Lesson Three

Beginners

Beginners, I hope you are trying out each lesson as it comes. Comment to me below if anything is really working (or not working) for you.

Now that you have played with your projector buttons and played with using your board like a whiteboard, it is time to try out an online resource. Click on the following site:

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_154_g_1_t_1.html?from=category_g_1_t_1.html

This is a math applet. Try using your finger to drag one of the little cubes in the ones column. Now try dragging your finger across the top of the ones column and down the right side. You should see a line form into a box around all the little cubes in the ones place column...and when you let go--Voila! Magic ten stick! Move the ten stick over the the tens column--see how the math problem is done for you on the right? Now hit new problem and try a few more. Enjoy!

Advanced

Advanced users, are you having fun yet? Those sites I sent to you last week are just the beginning of a wonderful relationship with the Internet. Prior to making your own powerpoints--check that field trip site. Prior to creating your own gallery objects for a math lesson--check that virtual library of manipulatives. Add those sites to your browser favorites--you will want them at-the-ready.

Now, what other exciting things can work nicely with the smartboard? I will give you more sites to try out today.

Are you studying animals? How about giving your students a "live experience?" In many zoos and aquariums, web cameras have been set up so folks can check in on animals in their habitats. Here is an article with some webcam links at the bottom:

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech100.shtml


How about looking at and making art on the smartboard? The following site is such a fun learning experience. You may need to download an update to shockwave to make the programming work--but it is fast and easy to do so. Once the all the installs are complete (less than 2 minutes for me)--check out the slide show of paintings already set up for you (no powerpoint required)--then try the collage activity at the top for starters. What fun!

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm


Enjoy.
Cheers,
Bonita