Magic Magnifying Glass - Neat Trick

Use this trick to reveal answers or hidden messages in Smart Notebook.

Draw a circle with a shape tool.

Fill the circle with the color white.

Draw a rectangle and fill it with a color, this will be the handle.

Rotate and connect the rectangle to the white circle so it looks like a magnifying glass.

Select both objects and group them together. Order the magnifying glass and send it to the back.

To use the magnifying glass type your answers or hidden messages in the same color as the background color of the page. They will be invisible until you drag the magnifying glass over that area of the page. You will then see the hidden text.

Magnetic Poetry

Magnetic Poetry online -
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm

Perfect to use with your SMART BOARD!

Inserting You Tube Videos into Smart Notebook

Did you ever find a YouTube video and wish you could insert it into your SMART Notebook?

All you have to do is copy the URL of the YouTube video page and paste it into Tube Leecher - http://www.tubeleecher.com/.

Click DOWNLOAD and then save the file. If you are not offered the option of SAVING AS a flv (flash video file),save the file and then rename the file with the .flv extension.

The YouTube video is then converted to a flash video file and can be inserted into a SMART Notebook page using the INSERT button on the menu bar.

How easy is that?

Here is a sample YouTube video that has been inserted as a flash file.

Have you heard of SLIDE SHARE?

Slide Share is a neat way to share and find presentations.

Embedded below are two thought provoking presentations on IWB's (Interactive White Boards) and Interaction. Use the controls under the window to navigate.

IWBs in the Secondary: Where is the Interaction?

View more presentations from Jason De nys. (tags: iwbs conference)

Using Smart Boards For Higher Level Thinking Skills

View more presentations from Silvia Tolisano. (tags: smartboards smartboard)

View more presentations on SLIDE SHARE's website - http://www.slideshare.net/

Kindergarten SMART Board Users

An amazing collection of SMART Notebook lessons for Kindergarten classrooms.

http://teachnic.googlepages.com/home

Virtual Popsicle Sticks!

Looking for a way to fairly call on students using a technique similiar to the "popsicle sticks in a jar" that some teachers use?

Access the Lesson Activity Tool Kit in the Notebook Gallery.

Find the Random image generator in the Lesson Activity Toolkit.
It can be accessed under Tools.

Drag the template onto the page.

Drag and drop each of your student's digital picture onto the tool. The pictures must small resolution - large resolution pictures do not work.

To use this tool, all you need to do is touch the it and a picture will be selected randomly.

If you prefer names instead of images select the random text generator tool instead.

Interactive Websites - Perfect for the SMART Board

Here is a list of interactive websites to use with your SMART Board. Included are sites related to science, math,language arts and social studies.

http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/content/interactivesites.html