How To Get Started and To Develop
Engaging Lessons with SMART Notebook

SMART Notebook website has links to get you started with SMART videos & how-to guides listed below

Learning Resource

The Gallery and the Lesson Activity Toolkit

The Gallery and the Lesson Activity Toolkit provide collections of customizable tools and templates, including activities, games and graphics, and tools that you can use to create professional-looking, interactive and engaging lessons.

Learning Resource

Getting Started

The following free training resources will provide you with an overview on how to get started with SMART Notebook collaborative learning software, how to use the Gallery and Lesson Activity Toolkit, and how to create engaging, interactive SMART Notebook lessons.

Learning Resource

SMART Notebook Publisher

Create engaging, interactive content using the SMART Notebook Publisher plug-in for Adobe InDesign. Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view the tutorial.

Learning Resource

Creating Engaging Lessons

Learn to use SMART Notebook Collaborative Learning software to develop lessons that are engaging and interactive.




Resources for Developing SMART Notebook Lessons
A. See SMART Exchange (exchange.smarttech.com) for Examples of SMART Notebook Activities - SMART Board lessons are submitted by teachers for sharing  (Be sure you have downloaded the free SMART Notebook Software to be able to download SMART Notebook lessons to use.  See download SMART Notebook Software directions below.  Then you will be able to save, change, or develop your own SMART Notebook lessons to use in a classroom.)
    
    1. You can search in SMART Exchange for a SMART Board lesson by subject and grade or you can search by title of a lesson. 

      2. When you find a lesson that you would like to review, then click on "Download".  (The first time you select Download, you will be asked to register for free use of lessons in SMART Exchange using SMART Notebook software.  If you have not downloaded the free SMART Notebook software, you can look at the lesson using the SMART Notebook Express listed by the lessons.)

      3. After you download the lesson, you can change anything in the lesson to make it develpmentally appropriate for your students.
   
    4. Below is a list of SMART NoteBook lessons that may be helpful to use to get ideas for your own lessons or to change to make the  lesson appropriate for your students.
     
Title of Lesson
 Subject Area
 Grade Levels
 Comments
Gumball Math
 Math
 PreK-2
Addition with Regrouping
 Math K-3
Math Hoops
 Math All grade levels
 Blank questions; you can add questions for your lesson
Telling Time
 Math K-3 To identify see "Submitted by tletter"; variety of time activities (including to draw hands on clocks)
Money
 Math 1-3 To identify see "Submitted by Amber"; good ideas for presenting & checking answers
Understanding Subtraction
 Math PreK-2 Example of interactive questions
Counting
Math PreK-K
Graphs
 Math PreK-K Some good graph activities; first page - spinner needs to be corrected
Shape It Up
 Math PreK-K
Help Dress the Bear
 Science PreK-K Good idea; need to copy and past the bear from the first page to the second page with the clothes, or you could use a split screeen
Plants
 Science PreK-3 Good examples of interactive activities and some pages contain use a read aloud
Butterfly Life Cycle
 Science PreK-3 See "Direction" tab on first page
Human Skeleton
 Science/Health PreK-2
My 5 Senses
 Health K-2
Healthy Teeth
 Health 1-3
Circle Time Essentials
 Variety of Subjects
 PreK-1 Calendar with weather and geography activities
Chicka, Chicka, Boom-Boom
 Variety of Subjects
 K
 Good activities
The Mitten
 Literature
 PreK-3
 Activities to go with Jan Brett's book
Nursery Rhyme Mania
 Music, Nusery Rhymes
 PreK-K Good ideas; some activities needs work; last page has lots of links to nursery rhymes
Down on the Farm Social Studies, Science
 PreK-K Variety of subject areas and activities; example of videos imbedded in lesson.

   B. See SMART Exchange with Standard Correlated Lessons (exchange.smarttech.com/curriculum/curriculum.html)




Information to Begin Developing Educational Activities for Interactive Whiteboards:
Promethean ActivInspire and SMART Notebook


Download: "SMART Notebook Software" at:
*Go to : www2.smarttech.com/st/enUS/Support/Downloads/default.htm
* Select: under SMART Notebook software, select your operating system (most students have windows operating system, which is PC)
* Under "New Customers" go to "Download" button
* Fill out form (Be sure to note you are at Valdosta State University)
* Read & Check the agreement terms
* Click on "Start download" button
* Follow directions
After you download the SMART Notebook software:
* On your computer's desktop will be an icon labeled: boardsp7nbs.......... Click on the icon and follow the directions
* When filling out the information window give your User Name, list next to Organization: Valdosta State University, and for the Product Key use this 22 digit Product Key: NB-AECSE-A2FXU-75MEF-JWASH

(SMART Technologies allows VSU students to download the SMART Notebook software because VSU has purchased numerous SMART Boards.)


Download Promethean ActivInspire at Promethean Planet
*Go to : support.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.19251
* Click on "Download"
* Follow Directions (Please note: You will need to Register or Login to continue the software download.)

See educational and interesting video about Promethean ActivInspire