SMARTBoard

SMARTBoard

 * Track 4 - SMARTBoard use in the STEM classroom**


 * School Year 2012-2013**


 * Cohort A:** Wednesdays: 2/6, 2/13, 2/ 27, 3/6, 3/13

Please Notice the Change of Dates for **Cohort B**
 * Cohort B:** Dates will take place during the two days of the Mid-Winter Break, (2/18 and 2/19) and three Saturdays - 2/9 (cancelled), 2/16, 2/23, and a make-up date 3/ 2.

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 * PD will take place at the Smart Showroom. 200 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016.**

Teachers will attend a 5 day workshop series each year which focuses on maximizing their technology integration skills with a focus on SMARTBoard use in the STEM classroom.Teachers who participate in this program will attend 3 years of SMARTBoard training with a unique instructional focus each year. Year One will be dedicated to the basic use of the SMARTBoard Notebook software focussing on lesson planning. Year Two will focus on Math and the mathematics tools. Year Two will focus on Science. All three years will show how engineering is intertwined into all subjects. This program has been enhanced and modified to include specific Usability and Lesson Plan Development strategies for teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The training will also focus on advanced SMART technology integration strategies as well as, enhanced teacher and student collaboration in year three.

The highlights of this PD are as follows:
 * Teachers will receive 5 days of smartboard training each year for 3 years
 * Schools will receive per diem substitute teacher reimbursements

For Year 3 the Tequipment trainers will introduce teachers to the Fibonacci sequence and how it relates to patterns, nature and the built word around us. Fibonacci sequences appear in biological settings, in two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, such as branching in trees, arrangement of leaves on a stem, the fruitlets of a pineapple, the flowering of artichoke, an uncurling fern and the arrangement of a pine cone. In addition, numerous poorly substantiated claims of Fibonacci numbers or golden sections in nature are found in popular sources, e.g., relating to the breeding of rabbits, the seeds on a sunflower, the spirals of shells, and the curve of waves. The Fibonacci numbers are also found in the family tree of honeybees.

Schools will be reimbursed with three days of Per Diem fund to pay for a substitute teacher.Schools will be reimbursed with three days of Per Diem fund to pay for a substitute teacher.

Link to Year 1: SMARTBoard Basics in the STEM Classroom

Link to Year 2: Incorporating SMARTBoard Math Tools in the STEM Classroom

Link to Year 3: Incorporating SMARTBoard in the STEM Classroom (Engineering Focus)