An interactive presentation tool for the classroom display
Present a PDF on the board, write and explain on it, and start a practice when the class is ready. Students who open the same PDF can follow your page and see your writing.
The problem
A slideshow on the classroom display is hard to write on. Students' own screens don't follow the page you're on, and starting an activity usually means switching to another app.
One board for presenting and practice
On the Smart Board page you present a PDF, write on it and move through the pages. Students who have the same PDF open follow the page you settle on, and can switch to your board view to see your writing as you add it. When it's time to check understanding, you start a practice from the same screen and can move the class to one question.
How it works
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Open your lesson
Choose the PDF the class is working from and present it in a full-screen view on the display.
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Write and explain
Model the method with the pen, calligraphy ink, highlighter and shapes on any page.
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Keep the class with you
Students on the same PDF follow the page you scroll to. They can stop following and pick it up again when they're ready.
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Start a practice
Start live practice from the board, or move the whole class to one question and work through it together.
In the classroom
Mid-lesson, a maths teacher models long division on the board, then starts a five-question practice. She moves the class to the first question and works it through with the room before letting them carry on.
An illustrative example of how a lesson can run, not a customer case study.
What you get
Write and model live
Explain a method step by step on any page of the PDF.
Follow-me paging
Students who have the PDF open in scrolling view move to the page you settle on, unless they choose to stop following.
Your writing on their screens
Students switch to your board view to see your writing appear as you add it. If a page holds a great deal of writing, it reaches them once it is saved.
Practice from the same screen
Start a practice, pause it, or move the class to a question without leaving the board.
Use it as an online whiteboard
Upload a blank PDF and write on it freely. The page is kept with the lesson.
One screen or every device
Teaching from the board needs only the classroom computer. Practice and quizzes need each student signed in on a device.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I use it as an interactive presentation tool?
Yes, if your lessons are PDFs or slides you can export as PDF. You present, write on the pages and run live questions in one place. ClassKite has no slide editor and doesn't play videos or animations inside a lesson, so keep building slides where you do now.
Does it work on a smart board?
ClassKite runs in a web browser, so you open it on the computer connected to your board, or on a laptop or tablet. There is nothing to install. While you write with a stylus, the annotator ignores your resting hand; drawing with a finger is a setting you can switch on.
Can students follow along?
Yes, on their own devices. Students who have the same PDF open in scrolling view follow the page you settle on. They can also switch to your board view to see your writing as you add it. Their own writing stays on their own layer, which other students never see.
Can I switch to a question mid-lesson?
Yes. Start a practice from the board, then move the whole class to the question you want to work through together. This isn't available in SBQ mode, where each student answers every question once.
What if my students don't each have a device?
You can still teach from the board with only the classroom computer: present, write and explain as usual. Live practice, self-practice and quizzes need each student signed in on a device of their own, because every answer is marked for that student.
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