SMART+Notebook

====Smartbook presentations have so many daily practical applications, you want to be very proficient in its use, if you are fortunate enough to have one in your classroom. Any skill or content area you want to present is possible due to the many varied tools and embedded assessments you can use. Opportunities are limitless as you can find ways to present curriculum in different formats that can engage student participation and learning. For example, you can use various original quizzies or game contests to do informal assessments, import u-tube or video into your presentations, use highlighters or magic pens to draw and point out main ideas and use animation that enhances emphasis on certain aspects of the slide. Those are just a few ideas with many more awaiting creation.====

====If I have the opportunity to have one in my general classroom, it would be an everyday occurance for teaching. I would invest more time into using Smartboard than any other technology, just because you can use it for almost everything. This has really taken the place of overheads that were used back twenty years ago, but with so much more to offer and anything from the Internet can be imported. Although technology can not take the place oral, listening, reading and writing skills for the individual, it sure can enhance the development of those skills to prepare students for the future.====