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The catalog includes a brief description of each module and is arranged into three categories: 2it Lesson Activities: Subject-specific instruction that emphasizes various strategies of integrating 2it Skills into a lesson.
2it Skills: In-depth instruction on a particular skill that covers a specific software or hardware feature. 2it Sample Lessons: Demonstrations of lessons incorporating 2it Skills in a classroom setting by various teachers.
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Catalog
Art Show Assessment [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Explore several assessment strategies using SMART Senteo clickers, Notebook, and objects of art. Students can move around the classroom to answer factual and opinion Modifying Works of Art [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Modify an existing picture from the gallery in Notebook with a variety of techniques including 1) erasing picture elements with the pen and eye dropper, 2) adding elements with cloning, grouping, sizing, and rotating, and 3) saving the picture as a separate JPEG file. Presenting Interactively with PowerPoint [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] {5 DAY FREE PASS} Combine features of PowerPoint with SMART software to increase interactivity during presentations by writing in digital ink in slides, adding slides, magnifying pictures using SMART Floating Tools, and more. Also use Senteo response system in PowerPoint to instantly collect feedback and display and save the results graphically.
Technique Demonstration [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Demonstrate an art technique such as painting or modeling clay using a document camera to project live video on the SMART board. Record video and still pictures of the technique, in addition to writing notes directly on the images displayed. Review notes of the process easily in Notebook using dual and pin page features and arrange images captured from the document camera to explain processes.
Interaction with Native Speakers [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Listen to native speakers via video from DVDs, free Internet sites, and online services. Interact with native speakers through foreign language DVD programs that provide interactive discussions with video and sound clips and specific prompts for dialog responses. Speak live with native speakers using video conferencing. Spelling Activities [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, FeatureSet2] Discover features in Notebook and Microsoft Word that allow you to recognize handwriting with accents and perform spell check in foreign languages. Display handwritten student work, digitally erase mistakes, and make corrections using a document camera and SMART’s pen and eye-dropper tools. Voice Recording [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] {5 DAY FREE PASS} Use a foreign language DVD program to record students’ voices with a microphone and compare to native speakers’ voices in the program. Compare wave form, fricatives, pitch, and vowels. Also record live video clips of the teacher or student saying words or phrases by using SMART Recorder, SMART Video Player and a web cam.
Editing Marks [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, LangSet] Teach paragraph layout and make editing marks in Notebook by moving objects, applying various pen settings, and using custom created clip art. Show student papers using a document camera and focus attention using the Spotlight tool. Save student work through screen capture to Notebook and as a JPEG image file. Handwriting Practice [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, LangSet]Demonstrate proper manuscript or handwriting form using Notebook’s lined paper backgrounds, lined object elements, and pen tools to write letters and words. Compare sample letters to student/ teacher written letters by locking and changing their order. Modify pen settings with different beginning and end points, and dotted or solid lines. Storytelling [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, LangSet] {*****FREE*****} Create interactive stories using a variety of techniques. In Notebook, insert story elements such as characters, props, and backgrounds using premade elements in the gallery and your own elements. Create your own elements such as real and digital puppets using Notebook drawing tools, a document camera, and a printer/scanner.
Vocabulary [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, LangSet] Produce a wide range of interactive vocabulary activities based in Notebook, recording sound and an online dictionary. Reveal definitions through screen shade, object animation, attaching a link to an online dictionary, recording and attaching a link to a sound and more. Highlight a definition on a busy web page with the spotlight tool and use Lesson Activity Toolkit to create your own interactive vocabulary games.
Word Families [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, LangSet] Generate words from infinitely cloned letters and rimes in Notebook. Use grouping to create single word objects and change color of words as needed and then switch to dual page mode to drag and drop words into a table on another page. Switch back to single page and add pictures from the ‘My Contents’ folder in the gallery to match the words in the table.
Word Families 2 [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, LangSet] Incorporate interactive Flash objects from the Notebook’s Gallery to create word family activities. Basic objects can include movable objects and video clips. Customizable objects allow you add your own letters, word parts, and words to the Flash objects. Some objects can export their content into text boxes that can be grouped and cloned with other text boxes to create words.
Division [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, MathSet] Estimate an answer to a division problem in Notebook by ordering students’ written responses on a number line. Attach web links to graphics that correspond to elements of a word problem and use Spotlight to emphasize the relevant information. Solve the problem by using different colored pens, extending the page, and checking answer with the floating calculator. Graphically represent number concepts by grouping and cloning shapes or pictures.
Graph Comparison [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, MathSet] Create a data set and a series of graphs in Microsoft Excel by using the onscreen keyboard, onscreen number pad, wireless keyboard, and Ink. Use several options of accessing right mouse click to change text and chart type for comparison. Change the data set to automatically update the charts and then copy/paste a chart to Notebook as a static image. Measuring Tools [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, MathSet] {*****FREE*****} Capture images of a student artifact into Notebook from a document camera. Measure the object using standard and interactive rulers and protractors, pen, and line tools. Change the order, move, and rotate the objects to facilitate measurement. Measure larger distances using Google Earth’s ruler and path tools and change and compare units of measure. Process Recording [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, MathSet] Record the steps of any process, from reducing a fraction to order of operations, using two techniques. Create a video file (with audio) using SMART Recorder that records actions in any program, including the Ink Layer. Record all actions made on a Notebook page (without audio) using the page record tool.
Statistics [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, MathSet] Calculate and graphically represent in real time the mean, median, and mode of a set of student created data using one of Explore Learning’s Gizmos. Create a chart in Excel and reformat the color of the mode. In Notebook, generate a random data set and graph it using Flash dice, lines, and infinitely cloned data markers. Create interactive question sets using Lesson Activity Toolkit and graphs created in Excel. Virtual Manipulatives [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, MathSet] Teach various skills with this online catalog of grade and subject specific interactive activities. Focus attention and make notes using the SMART Floating Tools pen and highlighter tools. Assess students with questions created in Notebook and answered using the Senteo response system. Use the ‘freeze projector’ technique to set up the next question or activity.
Notation Creation and Playing [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Create and play musical notation using three programs. In Notebook, use background of lined bars, infinitely cloned notes, and screen shade to make and show notes. In 2Simple’s 2Compose, compose and play multiple instruments simultaneously. In Sibelius First, open and play a full score, select one instrumental score to view and play, and create your own score. Technique Demonstration [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Show and digitally record proper techniques of playing musical instruments. Features and benefits of three strategies are discussed including a document camera, a digital camera, and a web cam with SMART Recorder. Virtual Keyboards [subscription: PremiumPlus, :music&Itemid=86">Premium] {5 DAY FREE PASS} Compare many types of musical keyboards including virtual keyboards in Notebook, the Internet, and 2Simple’s 2Synthesize; standard and wireless keyboards using 2Simple’s 2Play; and MIDI keyboards that can record directly into Sibelius First. Assessment Tracking [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Employ multiple programs to track student progress. Graph student performance on skills and benchmark scores in Excel. Manage and view video clips and pictures of student performance over time. Test students in Notebook using Senteo response system and showing live and recorded action. Review written tests and content in Word by inserting text both as image and editable text using Ink. Game Strategy [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, FeatureSet1] Move players around a sport field in Notebook while annotating plays with pen and magic pen (the latter automatically disappears after 10 seconds). Modify players to match school colors using procedure shown. Fly through a 3D sports field and change point of view to different players using a 3D mouse and Google SketchUp. In Notebook, pose questions of game strategy and use Senteo response system to record student answers. Video Recording of Students [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] {5 DAY FREE PASS} Show video recorded from a digital camera of a model and student performing a specific skill (i.e., jumping). Compare both videos side by side and use timeframe indexing, slow motion, freeze frame, and Ink layer to write notes. Screen capture critical moments in sequence and then in Notebook, view images and annotate as needed. Watch Flash animation video from Notebook’s gallery of a skeleton and muscle figure performing jumping action and compare to student video and image sequence. Astronomy [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SciSet] View space interactively with Google Earth’s Sky feature. Select layers such as Hubble and fly to locations like the Orion Nebula saved in ‘My Places.’ Learn more with links that include animated video and interviews with astronomers. Watch educational cartoons about the planets with the online service BrainPop, which includes hundreds of videos with many resource links. Explore a catalog of interactive ‘Gizmos’ through the online service Explore Learning which incorporates many astronomy activities for junior and high school students. Microscope Comparison [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SciSet] Compare three methods of viewing microscopic images. Use a standard microscope and document camera with adapter to show live video from the microscope on the digital whiteboard. Save images using SMART Floating Tools freehand capture and AVerVision to create JPEG files and record video with narration as the slide is moved around. Remove microscope adapter and use document camera’s gooseneck and zoom features to focus closely on an object. Using a digital microscope such as the QX5, remove it from the base and look at objects such as your hand. Virtual Bodies [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SciSet, FeatureSet1] {5 DAY FREE PASS} Display a diagram of a body part in Notebook and annotate with the pen tool. Then from the gallery, play an animated Flash sequence that shows how the parts move and interact. Use Google SketchUp and a 3D mouse to explore a 3D model of a body part downloaded from their online library. Dissect a virtual frog online or in Notebook using Frog Guts. Investigate the human body with Human 3D Atlas software using QuickTime animations and video, 3D virtual models and illustrations of body parts, and searchable and linkable content. Weather Reports [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SciSet] Investigate current weather conditions including temperature, precipitation, cloud cover and more anywhere in the world through Accuweather and Google Earth. Focus attention on animated weather maps and streaming video weather r eports with the Spotlight and Screen Shade tools. Search for, view, and annotate streaming video of extreme weather such as hail or hurricanes using YouTube or United Streaming. Manipulate and read a virtual thermometer in Notebook. Detail Finder [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SocStudSet] Focus attention on details of a photograph in Notebook by using the magic pen to spotlight, magnify, and write notes that automatically disappear. Grab an element of a picture to move to the side or to a different page using area and freehand screen capture. Create multiple web or file links within a single picture by overlaying a freehand captured element over the original picture. Interactive Timelines [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SocStudSet] {5 DAY FREE PASS} Produce timelines easily with Notebook’s Lesson Activity Toolkit or create your own from scratch by locking and cloning lines, dragging and dropping graphics from web sites and Word’s clip art, modifying pictures with the set transparency tool, and copy/pasting pictures from PowerPoint into a table. Save time and do more with Timeline MakerPro‘s advanced features to auto arrange dates, add and manage many events, print long timelines, and more. Map Comparison Throughout History [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SocStudSet, FeatureSet1] Open the Rumsey layer in the Gallery section of Google Earth to select from many historical regional and world maps that are displayed over Google Earth. Navigate us ing a 3D mouse, SMART Airliner, and the embedded Google Earth controls. Compare historical maps to current world views by selectively applying layers such as 3D b uildings, roads, borders and labels, and terrain. Map Creation and Use [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SocStudSet] Compare types of maps (terrain, satellite, and street) of any location using Google Maps and screen capture them to Notebook for later reference. Create your own map with street names and legend icons and solve interactive map mysteries using Neighborhood Map Machine. Build interactive world maps in Notebook that link graphics of countries to other pages containing more details. Make a quiz easily by cloning a page and moving or deleting items. Virtual Reality Exploration [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SocStudSet, FeatureSet1] Explore places in virtual reality using Google Earth and SketchUp. Control the programs using a 3D mouse and SMART Airliner to seamlessly fly around and select elements in the virtual spaces. Use the Spotlight tool and Ink layer to draw attention to key areas. Insert images into Notebook with the drag and drop technique and screen capture. Clip Art Creation [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet] {5DAY FREE PASS} Create clip art based on images from a document camera or digital camera of student faces, objects, or just about anything. Screen capture the image to Notebook and use Set Transparency to remove the background, add and group other elements such as text and shapes, rotate and size as needed, and place in My Contents in the gallery. Integration of Existing Resources [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Import and export PowerPoint into and from Notebook. Use textbook publisher’s online and CD/DVD resources to access PDF’s of student workbooks and other worksheets. Make notations and write directly on these documents using Ink layer. Use existing Word documents from yourself or other teachers and insert text as image or as text.
Scanner vs. Document Camera [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, FeatureSet2] Compare the features and benefits of a scanner and documents camera for classroom related tasks such as imaging pages from a book, student work, worksheets, and objects. Topics include speed, resolution, file types, and more. Workload Reduction Through Collaboration [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet] Manage and share digital content with other teachers by exporting and importing My Content in Notebook gallery collections, sharing networked files, and emailing Notebook and other files. Search for, download, and modify Notebook files created by SMART. Graphic Organizers in Various Programs [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] {5 DAY FREE PASS} Insert and modify Smart Art in Microsoft Office, which allows you to modify the type of Smart Art, text, layout, theme, and color. Custom create graphic organizers with Word Art, text boxes, lines, and clip art. Make and select various diagrams from the gallery in Notebook. Create dynamic, multilevel graphic organizers with SMART Ideas and insert text, links, and graphics. Show the organizer in graphical and outline views, in addition to exporting it out to Word. Process Recording in Various Programs [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, FeatureSet2] Evaluate the benefits and features of three programs to record a process such as long division. Compare SMART Notebook page recorder, SMART Floating Tools Recorder, and a document camera on their respective file types, file sizes, inclusion of sound, and more. Selection of Picture Elements [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Emphasize a picture element using the freehand screen capture to create a separate copy just of that object that can be placed directly over the original. Then insert either a web link, sound, or link to another page or file to further explain details of that object. Table Creation in Various Programs [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Compare the features and benefits of creating tables in Notebook, Excel, and Word. Topics include various input methods including using onscreen keyboard, writing, or typing; changing cell and border color; adding and deleting rows and columns; and more.
SMART SOFTWARE Page View Options [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet] Switch from single to dual page view and pin a page while scrolling through the other pages. Change between full and standard mode to hide or show the main toolbars. Select options to set zoom level and lengthen the page.
Pages, Undo, & Paste [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet] Move between pages with top button, side button, and floating toolbar in full page mode. Undo and redo changes multiple times (but not within Flash elements). Paste from any program. Pen Tools (Pen, Magic, & Shape) [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet] Write with the pen in Notebook or any other program using the pen from the pen tray or your finger. In Notebook, use magic pen to spotlight, magnify, or automatically erase and shape pen to draw shapes that automatically transform to regular shapes.
Screen Capture [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Screen capture using four modes: area, window, screen, and freehand. Access the feature from Notebook toolbar and anyt ime from SMART Floating Tools. Screen Shade [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, SciSet]
Shade any page from any two sides. Compare with Screen Shade in SMART Floating Tools. Shapes, Lines & Eraser [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Draw various shapes and lines and erase part or all of hand draw objects (such as writing, lines, etc.). Table [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet]
Create, modify, and use a table in multiple ways in cluding: move the table and its lines, add cells, color the background, use cell shade, and add text and graphic objects. Link, Copy, Shortcut [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet] { ;5 DAY FREE PASS} Attach web links, shortcuts (aliases), and copies of files to Notebook’s Attachment Tab, which can be accessed from any page. Compare the features and benefits of each.
My Content [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet]
Manage your own library of objects, web links, and attached files from almost any source. Search [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Control the search function through the three panes (search, category, and results) to find many types of content including graphics, text, text with sound, backgrounds, new pages, interactive Flash elements, video, and more. Themes [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Employ and manage themes to provide a consistent look of backgrounds and text styles. Notebook: Gallery Tab: Lesson Activity Toolkit Activities [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Operate a gallery of Flash based activities that you can edit with your own content. Games [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet]
Operate a gallery of Flash based educational games that you can edit with your own content. Groups [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet]
Navigate through many pages easier by using groups. Utilize this feature to create groups of pages, move pages to groups in edit or standard view modes, and jump to a selected group. Manage [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet , SciSet, SocStudSet]
Manage pages in a number of ways including: naming, moving, inserting, deleting, cloning, clearing, showing all links, screen shading, and adding to the gallery. Animation [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Animate objects and modify settings of type, direction, speed, and when animation occurs and repeats. Also review what types of objects can and cannot be animated. Fill Effects [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, SocStudSet]
Apply and modify fill effects such as color, transparency, and fill types (solid, gradient, pattern, and picture) to shapes and objects. Line and Text Style [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SocStudSet]
Apply and modify line styles including color, thickness, and beginning and endpoints; and text styles of font, color, and super and sub script. Page Recording [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Record actions on a page including inserting and modifying graphics, writing, changing properties of objects, and more. Play, pause, stop, and rerecord actions. Align [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Align objects such as graphics and text along multiple points including top, bottom, left, right, and midlines. Attach Link [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SocStudSet]
Attach links to any object that will open other Notebook pages, files, or web sites and activate it through clicking the object or an icon attached to the object. Attach Sound [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet]
Activate a sound file from a CD, the Internet, or one you recorded by clicking the object or an icon attached to the object. Copy, Clone, & Infinite Clone [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SocStudSet]
Create copies of objects using the functions of copy, paste, clone (copy/paste in a single command), and infinite cloner (multiple cloner). Flip & Order [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Flip objects left/right or up/down, including interesting effects with text. Change order of objects to different layers including front and back. Lock & Group [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SocStudSet]
Lock attributes of objects such as movement, rotation and siz e. Group and ungroup objects on a page and use ‘control’ key to select specific elements. Move, Rotate & Size [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Move, size, stretch, and rotate objects such as graphics, text, shapes, tables, and more. Set Picture Transparency [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, SocStudSet]
Remove single or multiple elements of pictures such as the background to create graphics that are not limited to rectangular shape. Use & Modify [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet, SciSet]
Open SMART Floating Tools and manage tools by adding, deleting, rearranging, and resetting to default. Review functions of tools found in Notebook (pen, eraser, creative pen, line, highlighter, shape, shape pen, magic pen, and undo). Ink Layer [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Activate Ink layer by picking up a pen from the pen tray and using one of the Floating Tools or just writing over almost any program. Compare functions of ink aware programs such as Microsoft Office to other programs such as web browsers and the desktop. Save and undo annotations in addition to change ink layer options. Keyboard, Right Click & Calculator [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SocStudSet]
Compare types of keyboards including classic, shortcut, write, simple, and simple caps. Change settings such as sound, number of keys, and transparency. View calculator and edit options like standard and scientific modes. Right click items to display contextual drop down menus. Magnifier & Print Screen [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet, SocStudSet]
Explore various settings of magnifier including pointer, press and drag, spotlight, magnification level, and more. Use print screen to do just that. Pointer & Screen Shade [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Move pointer arrow to any place and use screen shade to cover the entire desktop or any running program. Compare to screen shade in Notebook. Recorder [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet, SciSet]
Record anything showing on your computer through one of three modes: desktop, area, and window. Change recording settings and create a video file. Compare to page recorder function in Notebook. Spotlight [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet]
Emphasize any part of any program with the spotlight tool. Change the shape, transparency, location, and size. Video Player [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Play saved video files or live video through a web cam or document camera at standard or full screen settings. Also annotate directly over video while it is playing.
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Begin use by plugging in the receiver and turning on the clickers. Open Senteo software to operate virtual clicker, class management, and student assignment. Create Questions [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Show process of creating questions, including selecting question type (true/false, yes/no, multiple choice, multiple answer, numerical input, and opinion), identifying answer, and whether it will be a single or series of questions. Use Clickers [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Demonstrate how clickers are used to log in and key in answers. Show types of graphs of responses and whether to show names. OTHER SOFTWARE DVD [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Play DVD video on your computer using various software and use common features including play, pause, timeline, screen size, and volume. Flash/ Java [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet, SciSet]
Examine what multimedia, interactive Flash and Java objects can do in a web page and how to get the free plug-ins to view them. Recording Sound [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet]
Record sound (i.e., students speaking) using a microphone and free Audacity software that allows you export just the sections of recorded sound you want as mp3 and other file formats. Streaming Video [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Explore how to view online streaming video and use typical controls such as stop, play, volume, and screen size. Overview [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Navigate around an interactive globe using several virtual controls and sidebar panes including search, places, and layers. Layers [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Explore layers by expanding and collapsing selections and individually turning them on and off. Layers can show overlays (such as roads and maps) and pop-up windows to pictures and web sites. Ruler & Path [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet] {*****FREE*****} Measure from any two points or along any path with multiple points anywhere in the world. Easily convert units of measure, modify points along the line or path, and measure small or large distances. Save a Location [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet] Save a location as a place mark in Google Earth or as a separate KMZ file. Also save snapshot information that includes altitude, direction, and angle. Overview [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, CorpSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Download or create virtual 3D models of almost anything. Manipulate the model by using controls to rotate, zoom, pan, and more. Overview [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Learn the basics of video conferencing including hardware requirements, options such as remote desktop and file sharing, and three types of solutions. Hardware [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, SciSet]
Compare hardware requirements including types of web cams, resolution settings, and co nnection speed. Yahoo Messenger [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Connect to another person and show web cam in windowed and full screen modes, chatting, sharing files and pictures, and incorporating a voice call. HARDWARE Hardware Overview [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, FeatureSet2]
Demonstrate basic hardware features including connection via USB, gooseneck, manual focus, remote control, and light. Combination with SMART [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet] {*****FREE*****} Use SMART Floating Tools such as Spotlight, Screen Capture, and Pen while viewing live video from the document camera on your digital whiteboard. Software: Mac [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, SciSet]
Show live video from document camera in window and full screen mode, in addition to zoom and pan. Screen capture to JPEG and video capture to video file. Software: Windows [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, SciSet]
Show live video from document camera in window and full screen mode, in addition to zoom and pan. Screen capture to JPEG and video capture to video file. 3D Connexion Mouse [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, SciSet, SocStudSet, FeatureSet1]
Demonstrate features and options of 3D Connexion mouse and show examples in Google Earth and Google SketchUp. SMART Airliner Wireless Slate [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, SocStudSet]
Demonstrate features and options using SMART’s wireless Bluetooth Airliner that allows control of a digital whiteboard from any place in the classroom. Digital Camera [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Compare features and benefits of four types of digital cameras on resolution, file size, and connection to the computer. Cameras include a low, middle, and high end digital camera and a phone with built-in camera. Wireless Keyboard/ Mouse [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet]
Compare benefits and features of a wireless keyboard with an integrated mouse to one with a separate gyro mouse. Align/Nudge Objects [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet]
Align objects in Notebook using the align feature. In all programs, use the finger roll technique and the arrow keys on keyboard to move a selected object pixel by pixel. In Microsoft Office, hold the ALT key while selecting an object to stop the object from snapping to alignment. Drag & Drop [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SciSet, SocStudSet]
Use this technique in many instances, for example: drag picture files from folders or from the Internet to a page in Notebook, drag pictures to a different page in Notebook, drag pictures to or from Word and PowerPoint, drag text between and within programs. Format Word to Insert Comments [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] Insert text into Word using four different formatting strategies that look the same but that function differently. Projector Tricks [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet]
Utilize the remote control of your projector to freeze the image that it is displaying, allowing you to continue to work on your computer by selecting the “Freeze” button. Make your projector go blank without turning it off by using the “Mute A/V (audio/ video)” button. Search for other inputs such as DVD, VHS, or satellite TV using the “Search” button. Select & Group Multiple Objects [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, LangSet, MathSet, SocStudSet]
Use the shift and control keys on a wireless or onscreen keyboard to select specific objects to group them. Compare selecting multiple cells in table in Notebook, Word, and Excel in addition to selecting files in a folder. Size Multiple Images [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet, MathSet] Apply this technique in Notebook to make many pictures on one page larger or smaller at the same time. This technique also works in PowerPoint with the added features of sizing all the pictures to exact dimensions and being able to save the picture as a separate file. Write-n-Tap [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, CorpSet] +++++++{Module of the Month}+++++++ Write a series of words as separate objects with this technique. Compare this technique to writing horizontally and vertically and with writing with differences in location and time.
Art Layering Objects and Silk Screening [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Watch a DVD video of Henri Rousseau and screen capture some images into Notebook to discuss how he used layering to create his paintings. Use the pen tool to trace an outline of a figure from one of the paintings and the transparency setting to make the painting faded, emphasizing the outline. Demonstrate how this layering is used in silk screening with three primary colors (yellow, magenta, and cyan) and black. Layer and change transparency of 4 drawn objects to create a single picture with seven colors. Language Arts Prefix, Suffix, and Root [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, LangSet] Categorize and color code these word parts in Notebook using a table and interactive game from the Lesson Activity Toolkit. Create new words by copying and arranging handwritten word parts. Use Senteo clickers to respond to questions and screen shade to reveal the answers. Discuss how to complete a student worksheet created in Word by using Ink to insert writing as object and as text. Math Measuring Perimeter [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, MathSet] Measure accurately the distance of a lap run at school using the ruler and path tools in Google Earth. Screen capture images of the school into Notebook to calculate perimeter. In dual page mode, show formulas for perimeter on one page that is pinned, and show examples on other pages that are scrolled through. In one example, use a virtual ruler to measure an object and calculate the perimeter. In another example, drag and drop a floor plan from the Internet into Notebook and use one of the formulas to calculate the perimeter of a room. Music Compose and Change Tempo [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium] Compose basic rhythms and change tempo utilizing four instruments in 2Simple’s 2Beat software. Select different instruments in a virtual synthesizer in 2Simple’s 2Play software. Compose, record, and play back music using virtual and wireless keyboards. Write musical notation in Notebook using infinitely cloned notes and a background of bars. Science Magnetic Fields [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SciSet, FeatureSet2] Utilize a question flipper object from Notebook’s gallery to review magnetism vocabulary. Record an experiment involving two magnets and iron filings by using a document camera and SMART Recorder while simultaneously displaying it on the digital whiteboard. Narrate what is happening and have the student screen capture images to Notebook. Then launch an Explore Learning Gizmo of a related experiment and screen capture the results of that experiment also. In Notebook, compare the results of both experiments by annotating the images that were captured. Social Studies Virtual New Year's Eve in Times Square [subscription: PremiumPlus, Premium, SocStudSet] {*****FREE*****} Explore traditions of celebrating New Year’s Eve in New York’s Times Square through several virtual modalities including: watching a You Tube video of the ball dropping; controlling a panoramic, interactive photograph of where the ball drops; observing a live web cam of Time Square; navigating through the 3D buildings of a virtual New York with Google Earth; and sharing pictures and talking live with a person who was there via video conference.
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