Tanya,

I am glad I am taking a workshop next week because there is so much to
learn. You mentioned things like Spelling City, Primary Games, Game Goo
and fridge magnets. I have no idea how to access these.
Rob

On 10/20/09, Tanya =^..^= wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> The SMART Board in my room is the thing I miss most about my past
> school! The possibilities are endless, it was on every minute of
> every day and used fully by the students for everything. Once I got
> started, it just went from there. Since it is the kids hands that act
> as the mouse, virutally any games site will work with the board. My
> class used to enjoy using Spelling City, Primary Games, and Game Goo.
> Also when we were learning about time, they enjoyed Stop the Clock.
> Durign Daily 5 they enjoyed using the fridge magnets for making words
> activities too.
>
> At the end of the eyar, my grade six reading buddies created SMART
> Board lessosn for their reading buddy to work through and they were a
> huge success! The grade 6's kids taught us a few things we didn't
> know you could do using Notebook software.
>
> Once Notebook 10 came along, one of my rewards was that they could use
> SMART Recorder, draw whatever they liked on the board, record it as
> they went, and then play it back for the rest of the class to see.
> That was a big hit!
>
> I just took a quick look at the web site mentioned but my guess is, if
> it was being displayed in Notebook, you could move what was on the
> screen. I looked at the Days of the week one.
>
> If you can borrow a set od "clickers" it is great to use them to
> review for tests and especially handy prior to EQAO.
>
> Good luck! I keep hoping I will get one for my current classroom!
>
> Tanya

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