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I'm getting a Smartboard...help needed

by Mrs P

Nov 17, 2010

I'm getting a Smartboard next term. They installed the software in my computer. I will like to start planning lessons or searching for lessons but the instructions said I need to have the board connected to the computer...what can I do?

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Tech Tchr SMART Technologies allows a "reasonable" number of installations on teachers' home computers. One of the consultants told me that usually means if you have a board in your classroom they're fine with downloading the software on your home computer as well. We encourage our teachers to do that, and the district gives them its product key for the soft...See More

Dec 9, 2010

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Dan Hoffman If you go to the website listed above you will discover many things for teaching. However click on the button that says Smart Board and you will discover videos to help you out

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On 12/09/10, Tech Tchr wrote: > SMART Technologies allows a "reasonable" number of installations > on teachers' home computers. One of the consu...See More

Dec 26, 2010

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Dan Hoffman Sorry I hope this one shows up

If you go to the website listed above you will discover many things for teaching. However click on the button that says Smart Board and you will discover videos to help you out

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On 12/26/10, Dan Hoffman wrote: > If you go to the website listed above you will dis...See MoreSorry I hope this one shows up

If you go to the website listed above you will discover many things for teaching. However click on the button that says Smart Board and you will discover videos to help you out

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On 12/26/10, Dan Hoffman wrote: > If you go to the website listed above you will discover many things > for teaching. However click on the button that says Smart Board > and you will discover videos to help you out > > Dan > > > > > > > On 12/09/10, Tech Tchr wrote: >> SMART Technologies allows a "reasonable" number of installations >> on teachers' home computers. One of the consultants told me that >> usually means if you have a board in your classroom they're fine >> with downloading the software on your home computer as well. We >> encourage our teachers to do that, and the district gives them >> its product key for the software that may be downloaded from the >> SMART site. >> >> >> >> >> On 12/05/10, Mr. P wrote: >>> On 11/17/10, Mrs P wrote: >>>> I'm getting a Smartboard next term. They installed the >>>> software in my computer. I will like to start planning >>>> lessons or searching for lessons but the instructions said >>>> I need to have the board connected to the computer...what >>>> can I do? >>> >>> Mrs. P, If the software is already downloaded on your >>> computer, then you're ok. In my school (I teach Special >> Ed. >>> first grade inclusion), all of the teachers have laptops. I >>> have a Mac at home, and I'm not about to bring my >> laptop home >>> everyday. I was able to find a product key and download the >>> software myself on my home computer. Once you have the >>> software downloaded, you can open Notebook documents and >>> search from that computer with no problem. Also, I save all >>> of the Smartboard lessons I create along with interactive >>> activities right on my flash drive and pop it in the classroom >>> computer whenever I need to. You do not need to hook anything >>> up once you've downloaded the software. You only need >> to hook >>> up your computer to the Smartboard if that's the computer >>> that has the "presentation" on it that you'll be working >>> with. Good Luck! :) Mr. P.

Dec 26, 2010

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TX tech teacher This may be a stupid question, but how do you get the Smart Response questions to work?? If you click on the answer, it just shows it as a box. Is there a way (a button or something I need to click) to make it work?? I'm not sure if I'm actually asking this to where it makes sense.

I'd like to make it an interactive question, where when y...See More

Jan 2, 2011

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dee you start the test and students have enter the answers in their SmartResponse handhelds, then stop the test when they finish. The results will be displayed then.

On 1/02/11, TX tech teacher wrote: > This may be a stupid question, but how do you get the Smart Response > questions to work?? If you click on the answer, it just shows it...See More

Jan 12, 2011

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