Monday, August 16, 2010

Interactive Sites and SMART Exchange

Interactive Sites


Online Collaboration


Session One - SMART Interactive Classroom

A review of Topics Covered in Session One

SMART Notebook software 10 Basics - Overview of the Notebook software interface
Link to Site with Tutorials for review
http://www.smarttech.com/us/Resources/Training/Training+Search
Notebook Basics Learning Resource (PDF 1 MB)English
  • Tutorial: SMART Notebook Software Basics (Flash file - 1.4MB)
  • Toolbars Windows
  • Collecting and Sharing Content - Windows
  • Tutorial: The Notebook Gallery (Flash file - 2.1MB)
  • Tutorial: Objects in Notebook Software (Flash file - 2.4MB)
  • Working with Gallery Collections - Windows
  • Tutorial: The Page Sorter (Flash file - 2.1MB)
  • Populating a Notebook File 
  • Using My Content English
SMART Notebook software 10 The Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0


The recently updated Lesson Activity Toolkit is a Gallery collection of customizable tools and templates, including activities, games and graphics, and tools that you can use to create professional-looking, interactive and engaging lessons.

The Lesson Activity Toolkit (PDF - 251kb)
Video English_ (download )

Friday, August 13, 2010

Summer 2010 - Teaching in the Interactive Classroom

SMART Notebook software 10 Getting Started
A summary of what’s new in SMART Notebook 10.
SMART Notebook software 10 Getting Started
A summary of what’s new in SMART Notebook 10.
View each tutorial individually, or Watch the entire 30-minute overview.   http://www.smarttech.com/us/Resources/Training/Training+Search

SMART Notebook software 10 -  Getting Started
Tutorial 1: Activation 
Tutorial 2: Finding What You Need 
Tutorial 3: The Ink Layer 
Tutorial 4: Managing Pages 
Tutorial 5: The Properties Tab 
Tutorial 6: The Lesson Activity Toolkit 
Tutorial 7: New Tools in SMART Notebook 10 

Tutorial: What’s New in Notebook 10 – A 30-Minute Overview (Flash file – 113 MB) English

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Update Presentation using SlideShare and YouTube

You can now add YouTube Video to your SlideShare Presentation. Here is my updated presentation.

Use Online Video in Your Classroom

Article from edutopia
Use Online Video in Your Classroom
How teachers can bring the best of YouTube to your students.
Online Interactivity for Educators: A Teacher's Tour of YouTube
Pay Attention v4
Three years, 20+ million online views, and many, many face-to-face showings later, the Did You Know? (Shift Happens by Karl Fisch/Scott McLeod) video still is going strong.
Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Presentations and a few challenges

It was great seeing all of you yesterday. I will continue to post updated information about SMARTBoards on this site over the next few weeks. The new SMART Exhange site is now ready, I have posted a link and video below.

I also wanted to give you a few challenges as you continue to work on your SMARTBoards.

In the Gallery search pull to target
Video link http://downloads.smarttech.com/media/education/lessonactivitytoolkit/ClozeProcedure.mov

I am also searching the best way to get videos convereted to flash files to work in the notebook.

I am experimenting with my Flip Camera and will post some of your lessons online for you to view and I will send you the link. Here is one example

I will be teaching a course this month for MESPA http://www.mespa.org/professional/calendar.html Brochure...
Learning Without Boundaries: Introduction to Web 2.0 –
A blended learning course (four face to face after school sessions with 28 hours of intervening online activities)
Dates Dates: September 23, October 21, November
18, and December 16, 2009
Time: 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Registration Begins: 3:00 pm
Register by: September 14, 2009