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== ** __USING SMARTBOARDS WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS__ **       ==



**WHAT IS SMARTBOARD?**



**The Smartboard is an interactive whiteboard that helps improve learning outcomes by combining the simplicity of a whiteboard with the power of a computer. The interactive nature of the Smartboard provides many practical uses for the classroom. Using Smart Notebook software, teachers can record each step of a lesson activity for students to review at a later time. They allow students to collaborate with each other and with information being presented in lesson plans. Smartboard makes lessons and activities in a classroom setting become more engrossing for students and increase overall retention of the lesson content. It can be used to access educational websites and play language, math and science games directly on the board in the classroom. Playing educational games in a classroom setting can help engage students in learning more effectively than lessons on a traditional blackboard. Smartboard is beneficial to students with limited or impaired motor skills as pointing at or tapping on the screen may be easier than precise mouse-clicking on a traditional desktop computer. Smartboard technology allows teachers to draw directly on the display using a stylus or their finger to highlight aspects of the presentation, negating the need for additional visual materials.**



 **THE SUCCESS OF SMARTBOARD**

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** TEN USEFUL WAYS TO USE SMARTBOARD IN THE CLASSROOM FOR ELL STUDENTS: **

> **a picture with the camera. This way your original notes are still there for your use but you also have what they did and how they changed things for later uses.**
 * **Smartboards can be used to assess your students instantly so you can track progress and enhance learning outcomes.**
 * **SMART technology allows you to create visually engaging lessons and lessons that are easy for your students, and English language learners to understand.**
 * **Smartboards allow you to help your ELL's improve their language skills. They do this by collaboration with their peers. Collaboration with a group can be instrumental in the language development of an English language learner.**
 * **Engages all different learning styles. You can use manipulatives, brainstorming activities, music, games, and many other activities to ensure that your ELL students from all backgrounds, learning styles, and levels are engaged and learning the material presented.**
 * **Study guides or note-taking activities on the Smartboard can be great for your ELL students. You can highlight the key vocabulary or key points within the passage or document that you are looking at so your students are aware of what information is necessary for them to understand.**
 * **You could also ask them to highlight what they think is important in a passage to see if they understand what they are supposed to be looking at and drawing.**
 * **Smartboards can be used with a group of students so they can talk and learn from each other. If you have them interact and discuss what they are learning, it will help them remember and learn it quicker.**
 * **Smartboards have an option to hide the screen and only reveal a certain amount of information at a time. This would help them focus and not get overwhelmed if you are giving them large amounts of information at one time.**
 * **If you have your ELL's interact with your notes and you think it would be beneficial to save them so they can look back at them, you can take**[[image:bilingualchildren.jpg width="284" height="288" align="right"]]
 * **You can use your student's writing samples and have them go back and find their mistakes and fix them. It will allow them to highlight things they would like to change or circle different punctuation errors. You could also have them work in pairs and look at each other's work like this so they have two pairs o f eyes to find mistakes.**

**USEFUL LINKS:**

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 * Youtube video showing a teacher using a Smartboard to enhance English Language Learners experience in the classroom.**

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 * A Youtube video explaining English Language learners and the challenges they face in the classroom.**

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 * Instructions on how to use Smartboard.**

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 * Website that discusses how to teach ELL learners more effectively.**

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 * Youtube video of a teacher discussing the benefits of Smartboard use in the classroom. She also mentions ELL students.**

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 * Article that discusses Smartboards and ELL students.**

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 * Link to a teacher’s website who teaches ELL students. These have lesson plan ideas listed which can be useful on Smartboard.**

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 * Link to resources for teachers to use Smartboard in classroom and ELL students with subjects such as reading.**

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 * Link on how to use SmartBoard.**

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 * Article discussing how a school has incorporated an ESL programs in their elementary school while utilizing a variety of tools including the SmartBoard.**