[LM_NET] TARGET: Short Smart Board Activities

[Amy Johnson <librarian@GCI.NET>]

I’ve been working as a school librarian / media specialist for seven 
years.  This year, I was fortunate to get one of the six Smart Boards 
purchased by our principal.  I have been using it daily with students 
grades K-6 for activities including:

- creating maps of the library (4th grade social studies curriculum 
includes map skills),
- downloading and showing videos and video segments from Discovery 
Education (Streaming) and other Web sites,
- giving students practice searching the library catalog, online 
encyclopedias, and online magazine databases,
- read-aloud and readers‘ theatre, in conjunction with the document 
camera.

I would like to ask you all for suggestions for additional ways to 
integrate use of the Smart Board and document camera into library time. 
The biggest constraint I have is that I see each class for only 30 
minutes, one time per week, and this time includes time for book 
checkout.  So, any Smart Board activities have to be short but powerful. 
Also, I’m determined to choose activities in which students use the 
Smart Board (under my supervision), rather than just watching me use it.

Thank you, in advance, for any ideas you can suggest.

Amy Johnson, School Librarian
Taku Elementary School Library,
Anchorage School District, Anchorage, AK
librarian@gci.net

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