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Create Your Own GIFs Using SMART Notebook and GIFPAL
Create Your Own Books with Storybird
The Common Core Standards for Writing encourage our students to “Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.” Storybird allows students and teachers to create digital books based on artwork. You can create a free account, a teacher with class account, or a free child account … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Common Core, ELA, Literacy, Social Classroom
Tagged Common Core Standards, Digital Storytelling, Interactive Lessons, Storybird
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Creating a Flipped Classroom Learning Experience
What is the flipped classroom? Imagine, if you will, a learning space where homework is cleverly disguised as teacher-created videos and self-paced lessons, while classwork consists of collaboration among students, and being able to guide students one-on-one. Teachers across the country have been “flipping” their classroom instruction and transforming the role of the teacher and … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Events, Social Classroom, Technology, Tips
Tagged Flipped Classroom, Learning Spaces
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New Professional Development Dates for Summer 2012
Due to popular demand, we are offering a second chance to attend some of our most popular courses this summer. We offering new dates for The 20 Coolest Things You Can Do with a SMART Board, SMART Board Basics, Best Web tools for the Interactive Classroom, Learning with the iPad, and … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Cross Curricular, Events, Technology
Tagged 20 Coolest Things, Common Core Standards, Events, iPad, pd, Professional Development, SMART Board Resources, Staff development
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Google Chrome Graphing Calculator
A graphing calculator is an indispensable tool in the Math classroom. If you do not already have access to a graphing calculator on your SMART Board, you can use the free Desmos Graphing Calculator Google Chrome app.
It is an easy install to the Google Chrome browser from their app store.
Any graph or calculation … Read more
Posted in Downloads, Math, Notebook
Tagged Apps, Chrome, Desmos Graphing Calculator, Google, Math, SMART Board Resources, SMART Notebook
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Our 10 Favorite iPad Apps for Education
We wanted to share our ten favorite apps that you can use in a variety of classes/grade levels.
Evernote
Evernote is a great note taking application that you can use to take your own notes, or use it on student iPads for the purpose of having them gather information and construct projects. Evernote gives the … Read more
Interactive Economics
Welcome to Economics University. This website will provide you with Flash lessons that cover everything from basic concepts to Micro and Macroeconomics. Once you choose your section, your lessons will be separated by the following chart:
| Blue Links | Lessons |
| Green Links | Interactive Activities |
| Purple links | Questions |
| White links in Black Box | Unit Tests |
The … Read more
The SMART Way to Choose Students
Whether it’s the beginning of the school year or you’re substituting a class, you’ll never have to worry about forgetting a name when you call on a student. Using the Random Word Chooser tool in SMART Notebook, you can have the software randomly choose students for you.
The following video is a tutorial of the Random Word … Read more
Playing in the Math Playground
If you’re looking for interactive math activities for your SMART Board, check out Math Playground. This application will allow you to choose from a number of interactive games for elementary and middle school classrooms. Explore the Math Games section and find the perfect game for your students.
One of my favorite Math Games is … Read more
Spelling and Vocabulary City
Spellingcity.com is a vocabulary and spelling website that allows you to create your own spelling lists and use them with a variety of different activities.
To create your own spelling lists there is a free sign up where you can sign in as a parent or as a teacher. They offer a premium package, which, … Read more
