Tag Archives: Interactive Lessons

992, 454 Downloads from the ERC

Thanks a Million!

Have you noticed the Educator Resource Center (ERC) download counter in the right column of the Teq community site? The Teq Educator Resource Center is quickly approaching its 1 millionth download. In celebration, we will be giving away a prize to 5 different people in the next few weeks, or however long it takes us … Read more

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SMART Notebook

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

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Teq Calendar for March

Teq Calendar Lessons for March

This month the Teqsplorers travel to the Hoover Dam to study hydroelectricity and to learn about the history of the location.  You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.

Current in a Series Circuit, for middle school … Read more

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Teq Calendar Lessons for February

Teq Calendar Lessons for February

This month the Teqsplorers travel to the South Pole to Study Axial Tilt and to learn about Measuring Angles.  You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.

Measuring Angles in the South Pole, for elementary school students, … Read more

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President's Day

President’s Day Activities in SMART Notebook

We’re always looking to share SMART Notebook activities with teachers. As a History major and former Social Studies teacher, February always brought one of my favorite holiday-related topics: Presidents. With Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February 12, George Washington’s birthday on February 20, and President’s Day falling in between (this year) on February 18, I figured … Read more

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GIFPAL

Create Your Own GIFs Using SMART Notebook and GIFPAL

The use of animated GIF files allows you to add motion and color to you SMART Notebook Lessons by simply copying from the web and pasting directly on your page. If you want to create your own animated files you can now do it through your browser using GIFPAL. To create one of these … Read more

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Teq January Lessons

Teq Calendar Lessons for January

This month the Teqsplorers travel to Australia for a visit to the Great Barrier Reef to learn about Biodiversity and the water cycle.  You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.

Studying Biodiversity, for high school students, … Read more

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Smarter Balanced

4 Great Common Core Activities from Smarter Balanced

The sample items found at Smarter Balanced are designed to prepare students for the next-generation Common Core assessment. These sample items and performance tasks provide an early look into the depth of understanding of the CCSS that will be measured by the Smarter Balanced assessment system. This online assessment contains many click-and-drag activities which work … Read more

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December Lessons from the Teq Calendar

Teq Calendar Lessons for December

This month the Teqsplorers travel to Mexico for a visit to the Mayan Pyramids to learn about the Earth’s rotation and revolution as well as measuring volume.  You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.

Mayan Rotation and Read more

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SMART Notebook

Redefining How You Use Your SMART Board

SMART recently updated SMART Ink, the tool that enables you to write on other applications outside of SMART Notebook. With this update, when you write on a website in Internet Explorer, the ink stays with the text when you scroll. This is huge! It completely changes the way you will use your SMART Board. … Read more

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