SMART Board interactive white board turns you and your computer into a powerful teaching, presenting, and interactive tool.  A projector projects the image from your computer screen onto the board.  These components allow teachers and students to come up to the board and "touch" it.  Basically, it allows you to become the mouse that is attached to the computer.

In addition to allowing the user to become the mouse, the interactive whiteboard comes with a set of writing tools.  The pen tray comes with four pens and an eraser that, when used, allow the user to write and draw on the interactive whiteboard.  The pens do not contain any ink; rather sensors within the product tell it which colored pen you have and draws the appropriate color when you touch the board.  Using the free notebook software included with SMART Board, you can assign different colors and patterns to any pen.

Elementary:

• Teachers and students use them for morning meetings, Everyday Math lessons, and to explore a variety of interactive websites.  Teachers and students use their SMART Boards for both group activities and as a center station.  In early 2008, Kennebunk Elementary School was accepted into the SMART Showcase School program, providing students and staff with access to software and other SMART equipment.

Middle:

• Students and staff are excited about the integration of this technology with activities in math, grammar, creative writing, social studies and more.  Teachers are actively seeking out lessons and activities online and applying them to their curriculums.  Several teachers are piloting integrating SMART Board with document camera technology.

High School:

• We have installed new 600i series SMART Boards in two of our computer labs and three classrooms.  Plans are in the works to continue expanding our SMART Board coverage to other classrooms and lab environments.  Thanks to the introduction of new Apple MacBook laptops, courtesy of the Maine State Laptop Initiative, at the high school level setup and integration of SMART Board technology has been made easier.