Interactive Whiteboard – Anagram Tip 15 11th March Weekly E-Tip Another precious interactive flash file that works brilliantly with your SMART Board is the Anagram – exercise. You can find it in the Gallery. Timer & set speed
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1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. A huge gallery will open up, all you have to do is drag the Anagram from the gallery and drop it in your working area 3. Press the button to customize your task, add words and definitions. You can add a timer and set its speed. 5. Press to finish your quiz 4. Students can press for help. To carry out the task they just need to drag the letters to the correct place. 5. Press to start again. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Word Biz Tip 21 14th May Weekly E-Tip Create your own questions game with SMART Board - The Word Biz is great for ESOL, literacy and foreign languages or any another subject, as it’s a good way of testing your students’ achievements . You can find the Word Biz in the Gallery.
1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the Word Biz file, drag and drop it in to your working area 3. Press “edit” to get started. Select the number of questions, and enter the questions and answers. Text can be typed or dragged in from other sources. 4. Customize the game by setting the difficulty, timer and speed. 5.Press “OK” to start the activity and “start” to begin the game. 6. The students will have to select a letter one at a time to spell the answer to the question on the side. The score is shown at the end. 7. Press “Reset” to start again. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Word Guess Tip 22 19th May W eekly E - T ip Create your own hangman game with SMART Board - The Word Guess is great for ESOL, literacy and foreign languages or any another subject, as it’s a good way of checking vocabulary, specific terminology and concepts. You can find the Word Guess in the Gallery.
1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the Word Guess file, drag and drop it in to your working area. 3. Press “edit” to get started. Choose between 3 activity themes and enter the words and definitions. Text can be typed or dragged in from other sources. 4. Clues can be added for each word. 5. Press “OK” to start the activity and “start” to begin the game. 6. The students will have to select a letter once at a time. They can buy letters but it will cost a miss. 7. Press “Reset” to start again. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Interactive Multiple Choice Tip 13 24th Feb
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Another little gem (flash file) that works beautifully with your SMART Board is the multiple choice interactive quiz. You can find it in the Gallery. Edit button
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1. Select the gallery tab, type “Multiple choice” in the search box and press Enter 2. Drag the quiz from the gallery and drop it in your working area 3. Press the button to customize your quiz, add your question and answers, and select the correct answer 4. You can also select the number of questions 5. Press to finish your quiz If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Category Sort Tip 16 18th March
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Another practical interactive flash file that works brilliantly with your SMART Board is the Category Sort. You can find it in the Gallery.
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1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is drag the Category Sort file from the gallery and drop it in your working area 3. Press the button to customize your task, add categories and words. You can have 1 to 3 columns 5. Press to finish your activity 4. To carry out the task they just need to drag the words to the correct column. Students press for feedback and for the key. 5. Press to start again. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Weekly E-Tip Interactive Whiteboard – Templates – Vortex with pictures Remember the vortex sort activity? It’s brilliant with words, but now you also have it available with pictures. A vortex is a 2 side interactive activity for students to pull images into the proper vortex. If they choose incorrectly it’s pushed back out so it’s self-checking.
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1. Select the gallery tab 2. Type “Vortex sort image” in the Gallery search box.
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3. After entering the tool’s name in the search box and pressing the search button, click on the “Notebook Files & Pages” blue tab.
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4.The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the tool file, drag and drop it in to your working area.
5. Press “Edit” to get started. Type In the 2 vortex categories. You can enter up to 16 labels. The drop down menu beside each label assigns it to a category.
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Interactive Whiteboard – Creating Crosswords Tip 11 5th Feb Weekly E-Tip
Did you know that you can create interactive crosswords with Smart notebook? It is really easy and it takes you less than 2 minutes. 3
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1. Select the gallery tab 2. Type in “Crossword” in the search box and press Enter 3. Click on the Interactive and Multimedia files 4. Click on the crossword file and drag it to the work area 5. Click on the button in the middle “Click here to begin” to edit your exercise 6. Type in words and clues and when you finish click on the Generate button and it’s done in seconds If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Hot Spots Tip 19 23th April W eekly E- T ip
This useful interactive file works tremendously with your SMART Board - The Hot Spots is a great activity for ESOL, literacy and foreign languages or any subject where labelling needs to be done. You can find the Hot Spots in the Gallery.
1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the Hot spots file, drag and drop it in to your working area 3. Press the button to get started. Set the image or if you want to use your own one, choose custom, drag the image into the activity and send it to back. 4. Set the score option and timer – this is optional. 5. Change the question to suit your needs 6. Press to finish setting up the activity. 7. Press to begin and to start again. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Keyword Match Tip 14 4th March
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Another little gem (flash file) that works beautifully with your SMART Board is the Keyword Match – drag and drop exercise. You can find it in the Gallery.
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1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. A huge gallery will open up, all you have to do is drag the quiz from the gallery and drop it in your working area 3. Press the button to customize your matching task, add your words and definitions. These can be copied and pasted from any source. 5. Press to finish your quiz 4. Students can press to see if their answer is correct and press again to hide the results. 5. Press to start again If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Using the Spotlight Week 08 27th Nov Weekly E-Tip
The Spotlight is a very fun tool for focusing attention on one part of the screen and removing any distractions. 1. Select Spotlight on the toolbar. 2. Click and drag the Spotlight icon to move the spotlight area 3. Click and drag the edge of the spotlight area to adjust the size and proportions of the spotlight 4. Click on the Spotlight Menu and select Transparency to adjust the level of transparency of the unlit area of the screen. This makes it easier to see the context of the spotlight area 5. Click on the Spotlight Menu and select Shape to change the shape of the spotlight area
Select the Menu button to change the shape of your Spotlight, set the transparency level of the shaded area or exit the Spotlight view.
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Weekly E-Tip Interactive Whiteboard – Templates – Tiles Activity This is a revealing exercise. When clicked, the tiles will become transparent, revealing anything that is behind. You can use the templates or create your own tiles activity.
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“Tiles 1” in the search box and pressing the search button, click on the “Notebook Files & Pages” blue tab. .The gallery will open up, all you have to do is drag and drop the tool file in to your working area.
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6. On the objects tab, drag images, text, animations, sounds etc onto the page. send them to the back by rightclicking the object and choosing “Send to back”. . Press OK to begin the activity
Interactive Whiteboard – Timeline Tip 18 22nd April Weekly E-Tip
This handy interactive file works fantastically with your SMART Board - The Timeline is a great activity for ESOL, literacy and foreign languages or any subject where History needs to be covered. You can find the timeline in the Gallery. Gallery
1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the timeline file, drag and drop it in to your working area 3. Press the button to customize your timeline, add the dates and events in the different boxes. The text can be typed in or dragged in from other sources. You can have up to 10 dates. And you can also add a password to protect the edit menu. 4. Press to finish your timeline. 5. To present your timeline to your students you just need to click on the dates and the description of the event will come up. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Countdown Timer Tip 12 11th Feb
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There are lots of little jewels (flash files) that work beautifully with your SMART Board. The Countdown Timer is a fun choice. You can find it in the Gallery. Search box
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1. Select the gallery tab 2. Type in “Timer” in the search box and press Enter 3. Click on the Interactive and Multimedia files 4. Click on the timer and drag it to the work area If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
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Interactive Whiteboard – Magic Pen Tip 9 22nd Jan
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The new Magic pen is three tools in one. Use it to spotlight or magnify any area of a page and you can also write text that fades away in seconds.
Direct your Ss’ attention anytime during a lesson by spotlighting any object on a page. Simply select the magic pen and draw a circle anywhere and a spotlight instantly appears. Move it around to focus on different areas. Magnifying objects is just as easy: Draw a box around the area you want to focus on and it automatically becomes magnified. You can also use the magic pen to write notes without having to erase them later, the words disappear within 10 seconds like magic! Only on Smart Notebook 10. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Text Splitter Tip 20 6th May
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This useful interactive file is really a time saver when working with SMART Board - The Text Splitter is great for ESOL, literacy and foreign languages or any subject where using individual words or letters are part of your students activities. Great for Basic Literacy: Split words or letters and ask students to build up sentences or words. You can find the Text Splitter in the Gallery.
1. Select the gallery tab, click on “Lesson Activity Toolkit” and then press the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the Text Splitter file, drag and drop it in to your working area 3. Copy the text or words you want to split and paste it to your working area in Smart Notebook. 4. Drag the text into the text splitter box. 5. Click on or . The words/letters will come up on the side and then you can drag them individually. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Weekly E-Tip Interactive Whiteboard – Templates – Title page
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Templates are great! They’re just time savers. The Title Page in Smartboard’s gallery is worth checking out. The “Title Page” can be used to introduce and present the lesson’s objectives and notes to your students. If you have a large amount of Information you need to show and you haven’t got enough space in the normal page, the tabs work perfectly. 1. Select the gallery tab
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2. Type “Title Page” in the Gallery search box. 3. After entering the tool’s name in the search box and pressing the search button, click on the “Notebook Files & Pages” blue tab. 4. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the tool file, drag and drop it in to your working area.
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Interactive Whiteboard – Information Help Button Tip 24 – 9th June
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The Interactive Information Help Button in Smartboard’s gallery is extremely valuable for everyone. The help button displays useful information for the user when it is clicked or touched. Lets say we want to provide instructions, definitions or clarifications to the students…
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1. Click on the Gallery button. Type the word information in the search box and then press enter 2. Click on the Interactive and Multimedia blue button, select the information button file and drag it to the working area 3. Click on the double arrow to edit the text. Type your text in the box, you may change the font type, size and colour, set the background colour and choose the button location (Right/Left). Click OK to finish. 4. The help button will look like this . Your students will only have to click on it to access the information. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Videos Tip 25 – 16th June
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Did you know that your Smartboard’s gallery contains different handy and useful video files? You can find health videos, family and domestic, transports, places in England, and much more. 1 2
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1. Click on the Gallery button. Type the word Video in the search box and then press enter. 2. Click on the Interactive and Multimedia blue button, select the video you want to use and drag it to the working area. 3. Click on full screen , press the play button, adjust the volume and that’s it! If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Numeracy Interactive Tools Tip 23 - 3rd June Weekly E-Tip
The Interactive Numeracy/Maths tools in Smartboard’s gallery is great. If you teach numeracy or any another subject that might need to use a ruler, a calculator, a compass, a protractor, a fraction generator, or interactive lessons such as the bisecting lines, just type in the tool you want to use in the Gallery search box. 1. After entering the tool’s name in the search box and pressing the search button, click on the “Interactive & Multimedia” blue tab. 2. The gallery will open up, all you have to do is find the tool file, drag and drop it in to your working area. 3. If you want to find more interactive learning objects enter the word interactive in the search box and follow the same steps If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Linking Files to your Notebook Using the Drag and Drop Tip 10 29th Jan
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Did you know that you can link Word documents, Power Points, PDFs, audio files, videos etc to your Notebook? There is a very easy way of doing this, you just need to click on the file you want to add and drag it to your notebook.
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1. Adjust the size of the SMART Notebook window so that you can see both SMART Notebook and your desktop 2. Select a file that you would like to add to your notebook 3. Drag the file into the working area 4. SMART Notebook imports the file, and then a corner icon appears next to the file’s name 5. Click on the corner icon to open the linked file If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com
Interactive Whiteboard – Add content to your Gallery Tip 8 13th Jan
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The My Content area is a Gallery collection reserved specifically for objects and lessons you have imported, captured or created, such as the lesson you just finished preparing. It’s also a good place to store objects and lessons you use frequently or want to share with your colleagues.
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Select the Gallery tab. Press the My Content drop-down menu and choose New Folder. Type the name of the folder. You have now created an area where you can store all objects related to your lessons. Open your lesson, click on your new Folder’s drop down menu and select Add to My Content. You have now stored your lesson in your new folder. It is so easy to organize your Gallery items into meaningful groups. If you need an extra hand, do not hesitate in contacting your E-Guide - Sandra Pires - spires@waes.ac.uk Visit and subscribe www.eblabla.wordpress.com