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Smart Notebook 10 Guide and Teacher Toolkit

2008-08-13T10:42:00.000-07:00

SInspire creativity and engage students with your own customized, interactive lesson activities for SMART Notebook software. The SMART Notebook software activity guide makes it easy to create your own lesson activities. Need help with features, formatting or Flash? The guide provides best practices for creating and presenting SMART Notebook lesson activities.
http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+resources/SMART+Notebook+activity+guide.htm

Lesson Activity Toolkit
A new way to create eye-catching lesson activities is here.
You spoke and we listened. Based on feedback from educators like you, SMART has improved the Lesson Activity Toolkit and now brings you the full version. It’s full of customizable tools and templates that you can use to create professional-looking lessons with all the appeal and interactive power of SMART-created lesson activities.
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Quick Reference Guide (125 KB)
Toolkit system requirements

The Toolkit helps you create engaging content like word games, quizzes, crossword puzzles and sorting tables. It also offers Adobe Flash tools like hide-and-reveal and drag-and-drop. Your lessons move and respond with as much energy as your students.
Join the conversation about the Lesson Activity Toolkit at the SMART Exchange.

Websites for using the Smartboard to teach High-Frequency Words

2008-08-12T16:10:00.000-07:00

http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Contents.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml
http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/highfreq.html

Smartboard Notebook 10

2008-08-11T10:57:00.001-07:00

Smartboard has just recently come out with a new version of the "Notebook" software. You will notice that the interface is drastically different from Version 9.

Web 2.0 Tools

2008-08-11T10:53:00.000-07:00

Web 2.0 Tools (free, try them in your classroom)
http://www.teachertube.comTeachertube is classroom safe video! It is all grade level and content specific. You can even link to to your blog or wiki!
http://www.flauntr.com Photo edits, framing, red-eye reduction, cropping and slideshows. Very easy to use and you can import your photos from flickr or picasa if you have them stored there!
www.slide.com
www.bubbleshare.comTwo great sites to build slideshows to post on your blog, wiki, webpage or e-mail parents the link. Use these tools to share photos with your students and parents!
http://www.communitywalk.com Community Walk - Create your own tour guide with virtual maps and your own photos
http://mnemograph.com/A Great web based timeline software. Add your own photos, links and text!
http://www.gabcast.comGabcast - Easy way to create and post podcasts.

Smart Board Example

2008-08-11T08:35:00.000-07:00