Planning

 **Introduction to Workshop** - Participants will be introduced to the workshop, go over the agenda, and get access to the necessary supplies. (15 minutes)  **What is a SMART Board?** – Participants will learn about what the SMART Board is, how it is used and why more classrooms are incorporating this technology into K-12 education. (30 minutes)  **Getting to Know the SMART Board Software and Tools** – Participants will learn how to download the SMART Technologies software, learn about the tools that can be used within a SMART Board presentation, view the similarities with PowerPoint and be able to work hands on with the SMART Board that is being used during the workshop. (50 minutes)  **My First SMART Board Presentation** – Participants will create a basic six-slide presentation utilizing at least six different tools included in the SMART Technologies software. Participants will have to share their presentation with the group and pinpoint how and where the tools were used in the presentation. (50 minutes)  **SMART Board Presentation Scavenger Hunt** – Participants will search the Internet to find at least ten SMART Board presentations that could be used within their own classroom based on the grade level/subject area that they teach. (45 minutes)  **If It’s Not Broke, Don’t Fix It: Making it Your Own** – Participants will pick five of the ten presentations that they found in the scavenger hunt and modify them in some what to make them more compatible for their own classroom. (35 minutes)  **Making It Happen: Create a True Life Sample Presentation** – Participants will be responsible for making a 10-slide SMART Board presentation that would be used in their current classroom. Participants must show which areas of their curriculum the presentation is addressing, use at least one interactive tool on each slide and also incorporate at least two slides from a presentation that was found from the Internet. Participants are also responsible for providing constructive criticism to their group members within the last twenty minutes of class so the participants can make changes as needed to their final presentations. (75 minutes)
 * Agenda: **


 * How will you include Mayer’s principle of active processing in your authentic assessment activity? What kind of product will your participants create to demonstrate their learning using multimedia technology? **
 * At the end of the workshop, participants will be responsible for creating a SMART Board presentation that could be incorporated within their own classroom.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What kind of multimedia presentation must you create to effectively present key concepts and skills to your participants (video, PowerPoint, podcast, screencast, interactive tutorial, or other)? How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation? **
 * PowerPoint can be used to show how it is very similar to the SMART Board presentation format. Video will also be influential as participants watch and see how this technology is currently and can be used. There will also be the need for an interactive tutorial so the participants can work hands on with the technology for comfort and to get a real life experience similar to what their students will be getting when first using this resource.


 * What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop?**
 * A KWL chart will be beneficial for the participants to use so what they already know can be gauged and to indicate the areas that are yet to be learned. I also think using a Venn diagram can be helpful since the SMART Board presentation in many ways is similar to the format of a a PowerPoint and the participants can use the commonalities to find ease in creating this new type of presentation.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What concepts in your presentation will require pre-training before you begin the workshop? How will you use multimedia to engage your learners during the pre-training phase? **
 * Prior to the workshop, participants will be asked to do research on interactive whiteboards, SMART Board in particular, to gain knowledge prior to the course on what the resource is. Participants will be required to watch at least one video on YouTube that pertains to the incorporation of SMART Boards within K-12 education as well.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)? **
 * SMART Board, laptops for participants and teacher, Internet connection, projector, laser pointer


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What online applications might you use? **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How will your participants collaborate on their projects? How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop? **
 * Students will provide feedback to their group members by reviewing each other’s work and provided suggestions, comments, etc. Participants will be grouped based on their grade levels and areas of instruction.