Over lunch we talked about what might be done. Bob suggested that we should have a "SMART School." From that initial comment, we were off and running.
One of the shortcuts to getting brand new SMART users up and running is to give them access to existing content rather than presenting them with a blank file and showing them all the cool things they could do if they wanted to. That seemed like a logical place to start our new users so that became what we will teach in our "kinder" and "1st grade" classes.
I'm in the process of developing "grade level" competencies for grades K to 8 in our SMART School. Here's what I have so far:
k-1 advance, write and move
K
- open file, write, navigate in a file, moving existing objects on a page,
save and know where it's saved; intro to diagnosing problems (light status)
1
- find a file in SMART exchange, download it, save it in a location and find it; reinforce troubleshooting
2-3 modify
2
- using gallery, develop a "My Content" folder, add and delete items from a page, change colors
3
- combine two existing notebook files
4-5 creation
4
- Starting from a blank slate, can find resources to make a file that focuses
on a single standard
5
- Starting with a blank file, can create a unit of study
6-8 innovative
6
- Takes information from a variety of sources to create a notebook that uses
existing ideas in a new way
7
- Without consulting online sources, can create a file that brings a new
concept to life
8
- Regularly creates new content for students that utilizes a variety of tools
and methods to produce engaging content aligned to standards
I'll be happy to share the final product here so we can all use it where it works for us.
