Category Archives: Tips
Q & A with Teq!
Over the years we’ve been to your schools
Taught you iPad, SMART Board, and other great web tools
Now it’s your turn, so ask away…
It’s time for some Q & A, the Teq way
On May 29th join Joseph and Lin
Here are the rules and the prizes you’ll win
Do you have a … Read more
Posted in Apps, Classroom Tools, Tech Support, Technology, Tips, Web Tools
Tagged Professional Development, Q&A, SMART Board Resources
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Google Apps Update…Turning Down the Chatter
If your school has deployed Google Apps for Education, we hope you are enjoying all the fantastic Google features as much as we are. Your students are collaborating in real time on projects in Google Drive, you are coordinating and reserving building resources with your colleagues on your shared Google Calendars, yet you may … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Tech Support, Tips
Tagged Chat, Google Apps for Education, Google Talk
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Dude, Where’s My Floating Toolbar?
Are you working on your Mac trying to locate your SMART Board’s Floating Toolbar but have reason to believe it may have gone AWOL? Have no fear, Teq has recently learned of the miraculous way to lure it back to your desktop. It only takes a couple of minutes, and will save you a couple … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Notebook, Tech Support, Technology, Tips
Tagged apple, Floating Tools, Interactive Lessons, Mac, SMART Board Resources, SMART Notebook
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Ideas from the Celebration of Technology and Learning
Teq Instructional Technologist Joe Sanfilippo isn’t shy of cameras. In addition to conducting several PD sessions at the Celebration of Technology and Learning in New Jersey on March 9, he got some face-time on-camera while interviewing participants about what they are doing to incorporate social media into classroom preparation and instruction.
Posted in Classroom Tools, Events, News, Social Classroom, Technology, Tips
Tagged Edmodo, new jersey, NJEA
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Embedding HTML Content in Google Earth
One of my favorite teaching tools is the topic of today’s free webinar: Google Earth. We have produced three webinars about using Google Earth in the Classroom. The latest version of Google Earth lets teachers insert links, images, and videos via HTML into the “Comments” section when a place-marker, polygon, overlay, or line is created.… Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Cross Curricular, Literacy, Social Studies, Tips, Video
Tagged Google Earth, Google Lit Trips, YouTube
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iPad App Update Lets You “Open in Edmodo”
Edmodo recently released an update to their iPad app. This update added Edmodo to the list of apps that you can send files to when you’re in another app.
Let’s say your student has an essay due that was assigned on Edmodo. If you create that document on your iPad in Pages, when you’re done … Read more
Teq’s 5 Favorite Features in ActivInspire
For those of you who are using Promethean ActivBoards and ActivInspire software in your classrooms, this post is for you.
Whether you’re new to Promethean Boards or a skilled veteran, we have composed the following list of our “top 5” features in the ActivInspire software. With ActivInspire, it’s hard to play favorites, since there is … Read more
Converting SMART Notebook Files to ActivInspire
What if you are an ActivInspire user that would like to use a SMART Notebook file on your ActiveBoard, maybe a Notebook file from our Educator Resource Center? Never Fear! There’s a simple way to convert SMART Notebook files for use as Flipchart files in ActivInspire.
Once converted, you will be able to edit … Read more
Using a Webcam to Capture Images to Your SMART Board
If you are looking to use your webcam for the purpose of taking pictures and annotating those images, look no further. This video will explain how to capture photos via webcam and then seamlessly add them to your SMART Notebook 11 software.
