Smart's resources

• Link to Smart's web site. There are many useful materials and resources here
• Smart's SmartBoard training materials - scroll down to see specific video tutorials and step-by-step PDF directions - NEW
• The Help menu within the Notebook software is excellent. It takes you online to Smart help links
• Phone support at 1-888-427-627
  

SmartBoard links for student activitie

• Tremendous interactive whiteboard activities from PBS - mostly primary grades - NEW
• Several links to more interactive websites with brief description - scroll down to the interactive websites section 10
• Kindergarten ABC Phonics Parade - click the start button, then click on the icons as they scroll across the screen to hear kindergarteners sing

SmartBoard links for teachers- lots of resources, ideas, and directions

• SmartBoard gold mine of resources - called Smarboard Workshop
  • There's a whole section of Activity Toolkit
  • You could spend a day here digging for wonderful, helpful resources
• Teaching with SmartBoard
  • This is a series of help videos created by fellow educators Scott Miller and David Sladkey
  • The only negative to this site is that the creator do a lot of chit chatting, so you have to wade through it to get to the great directions
  • Many times there is a PDF file link on the video page that takes you to a preview or table of contents for what the video contains
  • Notes about this site:
    • The have video demo, PDF file of video (sort of) AND  an MP4 Screenshot video download
    • They also have a brief summary of what each vid covers
    • AND they have a search tool - half down panel on left
    • Many of these vids are on teachertube, although you must view advertisement unless you join and login
  • Older and I think better link is: http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/what/math/smartboard/index.htm
  • Newest URL link, although I don't like the interface as well
  • Directions to edit vortex - Skip all their chit chat by going to the vortex specifics located between 7:30 and 9:30 minutes
• Tons of Smart Notebook lessons from a Smart Showcase school in Wichita, KS. More secondary resources here
• A Smart Lesson Google Search page - type in your search criteria and Googe will search for a Notebook lesson for you
• Access or create online worksheets to display on your SmartBoard at http://www.worksheetworks.com/ ; you can then save the worksheet to your computer in PDF formate - NEW

Locating and downloading Notebook lessons

• How to access and download Notebook lessons that are already created, AND already correlated to the Georgia Standards
• How to locate and download Notebook lessons that are correlated to the Georgia standards - video demonstration
  • Note that this is for older versions of Notebook 10; Smart Exchange has replaced Online Resources in the Gallery
  • Please overlook the accent
• Smart Exchange -
  • You can access the Smart Exchange via the Notebook software (in newer versions), inside the Galleries, or via this link. Either way takes you online to the Smart website resource
  • Has a STANDARDS search tab and a HOME or keyword search tab
  • Also has a Popular This Week section (scroll down) and a Recently Shared section (on righ-hand panel
  • It is a great interface, easy to use
  • You can keyword search for the Kooshball activity shown in training using the Home / Search tab and Search All Resources box
• Searching online Notebook lessons by keyword (but there is also a correlation to standards link)
• Smart Notebook lessons for you to download
• Smart Notebook lessons shared by other teachers at a Smart Showcase school
  

Ideas for Smartboard usage

• Ideas for using your SmartBoard with resources MCSD already has - NEW
• SmartBoard teacher ideas  (Content changes daily)
• Lots of ideas
• A few responses from teachers, as to some of the ways they use their SmartBoard - PDF file
• Video directions for using the Smart Screen Capture Toolbar to copy and paste OAS questions to a PowerPointe slide - NEW
  

Various help and how-to directions

• Directions and explanations for "Lesson Activity Toolkit 2" templates
• Directions for adding a scrolling marque at the top of a Notebook slide
• I don't want a snapshot taken every time I use my transparency - Options and control of transparency and Ink Aware  
• Directions for connecting your laptop to the SmartBoard (Word document created by Sid Harden)
• My laptop screen is black; how do I make it active
• How to convert handwriting on board to electronic text
  • Write on board with pen tool
  • Use select tool (arrow) to select the text; it becomes a graphic image
  • Use the dropdown menu that appears to 'Recognize' the appropriate word
    • It recognizes printing more accurately than cursive
    • You can choose language other than English by using the 'Recognize As' option
• How to display what you want on the board, but use your computer to do another task
  • This is called Freezing
  • Display what you want on the board first
  • On the white remote that comes with your board (in MCSD), press the Freeze button in the bottom right side
  • This freezes the display, and you can then use your laptop for other tasks, while the frozen display shows for your students

Airline-specific helps

• Airliner Helps (SmartBoard remote pad)
• Click here to discover how to make your Airliner MUCH easier to use

Downloading and installing Notebook 10 software

SmartBoard Updates:
I have found the August 2009 SmartBoard updates cause errors. After being prompted to download and install the three or four updates, a problem arises in that 'objects' on the Notebook page can no longer be moved. When I used the installer below, the old SmartBoard software and drivers were uninstalled and a newer version was installed in its place. Plus, the software installed was faster than the separate updates and remedied the object moving issue. Even so, this software installation takes between 20-30 minutes. I have tried this solution twice with the same good results.

This install will also add the 'Gallery Essentials', the multitude of graphics that were specifically designed and added for educators, and should be a component of the Notebook software. This Gallery was not a part of the SmartBoard Notebook software that DOTS loaded on the newest teacher laptops, but this installation will rectify the problem.

Link to download page containing Notebook version 10 installer (version 10.0.522.2)

• Scroll down and look for the link beneath this verbage: 

• Click on the download button beneath the verbage above
• Fill out required information
• Before installing, get Product key from Tech coordinator or see directions below
• Toward the end of the installaton, choose to 'Activate'  and 'Launch' the program

Getting a Product key for the Notebook software

• If you obtain this key prior to installation, you can then plug it in during the installation and the software becomes a permanent install rather than a trial version
• Click here to go to the Smarttech.com page where you enter your SmartBoard serial number to get product key code. It will be sent via email. This will allow you to install and use Notebook at home

Other helpful links

• Helpful Smartboard resource links
• Free application downloads from Smart - Number Cruncher, Speller software