The Tequipment SMART Board Academy, July 7 - August 14, 2008
The effective use of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard in today’s classroom.

The interactive whiteboard is one of the most revolutionary tools for improving teaching effectiveness at all grade levels. Administrators need to know how well their teachers are using this evolving technology, and how they can be successfully trained to use interactive whiteboard technology. That’s where Tequipment's TeqSmart training program comes in. We work with administrators to develop and improve the ability of teachers to interactively engage students and promote the creativity needed to implement new interactive whiteboard teaching methods. The Tequipment SMART Board Academy is a TeqSmart program specifically geared toward helping administrators to evaluate the effective use of the interactive whiteboard and its integration into the classroom.

The Tequipment SMART Board Academy is a wonderful opportunity for administrators to receive the training needed to accomplish these goals. We can show you how to evaluate your teacher's use of the interactive whiteboard and supply any needed training to bring your teachers to a high level of familiarity with interactive whiteboard skills and methods.

When & Where?

Tequipment’s SMART Board Academy, July 7th through August 14th, is offered free to central administrators, regional administrators, learning center administrators, principals, assistant principals, regional staff developers, and school-based coaches. All the courses are taught by TeqSmart SMART Certified Master’s Trainers, who are also NYS certified teachers. Sessions are held at two locations: SMART Technologies, Inc. showroom at 200 Lexington Avenue, The Design Center Building (between 32nd and 33rd Streets) Manhattan, and Tequipment’s showroom, 95 Toledo Street, Farmingdale.

What courses to take?

It is our goal to help you learn ways to evaluate and shape your school’s or district’s SMART Board use. It is easy to walk into a classroom and see that a teacher has something displayed on a SMART Board, but how do you really assess what type of learning is taking place? Throughout the Academy we will investigate ways to further integrate and evaluate the use of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard, Notebook™ software, and other educational technologies. Together we will explore effective and engaging uses of the SMART Board, ways to help teachers plan and design interactive learning environments, how to use SMART Technologies products to assess student learning, and so much more. Take as many courses as you like but we recommend that you complete the following three courses (TSBA001—003):

• Identify Effective SMART Board Use (TSBA001)(3 hours): In this interactive course learn how SMART Board and Notebook software can be used to create an effective and meaningful lesson.
• Planning and Designing Engaging Learning Environments and Experiences (TSBA002)(3 hours): Continuing from the previous session, this hands-on course demonstrates simple techniques and best practices that teachers can use to design engaging and interactive lessons. Learn multiple tools to evaluate effective use of SMART Technologies products and other educational materials and resources. Share these tools with your faculty to help them plan and design their lessons.
• Assessment and Evaluation (TSBA003)(3 hours): In this interactive course learn how to use SMART Technologies products to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and student learning. Upon completion of these three courses you will have a deeper understanding of how technology can be effectively used within the classroom. You will now have an efficient and valuable way to evaluate technology used in your school or district.

Additional courses offered

The Tequipment SMART Board Academy also offers courses designed to inspire, enlighten, and entertain. After all, what would summer be without a little fun! Learn how SMART Boards are used within specific content areas; how to combine them with other educational technology to create motivational lessons and activities; and how they are used with new collaborative web-based technologies. In addition, experience the SMART-Centric classroom, in which multiple technologies work in concert to support and monitor student learning.

• Subject-Specific SMART Board Workshops (TSBA004-010 )(3 hours): These interactive sessions will focus on how to create interactive and engaging content-specific lessons in: Math, Science, Social Studies, and English/Language Arts (ELA). Also SMART Boards with special education, and web-based applications. Math TSBA004, Science TSBA005, Social Studies TSBA006, ELA TSBA007, UDL TSBA008, Web 2.0 TSBA009, Evaluating HS TSBA010.
• Senteo and Assessment: Best Practices (TSBA011)(3 hours): Learn how to use the Senteo™ interactive response system to generate authentic, quantitative classroom assessments, as well as, how to use this real time data to help inform instruction.
• Say “Hello” to Notebook 10 (TSBA012 )(3 hours): Learn the many new features of the new Notebook 10 software, such as themes, tables, groups, the magic pen, and more.
• The SMART-Centric/Learner-Centric Classroom (TSBA013)(3 hours): A hands-on session where you will discover many of the new and exciting SMART Technologies products that are being incorporated into classroom instruction. Learn about the generation 2 integrated SMART Board 600i series, Senteo interactive response system, SychronEyes™ classroom management software, SMART document camera, and more. You will come away with a greater understanding of the impact the SMART-Centric classroom can have on teacher and student achievement.

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