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…
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…
“I am constantly amazed at what kindergarten children can do when they are given a chance to learn at their own level. I feel that teaching with technology has helped me support student learning so much that I could not even think of how to teach without it.” When an interactive whiteboard was installed in her classroom, kindergarten teacher Rachel Ashby was only taught how to turn it on and off. Now she is using Continue…
The last word shared on this blog concerning SMART Ink was how to turn it off and back on again. Let’s take a step back now and take a good look at SMART Ink: what it is, how it differs from Transparent Background and Floating Tools, and the basics of how it works. So, what is SMART Ink? If you watched the video tutorial on the Transparent Background or if you have used the Floating Continue…
Some teachers are having this issue with the SMART 800 series multi-touch boards: when they upgrade their computer to Smart Notebook 11, the board doesn’t respond correctly: the pen will only work on a diagonal plane, or on the board it will appear the pen is being used instead of the finger (see this youtube video). What has happened is that when the teacher upgraded to Notebook 11 the firmware on the board was also Continue…
With the new version of Smart Notebook 11 and Smart Response 2012 comes the ability to link the questions directly to the new Common Core as well as all the individual state cores. The advantage of doing this is that it allows you to run reports to see how students are performing by standard. This way you can give an assessment that covers several topics and know how they are doing on each one. The Continue…
Did you know that all of the tools found in Notebook software are available to be used with any other program on your computer? This tutorial shows one way to use the transparent background with a video in your web browser. How many other ways will you find to use this tool in your classroom?
Okay, you are ready to start another new year and, like many other educators, your principal has given you a shiny new iPad. But you really aren’t sure how you can use it. Here is one thing you can do quickly, easily, and with great results: Use your iPad with your SMART Board in class using the Reflection App. Reflection is not an app for your iPad, but rather an app for your computer that Continue…
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