How can you use your SMART Board wirelessly? I have been asked this by several teachers, so I thought I would make a video showing you how! This is true wireless, where the computer can be anywhere in the classroom. This allows you to sit anywhere in the classroom and use your computer with the SMART Board. As this video shows, there is a short delay between when you write and when you see your writing on the board, but overall it is great for those times Continue…
I remember when I was teaching I would sometimes turn off my projector towards the end of class and then I would have students come up and touch the board thinking that because there is no image on the board it must not be on. What they didn’t know is that even though the projector is off, the SMART Board is still plugged into my computer and still works to click on things. My answer Continue…
Data driven instruction is a hot topic in education right now. Sometimes it seems like it is more important to give a bunch of assessments and have a bunch of graphs than it is to teach students! But the real point behind this push is to help the teacher more efficiently measure and promote student learning. If we keep that in mind as we look at data everything make more sense. In the video below, Continue…
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.
I have heard some tech people arguing back and forth about whether SMART Boards or iPads are more effective in the classroom. I have even heard of schools taking down interactive whiteboards after getting iPads and Apple TVs. Is this warranted? Which technology is more beneficial in the classroom, and how can we implement it effectively? I would like to explore these questions in this week’s post. Do iPads Replace SMART Boards? I frequently hear Continue…
Several teachers have requested a blog post on QR codes, so here it is: an easy definition of QR codes, how they can be used, and how you can use them with SMART Notebook and iPads. What are QR Codes? QR codes are quite simply two-dimensional bar codes that contain information. They are most often used to connect the real world with the digital world through mobile devices. The devices use their built-in camera to Continue…
Continuing with our series on SMART Ink, this latest video discusses recognizing and inserting text into Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Watch the video the below. If you are having an issue with recognizing an Asian language or with using PowerPoint while running Windows on MAC, read on below. Asian Languages: For those attempting to recognize an Asian language using SMART Ink, remember that you are not in Notebook software. The language pack(s) you installed Continue…
One issue I have seen several teachers request help with recently has to do with using Power Point on the SMART board. What is happening on the newer version of Power Point (mostly on PowerPoint 2011 for Mac) is that when you start your slide show and your laptop is plugged into a projector, it changes your display setting from mirrored to extended. It does this so that you can have your laptop in front Continue…
This week we will continue to build on what we learned in SMART Ink: The Basics; you may wish to review this first if you haven’t already. Today I would like to share a video tutorial that shows you how to do the following in SMART Ink: * recognize text and insert it into a document or program; * turn SMART Ink on and off; * access the new settings option (available to Windows users only). Continue…
SMART released an update to Notebook yesterday: Version 11 SP1 for both Windows and Mac. Typically SMART releases updates on the web a few weeks before your automatic software updater finds it. I usually prefer to download the new versions from the web once they come out. You are not required to uninstall the previous version to install the new one, but if you are having problems you may want to. This is especially important Continue…
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