Monthly Archives: December 2010
Where’s my SMART Board tools icon?
The SMART Board tools icon is a helpful instrument as it will allow you to access various SMART tools; such as the Spotlight and the Screen Capture Toolbar, when you are using different applications. On a Windows computer, the SMART Board tools icon can be found in the notification area on the bottom of your … Read more
3outube to download Videos
When it comes to downloading YouTube videos, “3″ is the magic number. If your school is blocked from YouTube, and there’s a clip you’d like to show your class, the video below shows how you can insert that clip into Notebook.
Posted in Notebook, Tips, Video
Tagged Flash, Notebook, Smart, smart board, SMART Notebook, YouTube
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Fun and Learning with Mixed Reality
A hot technology recently, has been “Mixed Reality” a.k.a. “Augmented Reality.” The technology adds 3-D interactive, virtual objects to our real world that can be used for learning. If you have access to a new SMART Document Camera you will eventually be able to use Mixed Reality. As you can see from the slide show, we’ve recently had a bunch of … Read more
Free Christmas Learning Object
Teq has a free learning object available for download. It’s the Teq Christmas Word Bucket. It is similar to our Halloween Word Bucket that we posted in October. This object allows teachers to easily create interactive activities with a holiday theme. Use the word bucket for mathematics, foreign language, Social Studies, ELA, ESL, and … Read more
Posted in Educator Resource Center, Lesson Plans, Notebook
Tagged chanukah, Christmas, hanukah, hanukkah, kwanzaa, Smart, smart board
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Enjoy the Holiday Season on the SMART Board!
The days preparing for winter recess can be stressful, as students focus more on vacation then doing their work. Interacting with a SMART Board can help young children acquire fine motor skills. Uptoten.com has several interactive Christmas activities that can aid in teaching these necessary skills.
My favorite activity is Dress up these funny snowmen… Read more
Brooklyn & Long Island SMART Board User Conferences!
SMART Board User Conference, January 8
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM,
Brooklyn Technical High School
29 Fort Greene Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Explore the SMART Board and its many applications in hands-on sessions taught by SMART Certified Master Trainers, who are also state certified teachers. Share ideas with other educators in … Read more
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All Aboard! – The Polar Express
As you are wrapping up things prior to winter recess the story The Polar Express is a story that is easily integrated into thematic units relating to character education, transportation, polar region and/or the winter season. One way to differentiate the instruction is by having students listen to the story, read (or follow along with) the text, and see … Read more
Chanukah Candle Lighting
Before this Festival of Lights, Hebrew teachers everywhere teach their students to add new candles from right to left and light the candles from left to right. Interestingly enough, when teachers were asked about how we light the Chanukiah, they all motioned with their arms before they said the words. It would seem that the … Read more
