• Document Cameras - NEW Content
• Interactive White Boards (SMARTboards) - NEW Content
• WebQuests

Please note:

A number of videos on this page are from "teachers.tv", a professional resource from the United Kingdom.  You may be asked to create an account, which is at no cost and appears to be spam-free, in order to view the videos. 

To articles about document cameras in general:

• Creating Digital Learners (Research on document cameras) (PDF)
• How Can a Document Camera Help in My Classroom? (PDF)
• 100 Uses for a Document Camera (external website)
• 101 Ways to Use a Document Camera (PDF)

Quick Reference and Basic Operation:  provides visual of the Elmo control panel and the basic operation(setting up a text resource)

Getting Started with SMART Boards & Notebook 10

- NEW

• Dr. Bob Marzano speaks about his research into interactive whiteboards: significant positive findings (streaming video; specifics about interactive whiteboards begin at 3:36 time mark)
• Whiteboard Research - a summary of principal findings about the effectiveness of interactive whiteboards
• Whiteboards Explained - a 1-min video about interactive whiteboards; various types compared, location of whiteboards discussed; usage models (plays in Windows Media)
• Whiteboard Top Tips - a collection of videos about interactive whiteboard use (scroll to the page bottom for the videos)

NEW - an HPEDSB SharePoint site for board employees only - works best with Internet Explorer - teachers can use this site to obtain and share SMART Notebook files and links to SMARTboard resources

• Go to this one-stop shopping source for:
  • "How-To" documents
  • Video training tutorials
  • Download links for software
  • Links to SMART Exchange and other on-line repositories
  • Teacher-created, teacher-modified learning objects and lesson files, and templates
• Download "how-to-access" directions here (PDF)

• F2F and e-mail/phone support are to be had by contacting Bill Lundy, 613-966-1170 ext 3326 (wlundy@hpedsb.on.ca);
• Currently-available HPEDSB-sponsored training activites are listed on the HPEDSB Events Manager web link
• additional, on line support and training (including 30-minute moderated sessions on line) are available from Smart Technologies

Categorized tips in three categories: read/respond, analyse, write; arranged in a table featuring how selected tools can enhance teaching and learning in these categories. Adapted from the National Whiteboard Network (UK). (pdf)

Categorized tips in five categories: number sense, calculations, problem-solving, handling data, measures/shapes/space; arranged in a table featuring how selected tools can enhance teaching and learning in these categories. Adapted from the National Whiteboard Network (UK).

(pdf)

Two lessons are showcased: in each, the whiteboard is an integral part of a lesson in which various ICT tools are used.  The differences between ratio and proportion are explored and explained by student activity with ICT. (from teachers.tv)

A series of videos showing examples of lessons utilizing an interactive white board; emphasis is grades 6-12.

(3 download formats: mp4, notebook, pdf)

What is a WebQuest?

A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels on analysis, synthesis and evaluation.