HIT: Smartboard and Document Camera
Thanks to all who responded! The responses are below. I don’t think
I am able to attach a document and someone sent 101 ways to use a
document camera in an attachment. I’ll cut and paste it as part 2.
Great websites:
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/NTNY/nychelp/technology/doccamera.htm
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003523083ptgett13.html?syndication=rss
http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid
=170
http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=64744
The document camera is the digital equivalent of the Opaque projector
and can also be used in conjunction with many applications.
Using the camera is quite handy when you wish to use individual student
work (or of colleagues and other school community members) That could
be the basis for using the digital ink layer and other unique features
of the SmartBoard software. It can also come in handy when making
presentations during meetings (ie. School Improvement /
Restructuring Plans).
I have been using and giving professional development sessions on using
the many available tools, specific to the departmental and individual
needs.
I happen to also be the current chair of my building's School
Leadership Team and am planning to further use the this technology when
using original documents, that I have not previously scanned.
It is always good to know what tools and techniques your colleagues are
employing so you can suggest and assist in augmenting their repertoire
of resources for their lesson planning, through team teaching.
The kids LOVE seeing the illustrations on the big screen. Sometimes
they will even clap at the end of a story. I am taking a children's lit
class now and we went over visual literacy and I see that I could spend
alot longer on at least the beginning picture and take it apart so to
speak.
One thing you might want to do is to visit the website of Smart Boards.
There are lesson plans located there, plus tutorials. Use it for
orientations, especially demonstrating use of internet resources,
including our online catalog.
I have used the Smartboard for all kinds of alphabetizing and Dewey
order lessons, as well as to demonstrate note-taking (underlining text
on a projected website and converting those main ideas into notes typed
beneath the website image), and to use Enchanted Learning's Mother Goose
rebuses with kindergartners. I try to come up with ways to use the board
that take advantage of its interactive features. Sorting and rearranging
words/letters/pictures, hyperlinks, demonstrating internet/online
catalog/database use, and marking up existing text are probably what I
do most often.
The document camera is great for talking about features of a print
encyclopedia/dictionary/reference book. It also makes it possible to
share picture books that have very detailed illustrations which can't be
appreciated from a distance. Another way I have used it is with picture
books that have multiple panels on a page eg. Hot Air or James Stevenson
books. I can reveal one panel at a time to focus student attention on
the progression of the plot. My students get very excited when they
arrive to see the camera set up for their lesson. And because my library
is directly across from the main office, all the secretaries enjoy
watching my (to them) "silent movie" from their desks!
Until you get comfortable with these tools, keep it simple. Just get in
the habit of asking yourself if a lesson could have even more impact if
presented with one or the other. That will encourage you to use them.
Half the fun for me is in developing the lessons. The other half, of
course, is in sharing them with kids.
From using it to share nonfiction texts (you can zoom in to read
captions, sidebars, etc. and students can read along with you), demoing
any small item (we view all the components of our digital cameras as
we're learning how to use them- then kids can go off for hands on use
and I'm pretty confident they can find all the right buttons and inputs
they'll need), or proper hand positioning for keyboarding, to sharing
the details of small, delicate items in show and tell. We use it to
zoom in on butterflies or chicks hatching so the whole class can see.
When I teach note taking skills, we play a game of "how few words can
you use to capture the main ideas in your own words"- and students are
very aware that they may be asked to share and show their work. Sharing
student work is a big part of use... students can bring up their own
papers to demo how they solved a math problem, or "sketch to stretch
understanding" when we're encountering new information.
You can also project any item on the table top. I like the story The
Talking Eggs, but students have a hard time understanding what
"corkscrew" looks like and also the actual size of a single grain of
rice. You could enhance ANY story with items projected for students.
One of the best things I've seen recently was an LMS using her document
camera to add Art into the lesson. The lesson was mostly non-fiction to
enhance student (1st gr) learning about penguins. She used non-fiction
and a website to locate a few facts, and then used a drawing book to
help the students draw pictures. The students were thrilled and amazed
at their own abilities learning how to use the drawing book. They
proudly showed off their "art work" and everyone receive excellent
praise. The LMS used the doc camera to show the book, demonstrate
step-by-step drawing, and the students' work when completed.
You can also search online for library smart board lessons and using a
document camera in the library.
Document Camera Ideas:
1. Many of our Media Specialist put a book under the document camera
(that is connected to a TV or projector) and read books to the students.
This way all can see the book well.
2. Students can share their own books or writing by putting it under
the document camera
3. You can use the Smartboard and the document camera together if the
document camera has the capability to take pictures and has a usb cord.
We use the Avermedia 600 document cameras with our Smartboards.
Smartboard ideas:
1. You could scan or take a digital picture of books and have students
match up books to their authors, categorize books by genre, write using
the Smartboard markers what they liked about the book, compare and
contrast venn diagrams etc.
2. Use a PowerPoint or Smartboard Notebook or website and have the kids
interact with a multimedia book with audio and animations. There are
several websites. For example,
http://www.quia.com/pages/hostetterenglishcs.html
Here are 4 Smartboard Resources:
1. http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/soltechintegration.htm
Click on Elementary and choose your grade level and then Science or
Social Studies. I have several PowerPoints and Smartboard Notebook
lessons organized by Virginia Standard that you may download.
2. http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/soltechintegration.htm
Enter in a search word under #3 Entire Web Google search like egypt or
fractions and hit return. Next click on the smartboard notebook link to
see only Smartboard notebook files relating to that topic. It searches
the entire web including the Smartboard's website. Right click on a
file and download it.
3. Check it out at http://www.community.teqsmart.org/download.php You
have to register for free but then you can download all the files you
want. They have movie clips and all and are some of the best Notebook
lessons I
have seen especially for the Middle and High School.
4. I have had fun on this free social network of Smartboard users
around the world at http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/ and
Smarttech's social network is at http://exchange.smarttech.com/
Yes, I have used it, attached to a TV moniter, to allow the class to
see pictures from a story. But I am also able to zoom in and out of the
picture - for an added effect. The camera is also good when a teacher
has one small picture for the whole class to see. Rather than pass the
picture around it can be put under the document camera, enlarged and the
whole room can see it at the same time.
We have one in the computer lab but also move it from there. When it is
hooked to your computer, you can just press your source button and you
can go from what you are presenting on your computer to a "live"
picture. This comes in handy especially when you have young students
and want to show them where to find special keys such as the return,
shift keys, etc., or teach keyboarding. You can demonstrate proper
keyboard form.
I also use this technique to teach the parts of the book. For example,
when you are looking for a copyright date, name of the publisher, place
of publication, etc. It is so much easier for students to follow along
than using transparencies on an overhead.
Art teachers have used this to demonstrate brush strokes and how to
make coil pottery. Kindergarten teachers can show students how to tie
shoelaces, hold scissors to cut and then paste, or put a puzzle
together, but now the demonstration is six feet tall and six feet wide!
Do your upper grade teachers dissect flowers to show the parts of
plants?
I just got a document camera this past year, and I used it for
storytime. The kids love seeing the pictures so big up
on the screen and being able to read the words. I also used it instead
of an overhead for just putting questions on the screen for an upper
grade reference search. You will love it. You can do so much with it.
For the Smartboard, my thoughts were to use it in conjunction with our
library computers on any of the lessons where we use the computers: how
to use the OPAC, demonstrating AR to a larger group as an intro instead
of starting out one-on-one (I'll still have the one-on-one, but I think
it'll go much more smoothly if they can all see the program FIRST),
searching the Web, using our states Electronic Library (TEL) databases,
sharing sites from our school library website, having team play for some
of the online educational games, etc.
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