Meeting+Notes

March 30, 2011
SMARTboard and Web 2.0 Part 2 Web 2.0 Link (excellent) []

February 9, 2011
SMARTboard and Web 2.0 [] []

Find other Web. 2.0 Tools here: EASTCONN Training of Trainers Web Tools Intermediate Notebook Skills Watch Know Site: []

September 22, 2010- Come with an Idea of a Lesson You Want to Create
Goal Setting

Using SMART Exchange

EdCompass

May 5, 2010
Using a Magnifying Glass

Delicious Accounts of users:
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Family Feud Game Google Earth: Placemarks and Rumsey Historical Maps Instruction

March 31, 2010
SMART English/Language Arts Content: You can try out evaluation lessons by clicking into this link: [|www.aegom.com] (scroll to the bottom of the page) Ways to Make your Lessons Pop- File from the Session Using a webcam with video Adding Flash files Compass and other items

January 13, 2010
Agenda and links SMART Community

Meeting Notes - Smart Tech Website and Resources - SmartBoard Operation

November 18, 2009
[|Link to Video on a SMARTboard]- how to import video files into SMART Notebook or SMART Video Player Video websites for SMARTboard SMART Notebook file on How to Use Video

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September 23, 2009
Lynn's Lesson Activity toolkit examples Pam's "How to Use Our Wikispace" media type="custom" key="4431577" Come 30 minutes early to set up your laptop to the EASTCONN network Introductions How to use this wikispace Needs for Group [|SMART Notebook Express] New Features of the Lesson Activity Toolkit
 * Agenda**

April 1, 2009
[|Mac-SMARTboard Discussion Forum]
 * How to embed flash files onto a SMART Notebook Page**
 * 1) Go to the website that has a flash activity.
 * 2) In Internet Explorer, got to the Tools menu and choose Internet Options
 * 3) Under the General Tab, Browsing History, choose Settings
 * 4) Click View Files
 * 5) Click on Last Accessed and make sure it shows your current date and time
 * 6) Find the .swf file and the website from the list (it should be from the website you found your flash activity
 * 7) Right click on the file and choose copy
 * 8) Open SMART Notebook
 * 9) Right click and choose paste. It will paste the flash activity on the page.
 * 10) Remember, make a note at the bottom of the page where the flash activity came from and link to the website it came from.

[|Keep Vid]- to download you tube videos


 * Playing Video with a SMARTboard- if you are a PC user, you can use the SMART Video Player to play video files**
 * pause your video,
 * write on your video
 * capture your text and video image into Notebook
 * Playing Flash Video Files (flv) with a SMARTboard**
 * import directly into SMART Notebook
 * pause
 * write on screen
 * How do I link to a video within my SMART Notebook page?**
 * 1) Open SMART Notebook
 * 2) Click on the attachments tab which looks like a paper clip and choose Insert Copy of File (especially if you travel with your lesson, that way the file will stay attached to your lesson).
 * 3) Get your file from your computer.
 * 4) It will appear in the attachments tab now.
 * 5) Within your Notebook lesson, you can type text, insert a gallery item or a shape and link that object to your video. To do that click on the object that you want to link to the video.
 * 6) Click on the drop down arrow and choose link
 * 7) Click current attachments and click on the video file
 * 8) Choose corner icon or object (corner icon will put a link symbol to the left of the object, choose object will link the entire object to the video.
 * 9) If you want your file to open with SMART video player, right click on the video file and choose open, choose program, and then choose SMART video player.
 * 1) If you want your file to open with SMART video player, right click on the video file and choose open, choose program, and then choose SMART video player.

February 25, 2009
Lynn Reedy's File: Making Lessons Pop

January 21, 2009
Importing and Exporting Content from SMART Notebook file media type="custom" key="3019570"

November 19, 2008
media type="custom" key="2721673" Our delicious bookmark sites: [|www.delicious.com/lynnreedy] [|www.delicious.com/pskellyeastconn] [|www.delicious.com/Mattem]

October 22, 2008 Agenda
3:30-4:00 Introductions/Expectations/Wiki 4:00-4:30 What's New: [|SMART Notebook Student Edition], Features of Lesson Activity Toolkit 4:30-4:45 Sharing 4:45-5:00 Planning for next session

SMART Notebook Student Edition Update- question was asked at last session on price; $34.99 per student with link [|here] media type="custom" key="2176065"

June 4, 2008
Sites shared: [|Yenka Free Content (Math and Science)] [|Links Learning (short educational movies and more)] [|National Virtual Library of Manipulatives] [|Illuminations Activities] [|Insect Lesson Plans] [|Monarch Watch]

Use [|del.icio.us] to share your bookmarks with others -- check out the power of social bookmarking!

Lessons shared: Sue Palmberg is posting her AP Calculus review notebook lesson Look at our SMARTboard Resources page and download or view notebook files from other schools

Grants: Small Local Organizations Donors Choose Jane's Grant Writing Workshop: 8:30-11:30 on 10/23 and 11/13

January 30, 2008

 * User Group Expectations**
 * Sharing ideas, web sites and more
 * Increase knowledge and skills
 * Opportunity to practice with guidance
 * Learn about capabilities of SMARTboard


 * Questions**
 * Orientate/Calibrate SMARTboard - Press the keyboard and right-click buttons at the same time and the orientation screen will appear. Use one of the "pens" to point to the center of the cross.
 * Share SMART Notebook files - Under File, Export the file either as a web page, image, pdf, or PowerPoint file. A Notebook Viewer can be downloaded from the SMART Technologies web site.
 * Capture image - See Video Tutorial page for review.
 * Move an object to a different page in SMART Notebook - 1) Show Page Sorter and make sure AutoHide is unchecked; 2) Drag the object from the page it is on to the page icon on which you want to move it.
 * Insert a notebook page from one file into another - 1) Show Page Sorter and make sure AutoHide is unchecked; 2) Right-click on the page icon you wish to save and select Add Page to Gallery; 3) After the new Notebook file is open, drag the notebook page you saved in the Gallery to a page.