Monthly Archives: April 2008

Dynamic Searching with SpaceTime

The new web application SpaceTime allows you to perform 3D searches with your favorite search engine on an interactive whiteboard or your desktop.

Instead of scrolling through lists or results, you get functional pages stacked in sets of five. Pages zoom to the front when clicked or advanced with a navigation toolbar.

SpaceTime has the … Read more

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Mondays are rough. Contests are awesome.

A significant portion of our readership works for New York City schools which find themselves back to work today after their week of Spring Break. Some of us are also returning from vacation. While this time last week we were drinking exotic smoothies made from fruits we could not pronounce as we watched exotic birds … Read more

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SMART Board games!

Everybody loves a good game (educational of course!) and we are no different. As a dedicated training department it is our duty to thoroughly review and test any and all resources that may work well on the SMART Board. Here we review 2 of our favorite (educational!) games to play on the SMART Board.

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Friday Wrap Up

We end a big week here on the blog just as New York City teachers begin Spring Break. In the last few days we:

(1) Downloaded the brand new Notebook 10.
(2) Crowned a champion of the SMART Notebook Lesson Contest. Congratulations again to Matthew Wentworth, who earns a place in the TeqSmart … Read more

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And the winner is…

There were a number of entries that easily could have won are first or second prize. Sadly, we could only choose a winner and a runner-up. To everyone who did not win, we want to thank you again for entering and encourage you to check back with us for the next contest.

The WINNER of … Read more

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Notebook 10 link

Click here to download Notebook 10. You will need the serial number for a SMART product, or you can download a 30 day trial version.… Read more

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Today is the Day

The big news is that today is the release of Notebook Version 10. As we mentioned yesterday, we encourage teachers to strongly consider whether or not they want to start using new software this late in the school year. We will, however, provide the link to the software download from SMART when it appears on … Read more

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Notebook 10: Some Thoughts

We are all very excited about the birth of Notebook Version 10, but we would like to bring you a suggestion from Tequipment‘s main page:

We are excited about the release of Notebook 10 and how it will further transform how students and teachers interact with content in the classroom. Upon release, you may Read more

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Friday Wrap Up

Welcome to the Friday Wrap Up.

This week, we brought you information about Trailfire, an Internet service that we approve of heartily. We also reminded you of the SMART Notebook Lesson Contest, which ends Monday.

This was a light week for comments, and we certainly cannot blame our New York City teachers who … Read more

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Countdown!

A friendly reminder: The SMART Notebook Lesson Contest ends on Monday, April 14. We have received a number of entries in the last few days, and we are greatly impressed by the quality. If you are working on a lesson, make sure you send it to us by Monday.

Good luck, everybody.

On a separate … Read more

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