Site Name: SMART Exchange
Type of Resource
SMART board lessons in a variety of subjects and for a variety of games.
Description
A community based SMART board resource. In a variety of subjects, grades and file types you have SMART board lessons that you can download or you can upload and share your own resource. There is also a forum to connect with other teachers in regards to SMART board technology or lessons.
Registration is need to upload resources.
Uses
For teachers with SMART boards this is an invaluable resource for finding different types of lessons that use the SMART board functions. For new teachers this is a way to get a resource and get a better understanding of how the SMART board works. You can actually search via your state standards in your grade and subject area and get directly related resources as well. For anyone with a SMART board this website is a must have and a great teacher resource. Content is created by teachers, publishers and SMART Technologies.
Usefulness
I find this website useful as a teacher with a SMART board. Without a SMART board this resource is useless, but with one it is invaluable. Subject area, grade level and state are all accounted for and provide useful resources. While some areas have more resources than others, because of the community input there is always expanding resources. You do need to sort through the material and it is not uncommon to download a resource and find that it is not quite what you wanted, but if you are looking for something in particular this is a very useful supplement to your curriculum.
SMART Exchange supports 43 different countries and over 20 languages. (link)
Quality
Varied. The website itself is very simple but easy to navigate. The lessons themselves vary based on who created them, some are more complex than others, and the teaching methods can vary as well. With any sort of community resource you can except the quality to vary.
Authorship
SMART Technologies and the community within.
Point of View or Bias
Varies with community input, but no overwhelming bias.
Referral to Other Sources
Other SMART resources.
Currency
Updated regularly.
Alexa
Traffic Rank is 57,632 in the World
1,523 Sites Link into SMART technologies.
In the last 3 months there has been a +1% change in visitors visiting SMART technologies.
The load time for SMART technologies is 1.02 seconds which is an fast speed.
Relative to the general internet population SMART technologies is most popular with 25-54 year olds with a graduate degree.
Etre
There are two may fix problems.
There is no link provided for downloading the PDF plug-in, and the text input fields don't have a default value.
WAVE
There are 2 accessibility errors. The errors are for a couple of empty links.
There is also some problematic link text, some popup windows, and some invisible text.
Website Grader
SMART technologies has a grade of a 98/100
There are 680,000 indexed pages.
SMART technologies's blog has a grade of 20
The readability level is Advanced/Doctoral Degree.
On the 10 point MOZ scale of link authority and popularity SMART technologies has a 5.3
There are 852 linking domains.
Tweet Grader
Rank is 100,167 out of over 9 million.
SMART technologies has 5,014 followers
"Got a question for SMART technologies? We're here to answer.."
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
References:Accessibility Check - Etre. (n.d.). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (n.d.). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (n.d.). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
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/
Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. (n.d.). Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://websitegrader.com/
Type of Resource
SMART board lessons in a variety of subjects and for a variety of games.
Description
A community based SMART board resource. In a variety of subjects, grades and file types you have SMART board lessons that you can download or you can upload and share your own resource. There is also a forum to connect with other teachers in regards to SMART board technology or lessons.
Registration is need to upload resources.
Uses
For teachers with SMART boards this is an invaluable resource for finding different types of lessons that use the SMART board functions. For new teachers this is a way to get a resource and get a better understanding of how the SMART board works. You can actually search via your state standards in your grade and subject area and get directly related resources as well. For anyone with a SMART board this website is a must have and a great teacher resource. Content is created by teachers, publishers and SMART Technologies.
Usefulness
I find this website useful as a teacher with a SMART board. Without a SMART board this resource is useless, but with one it is invaluable. Subject area, grade level and state are all accounted for and provide useful resources. While some areas have more resources than others, because of the community input there is always expanding resources. You do need to sort through the material and it is not uncommon to download a resource and find that it is not quite what you wanted, but if you are looking for something in particular this is a very useful supplement to your curriculum.
SMART Exchange supports 43 different countries and over 20 languages. (link)
Quality
Varied. The website itself is very simple but easy to navigate. The lessons themselves vary based on who created them, some are more complex than others, and the teaching methods can vary as well. With any sort of community resource you can except the quality to vary.
Authorship
SMART Technologies and the community within.
Point of View or Bias
Varies with community input, but no overwhelming bias.
Referral to Other Sources
Other SMART resources.
Currency
Updated regularly.
Alexa
Traffic Rank is 57,632 in the World
1,523 Sites Link into SMART technologies.
In the last 3 months there has been a +1% change in visitors visiting SMART technologies.
The load time for SMART technologies is 1.02 seconds which is an fast speed.
Relative to the general internet population SMART technologies is most popular with 25-54 year olds with a graduate degree.
Etre
There are two may fix problems.
There is no link provided for downloading the PDF plug-in, and the text input fields don't have a default value.
WAVE
There are 2 accessibility errors. The errors are for a couple of empty links.
There is also some problematic link text, some popup windows, and some invisible text.
Website Grader
SMART technologies has a grade of a 98/100
There are 680,000 indexed pages.
SMART technologies's blog has a grade of 20
The readability level is Advanced/Doctoral Degree.
On the 10 point MOZ scale of link authority and popularity SMART technologies has a 5.3
There are 852 linking domains.
Tweet Grader
Rank is 100,167 out of over 9 million.
SMART technologies has 5,014 followers
"Got a question for SMART technologies? We're here to answer.."
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
References:Accessibility Check - Etre. (n.d.). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (n.d.). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (n.d.). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
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/
Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. (n.d.). Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://websitegrader.com/
