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What participants are saying about SMART Board Training:

Great Information! Very useful at all levels and content areas. Instructor was knowledgeable on topic, organized, and extremely helpful!
Thank You - appreciated time to explore and work on things. Good pace!
Amazing Job!! Can't wait to try out the new ideas! Thank You! :)
It was very helpful. People were very accommodating. Thank you.

SMART Board Level 1 (6 hours)

You have just received a SMART, are about to get one, or have had one for awhile but need help in locating all the capabilities now open to you. Or perhaps you took this course a long time ago and could really use a refresher.

If you fit any of these descriptions, Level 1 is the right course for you.

In our Level one course you will become comfortable with:

Hardware connections and how it all works together
Elements of a SMART Board presentation
Use of various Pen and Shape Tools to manipulate objects
The Pull Down menu
Basics of SMART Notebook Toolbar and Side Tabs
Practice at Lesson creation in SMART Notebook software
Creation of Pull Tabs
Introduction to Lesson Activity Toolkit
Access to online lessons

Time will be allotted to ask questions and create interactive lesson activities.
Lunch and workbook provided.

SMART Board Level 2 (6 hours)

Now you either are an experience SMART Board user or have taken Level 1 and want to turn things up a notch!

Our Level 2 training has been completely revamped to include some special not in the book items along with manual materials:

Video conversion for use in SMART lessons (YouTube video without the website!)
Sound conversion and linking-teacher voice sound linking
Customization of your SMART Tools, Pages and Objects
Detailed use of My Content
SMART Recorder options with an example of Backwards Class teaching
Brief Review of Level 1
Page to page effective Linking in a lesson
Lesson Activity Tool kit
Lesson Creation and Dissection
Detail on SMART online resources
Exploration of other online websites that complement your SMART Board

Time will be allotted to ask questions and create interactive lesson activities.

Note: All participants should have basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows or Mac OS operating system software. Note: This class is not for beginners.

Lunch, workbook and handout of materials covered not in book provided.

Lesson Activity Toolkit aka LAT (3.5 hours)

Whereas Gallery Essentials has thousands of fun things to add to your pages, LAT has 760 pictures, multimedia, and page tools all meant to provide you a shortcut in lesson planning. But where does one begin? Although touched on in Level 1 and dealt more extensively in Level 2, this is a class devoted solely to gaining true expertise in Lesson Activity Toolkit.

from Anagram to Word Biz, how to customize all the LAT activities for your lessons
using tolls such as random name and group generators for better class transitions
customizing graphics tools and making them easily accessible for later use
limitations and best practices of LAT management
resources for help in using LAT

Note: This class is not for beginners. Participants must have either taken at least one course or be very comfortable in using SMART Board. Handouts provided.

Custom Sessions

Would you like to have the training done at your site on a professional development day? We are happy to help. SMART Level 1, SMART Level 2, SMART Response clicker system trainings as well as any combination of content material. For example, a special half day session of modified SMART Level 1 can be taught in the morning along with a modified SMART Level 2 in the afternoon. Call for a consultation.

Rates

HALF DAY - $500.00 plus mileage
$15.00 per person for books for member school districts

FULL DAY - $1,000.00 plus mileage

$15.00 per person for books for member school districts

Resource Training & Solutions has SMART Certified Trainers on staff

Anthony Farag

SMART Certified Trainer on Notebook 10, Windows Platform

SMART Certified Trainer on Notebook 10, Mac Platform

SMART Certified Trainer on SMART Response/Senteo system

Martha Roth

SMART Certified Trainer on Notebook 10, Windows Platform

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