Author Archives: Gershom

SMART Notebook

Using Grouping to Control Layers

Every object on a SMART Notebook page receives its own layer on that page. If you have ten objects on a page, there are ten layers on that page. The natural order of those objects is that the newest object … Continue reading

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Cloning Notebook Pages

SMART Notebook will allow you to clone whole pages. Cloning pages will provide a more professional and consistent look across multiple pages. You can clone: A single page within a Notebook file A single page to another Notebook file Multiple pages … Continue reading

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Multiple פְּסוּקִים in Notebook

Many people are under the impression that the way to get Hebrew onto a SMART Notebook page is by image capture.  We have made a lot of progress, and now we can type Hebrew directly into Notebook and Lesson Activity Toolkit … Continue reading

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SMART Notebook

3 Container Sort

The Container Sort is an interactive way for your students to sort images and ideas. This tool will allow your students to sort objects into containers that look like the idea they represent. The keys to its functionality are layering, … Continue reading

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Hebrew Handwriting

Handwriting Recognition (in Hebrew, Too!)

The great news we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. SMART Notebook 10.8 recognizes Hebrew handwriting! You can write all your class notes in Hebrew script, open the drop-down menu, choose “recognize…” and convert your handwriting into your default … Continue reading

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SMART Stencils

SMART Stencils

Not only can you choose the color-fill for shapes that you make in SMART Notebook, but you can even change the color for certain pictures from the Gallery or the Internet. If you insert a picture to your SMART Notebook … Continue reading

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Picture Perfect Notebook

Picture Perfect Notebook

Sometimes we want to transfer text to the SMART Notebook page but Notebook seems not to accept the text in its original form. Either the sentence order gets chopped up or the font is changed from the original. The answer … Continue reading

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Drag-and-Drop Gemara

Drag ‘n’ Drop Gemara

Once I showed a rebbe how to “drag ‘n’ drop” text from an online (HTML) Gemara onto the SMART Notebook page and he excitedly told me that I had just saved him hours of time preparing and teaching lessons.  This … Continue reading

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Windows

Installing Hebrew in Windows

Many Jewish educators want to be able to type in Hebrew characters but may not have a Hebrew keyboard installed.  If you have Windows Vista, 2003 or 2007, it almost couldn’t be any easier to install a Hebrew keyboard.  If … Continue reading

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LATK and Hebrew

LATK, Hebrew, and a little Emunah

SMART Notebook’s Lesson Activity Toolkit is a quick and easy way to make interactive lessons for the SMART Board.  Category Sort, Image Arrange, Keyword Match and many more.  Jewish educators should be happy to know that these Flash-based learning objects … Continue reading

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