull Tabs tool was used in a Founding Fathers lesson to give students directions. Using their knowledge of Founding Fathers and Founding documents, students match Founding Fathers with quotes and images. After Erase to Reveal correct answers, students are able to discuss incorrect responses.

=﻿Reveals:=

Erase to Reveal


Erase to Reveal was used in the Founding Fathers lesson to see if students correctly matched their Founding Father to the image and quote.

The Erase to Reveal was used again to identify a primary source document. =﻿= = = = = = = = = =Games:= Whenever teachers are reviewing, one of the features in SMART Notebook they really like to use is the Lesson Activity Toolkit. One of our teachers has created several original games..She used tools from the Lesson Activity Toolkit, such as the Interactive Calculator and the Interactive Domino. This game could be used as a template for many types of content. Her game was for Math students. Animated text boxes reveal math problems for students to solve calculations. All students in the classroom can be engaged if the teacher uses whiteboards at student desks to display their answers to the problems while other students perform calculations at the SMARTBoard.



=﻿Responders:= SMART PE Responders are used to pre-assess participants background knowledge of student engagement. The responders are used throughout the presentation as a reflection tool for the participants to gauge for understanding. The responders could also be used at the end of the lesson, but we have chosen to use cell phones and laptops for participants to answer questions through Twiducate.com. For use with mobile devices, go to [|http://m.twiducate.com]