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SMART's Vision for Collaborative Learning in a Changing World

I love the concept. The cost is going to keep it from becoming a reality. I read today that in Illinois, 47% of the students live in "low income" families. That is defined as below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. With those numbers, tools like this in many students' homes is unlikely.

 

SMART is always looking to the future with it's hardware and software, but the money issue will only get more and more prevalent, in my opinion. And true technology integration,…

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Added by Matt Granger on December 9, 2012 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

SMART Online Training Options

Last year, as a SMART Exemplary Educator (SEE), I was able to take the online SMART training courses to become a SMART Certified Lesson Developer (SCLD). I was very pleased with the courses overall.

They also have several free courses available. One in particular, Skill Level 1-Engaging Students Through Discussion, was very helpful. In this free, 20 minute course, it talks…

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Added by Matt Granger on November 29, 2012 at 1:00am — No Comments

Aegom Science Notebook Files

I was able to download an Aegom SMART Notebook file about your skin. If you would like to download the sample, you can as well.

It has some interesting features. There are clear instructions for all of the activities. There are a few animations that explain the skin and the parts and what they do. The content is appropriate for 4th grade and above, in my opinion. 

Added by Matt Granger on October 2, 2012 at 10:53pm — No Comments

2012 Tatnall School SMART User Conference

I presented again last weekend at the Tatnall School SMART User Conference in Wilmington, Delaware. The conference is organized by SEE and SBRev member Greg Mentzer. He did a marvelous job with the organization and logistics. There were 500 participants and close to 70 presenters. 

Everything from participant check in and lunch to presenter needs and volunteer staff runs so smoothly from a presenter's point of view. I know Greg would be the first to say that he couldn't do it without…

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Added by Matt Granger on March 12, 2012 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

My Interview From SEE Summit 2011

Here is the heavily edited version of the interview I did while I was in Calgary at the SEE Summit. I say heavily edited because I don't think I did a very good interview. I was too spazzy. But they did a great job editing it.

 

 

Here's the Ed Compass Blog post about…

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Added by Matt Granger on November 8, 2011 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

SBRGVUG November Meeting

From the feedback during the meeting in October, it seems that a lot of people like the Saturday meeting time. I realize that there is no perfect time, but I'd still like to get some feedback about the meetings and times. Please go to the SBRGVUG Survey (not active yet) and provide your ideas and preferences for meeting content and times. 

 

Since this is supposed to be a global user group, I do want to make the times somewhat friendly for European and Australian members to…

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Added by Matt Granger on October 12, 2011 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

SMART Board Revolution Global Virtual User Group (SBRGVUG) October Meeting

So, Anymeeting.com let us down. We had so much trouble passing control to the different presenters and being able to hear them, that we lost a lot of time. Now I am looking for another platform to use. Ludmila suggested wiziq.com, which I've checked into a little. Sue offered an Elluminate meeting room from another ning, but we would be strongly encouraged to join that ning as well to use that. Bridgit has been suggested, but…

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Added by Matt Granger on October 5, 2011 at 9:00am — 8 Comments

Notebook 10.8 and Mac OS X Lion

 

I've posted this on several of the forums with questions about Lion and Notebook so it is found frequently in searches and in the latest activity.

 

I was going to talk about this issue on the last SBRGVUG meeting, but we had issues with the free service I was using and never got to it.

 

These are different companies releasing software. One can change something in the architecture of their software, change the way something has worked for a while, and it…

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Added by Matt Granger on October 4, 2011 at 4:47pm — No Comments

First Global SMART User Group is Launched!

 

So, I got into AnyMeeting.com, the free platform I was using for the meeting at about 7:10 to make sure I had everything set. I did and was ready. At 7:30 I was baffled as to why I was the only one there. 7:35, same thing. 7:38, I realized that, even though I had screen sharing started, I hadn't clicked the "Start Presenting" button. So, to those who tried and got the message that it wasn't available, I'm sorry. I blew it.

 

Once I…

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Added by Matt Granger on September 5, 2011 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Two Job Possibilities Lost and Completely Humbled

I was awakened this morning at 8:37 by a call from my former assistant principal who left to be the principal of a K-8 district with two schools. She asked if I had time to stop by and talk to her and the superintendent about a technology job. Their person just quit out of the blue. I said I'd be there in an hour. The superintendent and the part time district finance person were looking at the budget trying to find how they would pay me. Unfortunately for me, I've taught for 21 years so I…

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Added by Matt Granger on August 16, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments

Elevate the Problem



I attended the SMART Exemplary Educator Summit this July at the SMART HQ in Calgary. It was a great time of learning about what's coming from the company to giving them feedback on many of the products they now offer. One of the SMART Employees, Chris Klein, talked about "Elevating the problem." In other words, ramp up the problem and look for that solution instead of focusing on small problems and solutions. He discussed district…
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Added by Matt Granger on August 11, 2011 at 10:52pm — No Comments

2011 Smart Exemplary Educator Summit

This summer was the third SEE Summit, but just the first time I was able to apply. The first two years I already had summer plans when the dates were announced. So when I found out that the dates worked for me this year, I applied as quickly as possible. And it only just barely fit in. It was the only week in July that I had free.

 

It was awesome from the moment I came out and was met at the airport by Laura from SMART. She was with us all week making sure the food was ready…

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Added by Matt Granger on July 24, 2011 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Tatnall School SMART User Conference

I flew into Philly Friday night to be in Wilmington, DE Saturday to present at the Tatnall School SMART User Conference. Revolution member Greg Mentzer started the conference three years ago. Wow! What a fabulous conference. If you live anywhere in the area, make sure you come next year.

 

Smart's own…

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Added by Matt Granger on March 6, 2011 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

New SMART Board 800 series announced

This just came across my email. Here's a link to the video and press release for the new SMART board.



Added by Matt Granger on October 21, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Blossom Learning Course Review

I had the opportunity to preview the Applied Smart Board Course from Blossom Learning. I found it very easy to use. Simply log in with the email that was used to purchase the course and click "Launch." There are 8 chapters. Each chapter has a 5-10 minute video (I never timed them) and a 10 question chapter assessment. If you don't get 80% on the assessment you'll have to do the assessment again. It would be nice if there was a link… Continue

Added by Matt Granger on March 3, 2010 at 1:00pm — 18 Comments

Ed Tech, RtI, and Me

So...I have an hour and a half reading block every day. I have an hour math block every day. For both of those blocks I lose some of my kids and get others from the other teachers. After lunch, I have my class for a half hour to 45 minutes for writing (6+1 writing traits). Then we have RtI intervention time for those kids who need it. During that time, some of my kids to to another teacher for content instruction with a reading strategy focus . See...they were green according to the AimsWeb… Continue

Added by Matt Granger on November 5, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

SMART Middle School Math Materials--Preview

I received this email from a rep of this company. If anyone is interested in checking it out, the information is below.



Hi Matt,



Apologies for the unsolicited email but I saw your website and thought you might find the matter of interest. I am writing to ask if I can interest you in taking a look at our new SMART Board curriculum: Middle School Math for SMART Notebook. Written to take advantage of all of the great new features of Notebook 10, Middle School Math for SMART… Continue

Added by Matt Granger on May 6, 2009 at 3:42pm — 2 Comments

Bloggin' the SMART presentation at ICE

I'm at the ICE conference in St. Charles, IL. Katie Daugrid, GinnyWashburne, and Brady Phillips. We will cover new software and hardware.



Heeeerrrr's Brady! SMART follows Wayne Gretzky's philosophy, don't look at the puck. Look where it is going. That is what SMART does. Yes, they look at the market today and provide solutions. However, they also believe in setting the trends.



New Products

Smart Sync--Learning management software

Smart Notebook SE--Student… Continue

Added by Matt Granger on February 26, 2009 at 3:17pm — No Comments

SMART Announces New Widescreen edition SMART Board

SMART Technologies announces the third generation SMART Board 600i interactive whiteboard system. The new product line offers two screen formats - widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio) and standard (4:3 aspect ratio). Each model in the improved 600i line combines the SMART Board 600 series interactive whiteboard and one of two new boom-mounted, short-throw projectors, both of which offer longer bulb life and better image quality than previous generations. The 4:3 model integrates a UF55 projector,… Continue

Added by Matt Granger on December 3, 2008 at 10:17am — No Comments

Brain Rules and the Smartboard Lesson Podcast

I've recently listened to episode 144 of the SMARTboard lesson podcast where Joan and Ben shared the book Brain Rules, by John Medina, and how it translated to the SMARTboard. It was a great podcast, as usual. But the way they talked about the rules and implications for education compelled me to get the book. I downloaded it from audible.com on Saturday and have listened… Continue

Added by Matt Granger on October 15, 2008 at 2:26pm — No Comments

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SMARTBoard Camp 2013: Teaching with SMARTBoard Episode 91

SPACE IS LIMITED.  SIGN UP SOON. SMART Notebook Camp When:  Monday July 8 and Tuesday July 9, 2013 Where:  Naperville Central High School in Naperville, IL (Just west of Chicago) 440 W. Aurora Ave, Naperville  IL Times:  Thursday Noon-9pm, Friday 8am-5pm Who:  Novice SMARTBoard Users, Any Subject, Any Grade Included:  2 meals and a bunch of books and software Cost:  $330 Do you want [...]

Teaching With SMARTBoard Episode 90

We finally got to episode 90.  This podcast describes the Activity Builder and how you can incorporate that into your daily lessons.  There are some really cool things in it.  Also, we discuss how to make a theme for your lesson. Go to www.teachingwithsmartboard.com to see more episodes. We finally got to episode 90.  This podcast describes [...]

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