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Site Name: Nancy Powell's list of SmartBoard Resources

Type of Resource
A website created as a way to find many different Smart board resources.

Description
Nancy Powell's list of SmartBoard resources is exactly that, a informational resource to all things Smart board. There are math lessons, response clicker resources, whiteboard games, flash and java applications, tutorials and tools.

Uses
This is a nice collection of resources for Smart board users, particularly in the subject area of mathematics. Most of the linked websites have more than just one use so this is a nice central place to find a variety of information. Within the classroom this is a resource for the teacher, but a lot of the games and activities have a java tool base and can be used on home computers as well. Thus this can be a great website for students and parents as home as well as a teacher that has access to a Smart board.

When teachers are planning a lesson, they can refer to this website to look at the resources and see if there is anything that they could supplement or if there is an idea that they could modify to fit the lesson they are planning. For parents and students the activities here could be fun activities to play around with or fill any gaps or holes the students may have in their learning.

Quality
Some of the links are now empty, but most of the links are very useful and helpful depending on what you are looking for.

Authorship
Nancy Powell is the author of the website and she is the main provider of the website links.

Point of View or Bias
None.

Referral to Other Sources
Most of the links are to other SMART sources.

Currency
The most recent update was 5/14/2011. Updated when new resources are found.

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Traffic Rank 1,047,781
92 Sites Linking In
In the last three months there has been a -30% change in internet users
The average load time is Very Fast at .439 seconds, 95% of sites are slower
The Audience is primarily College Females with children browsing at home.

Website Grader
Grade is a 79
17,600 indexed pages
Moz Rank: 5.5
281 Linking Domains
Traffic Rank: Top 3.37%

Google Page Rank
3/10

Etre Accessibility Check
58 Should Fix Problems
1 May Fix Problem
Problems Include:
Inline style tags are favored over an external stylesheet
Deprecated font elements found
Deprecated align attributes found

WAVE
There are no accessibility errors

References
Lesson plans and resources for your SMART Board - SMART Exchange. (n.d.). Lesson plans and resources for your SMART Board - SMART Exchange. Retrieved             July 8, 2011, from http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0

Powell, N. (n.d.). Nancy Powell's list of SmartBoard resources. Welcome to the District 87 Website - Bloomington Public Schools. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from                     http://www.district87.org/staff/powelln/SmartBoard/Default.htm

Powell, N. (n.d.). Nancy Powell's Math Pages. Welcome to the District 87 Website - Bloomington Public Schools. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from                                                 http://www.district87.org  /staff/powelln/

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Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. (n.d.). Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://tweet.grader.com/

WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. (n.d.). WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://wave.webaim.org/

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