Writing
Technology Supports:
- Help students organize ideas and see connections with graphic organizers developed at the SMART board
- Create, import and save graphic organizers for brainstorming / planning activities
- Use a finger, hand or tennis ball to write on the SMART board, then convert handwriting to text using SMART built in handwriting recognition software
- Use the lined paper templates when writing on the SMART board
- Create jot notes using the Capture feature
- Change the background colour of the SMART board to make text stand out
- Develop organizational skills by using the SMART collection of lined and chart paper templates
- Improve gross and fine motor control by having students trace the built in alphabet letters and numbers with their fingers
- Change the order of a story by moving text on the SMART board using a finger
- Unscramble the order of words, sentences, paragraphs, and instructions on the SMART board with a finger, tennis ball or other soft round object
SMART boards allow students to organize data in any subject area using built in Venn diagrams. Whether students create their own data, or drag and drop information into categories, students learn how to organize information.
With Senteo interactive response systems, teachers can poll classes to help create discussion groups for pre-writing activities. Students can generate questionnaires to be answered by classmates and the data used to create written reports.
Use a document camera to display a drawing, maps, text or 3D object to add more interest to any presentation at any grade level. In this image, a primary student is combining a drawing with text to present information about whales.
Mild and Moderately Cognitively Disabled - The
satalight™ is often used as a single-user or collaborative touch screen computer access device with mild and moderately cognitively disabled students as a learning center in a classroom, in the development of literacy, numeracy and transitional living skills.
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