Written by James Hollis
Grabba Beast is so much fun to use on your SMART Board and the application lets you save your image using different sizes. I would recommend saving the images using one of the smaller images sizes. I like the “psp” option which will save your file at 480×272.
I love using “gif” animated images when developing Notebook lessons. These images are usually very small and they can help teachers draw attention to information on the SMART Board. I’ve seen some very simple applications come to life as a result of a few well-placed animated images.
Each edition of the newsletter contains Notebook Tips and Tricks, Notebook Video Tutorials, and a Notebook Lessons that teachers can download and use inside the classroom. The newsletter also has a Featured Website section that highlights a website that contains interactive resources that work great on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard.
After playing around with Flame for a considerably long time, it seems only fitting that I share this very creative and entertaining online painting application that works great on a SMART Board.
My research led me to design a Professional Development system called Teacher Online Training that incorporates adult learning principals to help teachers learn how to use the SMART Notebook software.
The courses on Teacher Online Training are so easy to complete and they really are a lot of fun. Teachers have completed well over 1200 courses on Teacher Online Training and they have recommended the courses over 99.7% of the time. That’s a lot better than 4 out of 5 dentists!
I’ve had a few requests for placing all the Christmas word search puzzles and other Notebook files in one place. Here’s are the links to the Notebook files found on the Christmas resource page. I’ve added a few others including some teacher-created files. Please share these with your fellow teachers.
You can find this activity and lots more Christmas holiday fun on the Teachers Love SMART Boards Christmas Holiday Resource page.
As always, we also share some fun Notebook files. Harvey shares his Twelve Brats of Christmas Notebook application that challenges students to match up the right Christmas gift with each of the 12 brats. As for me, I thought it would be fun to point people to the Christmas Holiday resource page where I have lots of custom word search riddles to use on the SMART Board.
Teacher Online Training is the most effective, affordable and fun way to learn how to use the Smart Notebook software. It’s time to take your SMART Board skills to the next level.