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SMART board lessons and activities *FREE*

Longwood School District in New York has hundreds of lessons grouped by grade level. Check them out.

http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/longsmart3.html

Wichita Public Schools has a SMART school which, hopefully, means there is some good teacher learning going on there. They have downloadable lessons; however you have to have the SMART Board software to view the lessons. They also are taking lessons if teachers are interested in submitting ideas.

http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm

PBS has a site dedicated to SMART Boart lessons at

http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/

SMART Exchange has many lessons, also divided into categories for easy search.

http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html

SMART Tech has them too...

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-us/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/Notebook+activities/
You can also see showcased SMART schools to get a feel for how they are being used at
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Classroom+solutions/Advantages/Showcase+Schools.htm
And... professional development
http://smarttech.com/trainingcenter


If I find more I will add them here.

To twitter or not to twitter, it isn't really a question!

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhcbw9bz_228g76svdhf

If you go through these resources you will find that this title isn't unfair.

http://mrslwalker.com/index.php/2009/03/29/nine-great-reasons-why-teachers-should-use-twitter/

This is another good one, but I like the first one more.

Other free book resources

CK-12 is another place where books are able to be self publishable and an open source educational book repository.

Curriki - Fooling With Words Website is another place where open source books are available for education.

Lulu is also a place where books that have been made by authors allowing for a free copy of the book in PDF.

She missed a perfect opportunity...

I think it is ridiculously funny that I am in my Master's of Education program in Information Technology and I ask Kira for a copy of the paper that she is writing in my Google Docs account. She missed out on a great opportunity to do the typical middle school, "Gosh, don't you know anything. You are so old." Although a virtual beating may ensue. I would have virtually enjoyed the exchange. :) You know, do the whole turn your head to the side so the toddler doesn't see you laugh at something they did that was hilarious but not something you want to promote. It is harder to get them not to notice or to brush it off as they grow in their cognitive ability... imagine that!

Amie Hazelwood and Family