4.+Pre-made+Lesson+Activities

= = =**Try a Pre-Made Lesson Structure**=

Get a pre-made lesson shell in the Lesson Activity toolkit in both Notebook and ActivInspire

=In Notebook= There are a lot of excellent examples, so spend some time looking at some of the things you can do with a smartboard. Activities can be quickly altered to co-ordinate with a specific topic and ability of the class thus saving a teacher a lot of time
 * Find the tabs on the left or right of the screen.
 * Find the **Gallery Tab** and click on it (picture frame).
 * Click on the **plus sign** for the Lesson Activity Toolkit.
 * Click on the plus sign for Activities.
 * Click on **examples**.
 * Lastly click on “**notebook files and pages**”.
 * Drag one out and take look at it.
 * The Vortex** -a sorting tool which has text and image options -answers will only go into the correct vortex
 * Image Match** -match the picture with the correct lable

**Fill it in with your own material**
Once you have chosen one you like, fill it in with your own material. Click on edit and then change it as you please. Once you have edited this make sure you save your file as you would a Word Document.

[|teaching templates FLASH Smartboard Notebook Document.notebook]



**__In ActivInspire__** Go to the Insert Menu Select Page Select from a host of options like Activity Pages organized by type, templates for special themes as well as pages designed to be used with the Learner Response Devices, Activexpression and Activote

**2. Use the Activity to get your peers to the board** · Show the slide to your peers. Have them identify template used and where they might find it. · Pick a person at random to come to the board and answer the question. · As always, if a person does not know what to do, they can ask another person to help walk them through the answer.