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= Sacred Heart College Yarrawonga - SmartBoard PD Day December 2009=

Please find below the links to the tasks for the PD day.

This PD day is around using a variety of features of the Notebook 10 software.

It is also focused on:
 * using an online learning environment to present content
 * self directed, just in time teaching
 * using a collaborative tool to communicate
 * creating resources to share

Use the links below to work your way through the series of lessons/resources and activities for the day. All the information required to complete any tasks will be provided on the each page and requires you to either watch a video or download and read a pdf document. A large part also requires you to take some risks with your own learning and try different things within the Notebook software by exploring it and trying different ways to complete the tasks.

A big part of this session today is learning by doing and learning by trying, which is what we what our students to do as well. Also, as a teacher we very rarely get time to 'play' so take the time to enjoy pressing all the buttons to see what they do. You can't break anything!

Organisation
We will work in groups of 3 - please try and make sure there is someone in each group who knows how to connect the computer to the SmartBoard and know how to orient the board. It is that persons job to make sure that everyone in the group can do this by the end of the session.

Tasks to be Completed

 * The tasks are sequential with effort being made to build up skills/content knowledge in step by step process.


 * Remember there maybe people in your group all at different ability levels so make sure everyone interacts and has a go at at each task. Whilst only 1 computer can be hooked up to the board at a time you can still use all the tools (bar the recorder) on your computer to complete each task.

Task 1: Getting started: Touch, Write and Save. Task 2: Notebook Software Basics. Task 3: Objects in Notebook software. Task 4: The Page Sorter. Task 5: The Gallery. Treasure Hunt Task 6: Lesson Activity Toolkit. Task 7: Other SmartBoard tools. Task 8: Using PowerPoint with your SmartBoard. Task 9: Using Word and Excel with your SmartBoard. Task 10: Using the Smart Recorder.

For those who finish all the tasks Bonus task

Additional Resources List

PD Day evaluation
As a way of evaluating the PD on SmartBoards I would ask all participants to leave a comment in the discussion tab for this page focusing on the following.
 * 1) The use of the wiki to deliver the content of the day.
 * 2) The 'self directed' approach to the tasks
 * 3) Ways you could see yourself using a wiki as an online resource/content/curriculum tool for your classes/subject areas.
 * 4) Any other thoughts about the session.