SMART has a new add-on for Notebook software called Extreme Collaboration that enables collaboration in the classroom by leveraging student devices that are web enabled. This video is a brief demonstration of what can be done with this new tool. Stay tuned and later will come a full tutorial on how to use this great tool to its full extent.
Doing so much training and professional development throughout the state of Utah, I have learned a lot about how teachers learn to use technology. What really strikes me is that most of the technology training offered to teachers does not fit the best way for them to learn. What I have found is that teachers do better with smaller amounts of technical training conducted more frequently, and spread out over a longer period of time. Continue…
Collaborate SMART Notebook software has a Gallery that contains a wealth of resources: pictures, interactive flash, multimedia, pages, themes, and backgrounds. These resources make it simple to create excellent interactive lessons. But how would you share these lessons? One way would be to upload your lesson to the SMART Exchange. While this is great to do with your finished product, how do you share resources with a group of educators while working on a project Continue…
There has long been a gap between the quality of video conferencing available on a PC and the quality attainable through a dedicated video conferencing codec. Historically this was related to the processing power available on a PC to encode and decode the video stream, but that bottleneck has shrunk dramatically in recent years. The difference has persisted mostly because the video quality available to the PC is poor. Webcams are too small to serve Continue…
The end of the school year has several implications for educators. One of the most important is end of level testing. Many districts have already started and perhaps even finished testing their students. For those about to begin this high-stakes activity, do you have a plan to review the concepts you’ve worked so hard to teach all year? Wouldn’t it be nice (don’t start singing that Beach Boys song just yet) if there were lessons Continue…
You’ve seen Notebook 11, but did you know that SMART has a dramatically simplified Whiteboarding program for business users? It’s called Meeting Pro, and version 3.0 was just released at the beginning of April. Here are 3.0 reasons it can improve collaboration in your office. 1.0) The primary function of Meeting Pro is to provide touch interaction with your desktop on a SMART interactive whiteboard. Most of the information you need to share in a Continue…
My last post detailed the power of lists in Facebook. Another powerful use of lists is the ability to just see news posts from people in that list. While in your news feed, to the left you will see your lists. Click on any list and that will change your news feed to only include updates from member of that list. The next challenge with working with Facebook can be summarized with a story of Continue…
Have you ever had that exciting flash of inspiration as you ponder a solution you so desperately need for your classroom only to lose all momentum when you realize there are no funds to turn your idea into reality? Many teachers have let slip countless ideas that could have had a positive impact on student learning. Why? Districts and schools, not to mention the teachers themselves, do not have funds to support these ideas. Continue…
My last visit to the blogosphere revolved around a discussion of professional development and helping teachers achieve the 3c’s: Creating, Collaborating, and Contributing. Administrators, learning directors, reading specialists, and the like want their teachers to have the best tools and technology available to help them become a “3c’s teacher” and in turn ensure student success. Unfortunately, these admirable intentions often involve expensive investment in programs and technology that are pushed out to classrooms without considering Continue…
I have an iPad and an iPhone. I think I use them fairly well, probably more than the average person. I have had a lot of people proud to tell me they got an iPad like me and can’t wait to use it. I get excited seeing people using technology, but what makes that fun is seeing that they are getting the most out of the technology and having the technology help them to be Continue…
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