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Sep
23
The ink dropper function in SMART Notebook software is fantastic. It allows to you colour match almost any colour. Below is a 53 second video explaining how it works:
However, when you upgrade your software from an older Notebook version, your ink dropper may not work. If this happens you need to adjust the colour mode from 16bit to 32bit.
Sep
23
This may be of interest to secondary teachers/students who need to add notes to PPT presentations and who run SMART Notebook software. If you try to type notes in a PPT and you are running both programs it will not allow you to. There is an error between Notebook and PPT which SMART technologies are aware of.
To fix this problem you need to exit the SMART tools software by going to the icon in your system tray, right clicking and choose exit. For more information follow the link below:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officeitpro/thread/472969e6-de0e-4d15-bc15-720f9611b1b7/
Sep
21
The short video tutorial below was recorded in order to provide you with some interactive ideas in order to introduce couplets and rhymes through your smartboard (IWB). Interactive sites used throughout the short tutorial are listed below and the word spinner is provided as a zip gallery collection file (which you can download).
Rhyming Rockets
Syllable Factory
Rhyme Dictionary
Word_Spinner
Sep
21
Inter-tech Education regrets to inform you that Joanne Villis will no longer be presenting at this conference. Nor will Joanne Szegedi or Larry Spry, contributors for Inter-tech Education.
Sep
19
Larry Spry and maintenance staff from Rostrevor College in South Australia came up with a smart way to mount a smartboard, they built a box which is attached to the wall. The box allowed the smartboard to be positioned at the front of the room with all the cabling tucked neatly inside. This provided easy access for students to the smartboard without having to reach over pre-existing fixed furniture. It reduced costs in terms of not having to pull out and replace the pre-existing furniture to allow access for students. Furthermore, it also reduced movement of the board and the need for constant realignment which often occurs if a smartboard is mounted on an existing white board.
Sep
17
The video tutorial below demonstrates how teachers can use the invisible ink layer and camera tool in conjunction with GeoGebra. It also demonstrates how you can cater for a range of learning styles through audio and visual video resources found on YouTube or TeacherTube. For an introductory video on how to use GeoGebra scroll down this page.
Video Tutorial by Glenn Pardy
Please note that the videos playing within the recording are distorted because SMART Notebook Recorder was being used. If you use these videos with your class they will not appear distorted.YouTube video links:
What is Calculus Anyway?
I will derive!
Sep
15
The 2 day conference was a success with many SMARTboard sessions presented for teachers. Sessions were modified throughout the day to tailor to teachers needs. It was evident that most schools already had IWBs and interactive SMART schools were looking to upgrade/or purchase more SMARTboards and view the possibilities of the SMART Student Response Systems (clickers). The SMART board pictured below was used on the stand, it is an old SB400 series and was used for software discussions with particular interest in the SMART Maths Tools, an add on feature.
Please note that SMART have new dual touch interactive boards which are available. They have similar functionalities of the boards which were on display throughout the foyer. I have inserted a video demonstration of the new 800 series SMART boards, unfortunately I couldn’t show you one.
Thank you to SMART in the UK for providing SMART product fliers, SMART pens and SMART bags to hand out to teachers. They were appreciated.
Requested information and resources for teachers:
1.Update your Notebook software. You should be running Notebook 10.7. Remember to download the Gallery and Toolkit 2.0, you should have 6708 items in your gallery.
2.Visit SMART Exchange for SMART resources which you can download.
3.Sign up on the SMARTboard Revolution forum and connect with other teachers globally.
4.Visit the SMART Technologies web site for information regarding SMART products and video demonstrations.
5.There were three Gallery Collection items requested. Download the zip files below. When you open the document it will appear as a blank Notebook document. Then you need to go to ‘My Content’ on the side tab and the images will appear there.
AustMoney
SmartBoardCartoons
Trash Can Gallery Collection Item
6.If you would like SMARTboard PD approach your Principal and or school cluster, discuss your requirements and then contact Inter-tech Education.
Please note, Inter-tech Education do not sell nor profit from any sales of SMART products. For price inquiries please follow the link below.
Electro board
Sep
10
Inter-tech Education would like to introduce Glenn Pardy, Secondary Maths teacher at Uralla Central School, NSW. Glenn teaches Year 9, 10 and 11 Math and has alot of innovative and interactive ideas in order to engage and inspire Secondary Maths students. Below is a short video demonstration on the basics of GeoGebra which will be followed by a video demonstration on how to use GeoGebra in conjunction with SMART notebook software (posted soon).
Sep
4
Electro board are the leading national wholesalers of interactive SMART boards in Australia. Each year they provide three national conferences and this year they are holding one in South Australia (SA). This year’s SA conference was organised by Maria Vaughton (Education Consultant Manager) and provides a range of innovative key note speakers and SMART board presenters. Of particular interest, is key note speaker Jeff Schultz. Every time I have seen Jeff present I have learned something new about SMART technology. Below is an example of what Electro board have to offer in terms of video tutorials. The video tutorial explains how you can use SMART board technology with Word, Excel and PPT.
Please note, Joanne Villis from Inter-tech Education will no longer be presenting at this conference. Nor will Larry Spry or Joanne Szegedi, contributors for Inter-tech Education.
For registration details please follow the link below:
Electro board: See Shape Share Conference SA