Monthly Archives: August 2009

Drag and Drop Hebrew with the Lesson Activity Tool Kit

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Shimon Siegel

One of the constant struggles for Yeshiva and Hebrew Day School teachers has been the inability to use flash-based activities from the Lesson Activity Tool Kit with Hebrew language.  There is a simple “Drag & Drop” method that will work with most of these activities.  We can insert Hebrew text into activities such as the … Read more

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Adding Text to Flash in the Lesson Activity Toolkit

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Pete Kurtz

Some teachers have commented that it’s difficult to add paragraphs of text to Flash-based objects in the Lesson Activity Toolkit because:

  • when typing directly into the object, there is no way to check for spelling mistakes, or
  • you cannot copy and paste into the object.

However, you can drag and drop text from a text … Read more

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Importing Questions using SMART Response

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Andrew Grefig

We recently posted some state assessments to the ERC. All of these are intended for use with the SMART Response system. This got us thinking, Isn’t there an easier way to create a quiz/test/survey than doing it all in Notebook?

Thanks to some intrepid explorers from the Mexico Academy and Central School, we’ve … Read more

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NYS Tests Converted into SMART Response!

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Lany Burnett

Assessment and evaluation have never been easier. Take a look at the Downloads section of our Educator Resource Center for NYS tests that have been converted to SMART Response! So far we have posted NYS Math tests from 2006 to 2009 for grades 3-8, and NYS ELA tests are in the process of being … Read more

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SMART Ideas for All!

Posted on August 5, 2009 by David Willingham

Did you know that by registering your SMART Board, in addition to extending the warranty to 5 years, you also get one free license for SMART’s concept mapping software, SMART Ideas.

SMART Ideas software brings the power of visual learning to your classroom.  Students can better analyze and understand complex ideas by building multilevel interactive … Read more

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