Getting Started with SMART Notebook – the Basics

For those of you that are new to SMART notebook v.10 I have written a “Beginners Guide to..” to try and help make it easier for you to get started with playing around with what notebook can offer. As well as giving an overview of what the different buttons and tabs mean on the notebook [...]

10 Tips, Tricks and Activities for use on the IWB

During the first ICT in Practice meeting as well as the ideas discussed in the previous posts, I looked at 10 practical tips, tricks and activities for using your IWB  for getting started in creating resources using notebook. Staff from St Ivo can download the notebook file I used here (password protected – see me); [...]

Using the SMART Lesson Activity Toolkit

Having discussed the SMART Lesson Activity toolkit in today’s session you can find out more about it in this post written earlier in the week with examples of what can be done.
To download the Learning Activity Toolkit at home, please follow the instructions in the other post.Remember you will need the SMART notebook software on [...]

Handy Tools in SMART Notebook 10

With the new SMART notebook v.10 there are some very handy tools available. Remember many of these are in your floating tools tool bar, which means you can use them with resources other than just notebook, e.g. annotating / highlighting word documents, websites etc.. so it is worth getting used to them.
MAGIC PEN – you [...]

Converting resources using SMART notebook

With SMART notebook v.10 it is easy to import resources from different sources as well as export your work in different formats.
You can import PowerPoints and convert them to notebook files (note however that animations will be lost). When notebook converts Powerpoint, any images or text are imported as separate objects this means that it [...]

Using SMART notebook to structure & organise lessons – “The Paperclip” (Attachments Tab)

WHAT IS THE PAPERCLIP FUNCTION (Attachments tab)?
Although you don’t have to be using notebook to make use of SMART notebook tools and the interactivity that an IWB can provide, as well as the ability to create interactive resources and integrate multimedia, notebook is also an excellent tool for structuring and organising lessons. The page view down the [...]

ICT in Practice Meeting 1 – Unlocking the potential of your IWB

Today’s session is focused on looking at the potential the IWB gives for enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom. When faced with having an IWB in your classroom, it can seem quite daunting and you begin to feel that you have to spend lots of time planning specific resources, but the IWB is designed [...]

Capturing Digital Media for the IWB 2. Video Clips

Having problems with not being able to access YouTube in school? Or do inappropriate comments on the YouTube page put you off using an otherwise useful educational clip in school? Or would you like to be able to download the video so that you can annotate key points using SMART notebook functions? There are a [...]

Capturing Digital Media for the IWB – 1. Animations

CAPTURING FLASH ANIMATIONS
We have all been there – we have found the perfect flash animation on a website we use in our schemes of work, but when we go back to it the site is no longer available or we can’t remember the URL! Don’t panic, whilst you need to be aware of any copyright [...]

SMART Lesson Activity Toolkit – maximising the potential of your IWB

Increasing Interactivity using SMART Lesson Activity Toolkit
Have you seen or used the SMART Lesson activity toolkit? If not there is a whole area of interactivity to unlock to help you maxmise the use of your interactive whiteboard and to enhance the teaching and learning experience for you and your students.
So what is the SMART Lesson [...]