Author Archives: Colleen

Animoto

Hello Animoto!

It’s getting to the point in the school year when you may need some more engaging and interesting projects. Try Animoto and have your students create digital stories or review web content. The site is user-friendly and allows students to develop … Continue reading

Posted in Lesson Plans, Video, Web 2.0, Web Resources | Tagged , | Leave a comment | Facebook Twitter
Response LE

SMART Response: It Just Keeps Getting Better!

SMART Response is always evolving. This amazing product line continues to provide schools with  innovative classroom solutions like text-based answers (SMART Response PE and XE), intelligent grading and full QWERTY keyboard (SMART Response XE), bright colorful shaped buttons (SMART Response LE) … Continue reading

Posted in Downloads, Notebook, SMART Response, Software | Tagged , | 1 Comment | Facebook Twitter

Pick it

Let the numbers do the work. The Random Number Generator is a great student selection tool for any classroom. Instead of calling on your students to read, answer problems or come up to the SMART Board, you can assign each … Continue reading

Posted in Lesson Plans, Notebook, Smart | Tagged , , | Leave a comment | Facebook Twitter

Turn Back the Clock

Did you know that the idea of Daylight Saving Time was first proposed in an essay written by Benjamin Franklin? However, the concept wasn’t put into action until World War I to help conserve resources.  Currently, we set our clocks forward one … Continue reading

Posted in Tips | Leave a comment | Facebook Twitter
SMART Notebook

7 New Things in SMART Notebook 10.7

1. Now when you are in Full Screen mode you can zoom to Page Width. To do this all you need to do is press on the 3 black dots (while in Full Screen) and choose “Page Width.” A scroll … Continue reading

Posted in Notebook | Tagged | Leave a comment | Facebook Twitter

Happy New Year! (Take 2)

Just when you thought you’ve completely recovered from all of the fun activities you had on the evening of December 31, 2010 – it’s New Year, again – Chinese New Year that is. The good news is that this time … Continue reading

Posted in Downloads, Educator Resource Center, Holiday | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment | Facebook Twitter

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 … Continue reading

Posted in Holiday, Notebook, Web Resources | Tagged , , | 1 Comment | Facebook Twitter

First the Leaves, Now the Pen Tools — Changing Colors!

As the leaves begin to change color,  consider spicing things up a little bit with your SMART Board by changing the color of the pen tools.  Typically when you pick up a blue pen tool and write notes it writes … Continue reading

Posted in Holiday, Smart, Tips | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments | Facebook Twitter