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Video series: gestures in SMART Notebook 10.7 (part two)
March 31, 2011 – 10:58 am | No Comment
Video series: gestures in SMART Notebook 10.7 (part two)

A couple of weeks ago, we shared a post about our gesture videos, and highlighted the circle tap and rotate gestures. This week, you’ll learn how to perform two new gestures in SMART Notebook 10.7 …

Lessons flow naturally with the 800 series
March 28, 2011 – 2:21 pm | No Comment
Lessons flow naturally with the 800 series

The object awareness feature of the new SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard enables two students to switch between using a pen to write, a finger to move or a fist to erase without any …

How your classroom can help Japan
March 25, 2011 – 12:46 pm | No Comment
How your classroom can help Japan

Liz Dwyer, the education editor for GOOD posted an article about  Pacific Grove Elementary school in Northern California and how they hope to enlist 1,000 other schools across the nation in folding 1,000 …

Find your implementation path
March 21, 2011 – 3:38 pm | No Comment
Find your implementation path

Successful technology integration in the classroom is no small feat! There’s so much to plan for and consider during the implementation – whether it’s the big picture, the fine details, the stakeholders, the infrastructure, the …

Six ways the new SMART Audio enhances teaching and learning
March 21, 2011 – 3:12 pm | No Comment
Six ways the new SMART Audio enhances teaching and learning

You may have heard that there’s a new version of SMART Audio classroom amplification system coming. Here at SMART, we are quite excited about it because it will help you make your lessons more engaging, …

Notebook publisher plug-in for Adobe® InDesign® Brings Better Lessons
March 21, 2011 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Notebook publisher plug-in for Adobe® InDesign® Brings Better Lessons

SMART recently released the full version of SMART Notebook publisher plug-in for Adobe InDesign. That means graphic designers and publishers can create high-quality SMART Notebookâ„¢ collaborative learning software lessons, bringing you more of what you …

Teacher’s perspective: Making the most of assessment
March 16, 2011 – 7:09 am | No Comment
Teacher’s perspective: Making the most of assessment

ASCD’s Annual Conference is right around the corner (March 26 to 28), and Danesa Jepson, a SMART Exemplary Educator from Oakdale, California, is one of three teachers who will be presenting in SMART’s booth, 1415, …

Teacher’s perspective: Digital inquiry in science
March 11, 2011 – 11:26 am | One Comment
Teacher’s perspective: Digital inquiry in science

This weekend, Brent Olyowski, a SMART Exemplary Educator in Evergreen, Colorado will be presenting in SMART’s booth, 1111, at 2011 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference,  in San Francisco.
As a chemistry and physics teacher at …

Video series: gestures in SMART Notebook 10.7 (part one)
March 10, 2011 – 6:15 am | No Comment
Video series: gestures in SMART Notebook 10.7 (part one)

Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be featuring short videos that show you how to perform different touch gestures, like zooming or scaling, in SMART Notebook 10.7 collaborative learning software.
Here are the first two …

How Providence Spring Elementary uses SMART products
March 9, 2011 – 6:00 am | No Comment
How Providence Spring Elementary uses SMART products

For her high school exit project, Becky Jegier, a senior at Providence High School
in Charlotte, North Carolina, created a video about how her former elementary school uses SMART products.
Featuring an interview with Providence Spring …

How Andrew Learned to Spell: A SMART Table story
March 8, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
How Andrew Learned to Spell: A SMART Table story

Andrew is a friendly, social student who has cognitive and language learning needs. He is working at an academic level that is significantly below his classmates, but he enjoys collaborating with his peers whenever there is an opportunity.

The SMART Table interactive learning center was placed in Andrew’s classroom to create an environment where every student could participate and work together on lessons, says Tania Mason, a learning resource coach in the district.

Proven strategies for successful 1:1 classrooms – Making it easy to succeed
March 3, 2011 – 10:01 am | No Comment
Proven strategies for successful 1:1 classrooms – Making it easy to succeed

Watch a webinar on 1:1 classrooms
If you missed this popular webinar in February, you can still view it on-demand at your convenience.
The trend toward 1:1 computing is growing rapidly as decision makers invest in solutions that support student …