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 * Welcome to the home of the R-P Technology PLC. The purpose of this Wiki is to provide a common space for staff members to find support for their technology integration efforts. The intent is for this space to become a source for discussion, support, and shared resources. You are invited to be a content contributor or a lurking reader. Suggestions for improving this resource to better meet your needs are always welcome.**


 * Would you like to receive SMARTBoard monthly tips and how to's? Sign up for the free SMART Insider Newsletter. Click here to sign up.** **Recent issues have included directions for adding a link to a website from within a SMART Notebook lesson, directions for displaying a static object such as a timer on all notebook pages, and instructions for using the screen capture tool. There are also SMART lessons which can be adapted and modified for varying grade levels and recommended interactive websites.**

**Ideas for Using the SMARTBoard in Your Classroom**

 * **Use Document Camera to display textbook or other printed material for illustrative purposes or highlighting**
 * **Brainstorming**
 * **Take notes directly onto a PowerPoint presentation**
 * **Introduce or reinforce skills by using an interactive website**
 * **Create an electronic word wall**
 * **Vocabulary instruction**
 * **Save lessons for students who were absent**
 * **End each day by having students write one thing they have learned**
 * **Use highlighter tools for teaching grammar, steps in a process, similarities and differences etc.**
 * **Diagram activities**
 * **Use with existing software such as Kidspiration or Inspiration**
 * **Generate questions for research**
 * **SQRW and other reading strategies**
 * **Use images as story starters or to teach inference**
 * **Group editing**
 * **Create graphic organizers and concept maps**
 * **Model Close Reading Strategies**