I am working with a grade 5 class at Island View School on critiquing alcohol and tobacco print advertisements using ThingLink. The first couple of sessions have dealt with the technical aspects of orienting them to ThingLink and training on its basics – tagging rich media (RMTs) such as video, images, text, and audio. The [...]
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Today’s session focused on the online resource – SMART Exchange. This is a SMART Technologies created website giving access to SMART Notebook lesson activities, gallery collections, images, videos, manipulatives, response questions, community and training resources. The following unedited video is a recording of a live Lync session offered as an orientation to the SMART Exchange [...]
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The following posts provides some of the details of my recent work with several Grade 4 & 5 students using ThingLink as an enrichment tool. What is ThingLink? ThingLink is a tool which falls into a similar category as Glogster and Prezi which offer users an alternative to traditional assignment and presentation formats. These types [...]
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This video is a live unedited recording of part two of a four-part session on SMART Notebook 11 basics. In this session, we reviewed the tabs area including the Page Sorter, Gallery, Attachments, Properties and Activity Builder. Please check out the related videos below for the initial session on toolbars and menus plus the PDF [...]
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Summary This is a raw recording of an informal online Microsoft Lync professional development session given to educators on SMART Notebook 11 software. This initial 40 minute session gave orientation to the menu, toolbar and page area with a brief preview of the tabs area which will be covered next week (Thursday, February 14 3.30-4.00). [...]
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The contents of this article stem from an online presentation I provided to educators in our district on SMART Storytelling. SMART Notebook is like many digital tools – it can be used beyond its intended purposes. In the past, I worked with my students, utilizing many of the SMART Notebook features, to create digital stories. These stories [...]
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I am an Educator living in Quispamsis, New Brunswick Canada. Currently, I am seconded from my Grade 5 class at Island View School to the position of Technology Mentor in the Southern Anglophone School District. Technology has been a common thread throughout my careers in education and community services. Now I am fortunate to be able to use my enthusiasm for integrating digital technologies into my teaching pedagogy and share those experiences with others in my district. Read more ...
