INTERACTIVE PANELS
Need to Know
Brunswick County Schools is committed to making sure that teachers have access to technology to effectively teach our students. As part of the technology plan, interactive panels are maintained by the technology department with a focused plan to keep the technology up to date. Currently, the boards are on a 10 year replacement cycle. Once an interactive panel reaches that age, it is slated for replacement with the most current technology. As a result, we presently support the following types of interactive panels in our schools: Boxlight and Newline.
Interactive panels can be used in a variety of ways during lessons including:
▶ Teacher-led instruction
▶ Small group instruction
▶ Student centers
▶ Station rotation
7 Ways to Use Your Interactive Panel
▶ Streamline Daily Routines and Classroom Management
Students can do an Attendance check and make lunch selections as they arrive each morning. Additionally, they can interact with the board during morning meeting time making learning “stick”
▶ Provide multimodal means of engagement
Visual, Auditory, Tactile - interactive panels allow you to input and receive information and in multiple ways to maximize student engagement.
▶ Add another “layer” to learning!
Using the pens, annotate over content displayed to show teacher and student thoughts.
▶ Blend the learning.
Set up an activity for students using the Interactive Panel - it can become a station in the rotation.
▶ Show thinking and document collaboration.
Pull up a graphic organizer and let the brainstorming begin. This can be a whole or small group activity.
▶ Students can complete “click and drag” activities
Have students show what they know by completing sorting or sequencing activities. Tools like SMART Learning Suite online, Google Jamboard, and even Slides and Drawings can be used to quickly create these activities.
▶ Use Interactive websites and applications to expand learning.
BrainPop, Learning A-Z, Flocabulary….all of these, accessible through Clever, can be used interactively on your panel.
Which interactive board do I have?
Teaching & Learning Tips
Need to work on something while students see a different displayed task? Extend the Display!
When working at the panel connected to your laptop or desktop, you may need quick access to a floating keyboard if you need to type at the panel.
So there is no need to go back to the computer, pin the Windows floating keyboard to your task bar for quick access!
While there are 3 brands of interactive panels in our schools, due to our licensing with the company, SMART notebook software can be used on all of them! Below are some tips for using this software to annotate and capture notes during instruction - both in-person & remote.
