It only took three years of telling my principal and every one else that would listen that a Numonics Intelliboard was not the same thing as a SmartBoard that they finally relented and gave me a real SmartBoard. Now I am looking for some good places to find highschool social studies stuff to use on the board. Any help would be appreciated.
I am working on a project for school and I was wondering if people could share their experiences with Smartboards ( both good and bad) as well as if they would recommend using SmartBoards.
I also have a Smart Board and I like to create links for lit units. I link all my worksheets in pdf form, vocab words with pictures, the story cds that I no longer even use, and anything else that may be needed for speciel activities for that story.
It is alot of upfront work, but then you save it and use it until your new text book adoption. I have also shared the units with coworkers who then put together some science and math units for me. I will say that when you link, make sure it is to some type of shared directory so that all the files are accessable to the other people you may share with.
CThanks to everyone for sharing their expereinces. My school currently does not own any smartboards but if we ever get a chance I will be able to share how useful one can be. On 2/22/10, M Barrett wrote: > On 2/20/10, C wrote: >> I am working on a project for school and I was wondering if >> people could share their experiences with S...See MoreThanks to everyone for sharing their expereinces. My school currently does not own any smartboards but if we ever get a chance I will be able to share how useful one can be. On 2/22/10, M Barrett wrote: > On 2/20/10, C wrote: >> I am working on a project for school and I was wondering if >> people could share their experiences with Smartboards ( >> both good and bad) as well as if they would recommend using >> SmartBoards. > > I also have a Smart Board and I like to create links for lit > units. I link all my worksheets in pdf form, vocab words with > pictures, the story cds that I no longer even use, and > anything else that may be needed for speciel activities for > that story. > > It is alot of upfront work, but then you save it and use it > until your new text book adoption. I have also shared the > units with coworkers who then put together some science and > math units for me. I will say that when you link, make sure > it is to some type of shared directory so that all the files > are accessable to the other people you may share with.
I am looking for a lesson plan for middle school students that involves using Excel. I want the students to chart how using Facebook and adding "friends" grows exponentially. Does anyone have any ideas or lesson plans along these lines? Thanks
Hi, I want to add a song to my notebook lesson about money. I have the song in itunes and want to import it so that I can push and icon and have that song begin to play.
make sure the itune song is saved as an mp3. any other way, and it will have to be a link, and it sounds like you do not want that (the player would open up to play the song). itunes has the capability to convert to an mp3 so that is your first step. Next, put your icon where you want it on your page. then open the file that has your mp3 and drag it right onto the icon. it will most likely now be a little megaphone to show it has music. You can leave it like this, but here is what I do: right click the icon and click on sound. change the radio button to say object so the megaphone is hidden. the only thing here, is next time you use this, you have to remember there is music when you click the icon, where leaving the megaphone helps you remember--your choice. I hope this makes sense, but let me know if not.
I have a PC attached to smart board, but am going to connect MACBOOK to it. another teacher tried it and found problems. does anyone have problems with mac attached? any suggestions - she had connected it but didn't work
marksOn 3/17/10, Rach wrote: > Does anyone who has a promethean board have trouble with > their "pens"? My pens don't work....and my tech won't fix > them.
It's probably too late at this point, but email me if you are still having problems. [email removed]
Marsha, Did you recalibrate your pen? You probably know this but just in case someone else is reading this and doesn't know.... Hover your pen above the flame in the upper left corner of the board.(don't touch the screen ..just hover) Some words will appear in the middle of the screen that says something like tap the screen. Then in various positions around the screen it will have you tap the screen so that the pen will be better matched to your tapping. Hope that helps.
On 3/28/10, PDF User wrote: > I like to bring up PDF worksheets on the SmartBoard from > time to time, and allow kids to go up and write answers > with the digital markers. > > The problem I'm having is that, when I scroll down the > fonts get all messed up. > > Is there a way to pull up and write on PDFs without this > happening? > > Thanks. > >
My administration has asked me if I would like to have a Promethean Board in my classroom. I teach Drafting and CAD. Does anyone have any idea on how I could use this to my advantage? Are the students able to access this tool?
Quoting from PrometheanPlanet.com: "ActivInspire is a cross-platform, single software solution, combining the functionality of award-winning ActivPrimary and ActivStudio while seamlessly integrating ActiVote and ActivExpression." ActivPrimary and ActivStudio are still available as separate software downloads. There are many more differences between these programs than just the look and tool placement.
I started using ActivStudio long before ActivInspire was introduced. Since both ActivStudio and ActivPrimary are still available and supported, I stand by my statements.
marksOn 5/14/10, Cricket wrote: > On 5/14/10, marks wrote: >> On 5/07/10, Cricket wrote: >>> we have both types of boards in our secondary program. I have a >>> Promethean board for my math classroom. >>> >>> Anything you can do on your computer monitor you can display on >>> your smart board. You ar...See MoreOn 5/14/10, Cricket wrote: > On 5/14/10, marks wrote: >> On 5/07/10, Cricket wrote: >>> we have both types of boards in our secondary program. I have a >>> Promethean board for my math classroom. >>> >>> Anything you can do on your computer monitor you can display on >>> your smart board. You are only limited by your creativity. >>> For the Promethean board, there are two levels of software that are >>> available; one is simpler for elementary. >>> >> I don't mean to be the Promethean police here, but there are a lot of >> misconceptions floating around on this chat board. There are NOT 2 >> levels of Promethean software there's only one with 2 "looks" >> or "feels",Inspire Activstudio and Inspire Activprimary. As far as >> design and funtionality they are the same. Activprimary just has a >> primary look to it, with tool placement at the bottom for little >> students. > > Quoting from PrometheanPlanet.com: "ActivInspire is a cross-platform, > single software solution, combining the functionality of award-winning > ActivPrimary and ActivStudio while seamlessly integrating ActiVote and > ActivExpression." > ActivPrimary and ActivStudio are still available as separate software > downloads. There are many more differences between these programs than > just the look and tool placement. > > I started using ActivStudio long before ActivInspire was introduced. > Since both ActivStudio and ActivPrimary are still available and > supported, I stand by my statements.
The statement I take issue with is that ActivPrimary is "simpler". It is not. Flipcharts are created in exactly the same way, have the same functionality, and integreate with Promethean's LRS whether you're using the old ActivStudio, ActivPrimary, or Inspire Studio or Inspire Primary.
Perhaps you mean Primary is "simpler" for the students to interact with because of tool placement, but the design of flipcharts by teachers is the same with either one.