Instead of standing in front of the classroom and lecturing, engage students in an interactive SMART Board lesson. For example, use a board organizer, a tool that allows students to physically move words and ideas around, to let students arrange transitional words in the French language or to analyze visual aids, where students look at graphics or a picture and determine their purpose. In an English class, they could chart the elements of a plot of a story as opposed to listening to you name and describe the different parts.
Instead of constructing a game on the blackboard or having to worry about finding a computer or laptop for every child in the classroom, bring up a game on the SMART Board that everyone can play together. For example, play "How to be a Citation Millionaire" before students tackle writing their very first research paper, or engage them in "Idiom Jeopardy" so that they can learn how these types of phrases function in the English language.
At times, it will be necessary to present certain information in lecture format. Use the SMART Board to dress up the presentations. Add video demonstrations of labs to help explain scientific techniques, or present excellent examples of student work to inspire the rest of the class. Add graphics to difficult reading passages to show how students can use illustrations to help them figure out what the words mean. Use pictures of historical scenes and figures with history lessons to help students imagine the scene.
Divide the students into groups and assign each group a different topic to present throughout the school year -- for example, exponents, the Aztecs' contributions to mathematics or plot diagramming. Require students to use the SMART Board to aid in their presentation, whether it is through an interactive game or worksheets that they create for use on the board. Doing so will teach them how to use the SMART Board for presentations.