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Showing posts with label smartboard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smartboard. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2011

This post brought to you by the letter Ss...

Ss is for setbacks, Smartboard, and Schroeder...

I bounced out of bed this morning because today was going to be THE DAY.  The day I got my superfabulous Smartboard.  Well...things don't always go as planned.  And long story short, I'm still Smartboardless.  Fingers crossed for later this week!

BUT!  Over the weekend, I scheduled a Smartboard Bootcamp session with Mrs. Schroeder over at The Schroeder Page because I love her blog and her Smartboard Bootcamp totally caught my eye.  Well, even though it was disappointing to not have one this morning... I'm so glad I had the opportunity to spend an hour with Mrs. Schroeder BEFORE I got my Smartboard.  She gave me the rundown on how to use Smart Notebook and taught me some fun tips and tricks!  Now I can take this time in limbo to really familiarize myself with the Notebook software and maybe even have some lessons made so I can hit the ground running when I'm finally all hooked up!  She got me super pumped for my Smartboard and I can already tell it's going to make a huge difference in student engagement in my classroom.  I can't wait!  And I may have a heart attack from the pent up excitement if I don't get hooked up soon!  If you just got a Smartboard or are getting one in the future, I totally recommend Bootcamp with Mrs. Schroeder...she'll have you ready to go in no time!

Wait...there's more!  Mrs. Schroeder is having a fun giveaway over at her blog!  She's giving away a super cute necklace.  Who doesn't love jewelry?  (And it's monogrammed, so you know I'm ALL OVER IT.)  Head on over and enter by Friday!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Need a little help!

Hope you guys are having a fabulous Labor Day!!  I'm just excited about sleeping in 3 days in a row and cleaning out my DVR! 

OK, I need your help.  I'm getting my Smartboard this week. {YAY!!!}  I've been told it's going to be mounted, but my projector will be on a cart for a little while.  Do any of you have this set up?  I'm a little nervous about kids--and me because let's face it, I'm super clumsy--bumping into it and needing to realign eleventy million times a day.  But I'm unbelievably grateful to have one, so I'm searching for a way to not only "make it work", but totally rock it out.  I would be ever so grateful for your suggestions on how to arrange my room to accomodate my new technology!  If you have a similar set up, please leave me any ideas and pictures you may have already posted on your blog.  I remember seeing a few, but didn't take very good notes...  Thank you!!