1. Welcome teachers to the SMART Cloud resources session!

3. Brain Rules website by John Medina

4. Name

5. Getting to Know the Teachers
Grade:
Higher Ed
Subject:
SMART
Date:
August 18, 2011

6. What kind of resources on the web do you use?1
What kind of resources on the web do you use? A
interactive websites for the students B
informational websites on what's current in my field C
Websites that have information and activity 
​ideas for instruction
you can choose multiple answers

7. Do you use web resources during instruction?2
Do you use web resources during instruction?
Yes No

8. Students type their answers here3
How many years have you been teaching?
type in the number
Students type their answers here

9. Students type their answers here4
What is your favorite website that you use for 
​school or in school?
Students type their answers here

10. Skype The SMART Exchange SMART Notebook Express Interactive websites
How to stay ahead of the curve

11. Skype The SMART Exchange SMART Notebook Express Interactive websites
How to stay ahead of the curve

13. The SMART Exchange Hands-on Search for lessons Preview the lesson
Download it

14. The SMART Exchange Hands-on
Edit the lesson you downloaded by changing a word 
​or a piece of the content
You may need to unlock or ungroup some of the 
​content before editing
Be sure to also search for attendance, there are 
​some very cute files!

15. The SMART Exchange Hands-on Go back to your search results
and select Images
and/or another
file type under
Narrow Results
Look at the new
results and their
file types.
Download an
image (There are
a lot of curriculum
based and holiday
imagesfree for
teachers to use!)

16. Join the SMART Exchange
Hands-on

17. Connect with Other Teachers

18. Connect with Other Teachers
Hands-on

19. Share your SMART Notebook files

20. Training

21. Training Hands-on Take the Needs Assessment
Sign in to SMART Learning Space with your 
​Username and Password you used for the SMART 
​Exchange
Take the Needs Assessment
Now when you go back and sign in you can start
watching the videos!

22. Skype The SMART Exchange SMART Notebook Express Interactive websites
How to stay ahead of the curve

24. SMART Notebook Express
hands-on
Download SMART Notebook Express
Open the file you downloaded earlier from the 
​SMART Exchange using Notebook Express

25. Skype The SMART Exchange SMART Notebook Express Interactive websites
How to stay ahead of the curve

27. Integrate .swf files Hands-on (Use Mozilla if possible!)
Go to the page you like and select full-screen
Click file>Save As and save to the desktop
Open a Notebook file
Select Insert>Flash File
Then, use the resize handle to enlarge it!

29. Link resources Hands-on Choose Link Select Save
Put an object on the page, or a screen capture
Left click the object and select the drop-down 
​menu
Choose Link
Copy and paste the web address of the page into 
​the space
Click the button for Object
Select Save

31. Download
Hands-on
Download a file or two and play with them!

32. Integrate Multimedia

33. Find a video that you could use in the classroom
Hands-on
Go to YouTube
Find a video that you could use in the classroom
Copy the URL
Go to
Paste the URL
Choose to convert it to .wmv
Link it to a SMART Notebook file

34. Skype The SMART Exchange SMART Notebook Express Interactive websites
How to stay ahead of the curve

35. Collaborate on projects
Web 2.0
Collaborate on projects
Connect with other teachers
Discover new teaching inspiration

36. Skype Hands-on Create a Skype account first (there is a link there)
Go to Skype in the classroom
Create a Skype account first (there is a link there)
Create an education account
If you prefer not to create an account, 
​please browse the projects and see what is 
​available!

37. What cloud resources do you like to use?

38. Skype The SMART Exchange SMART Notebook Express Interactive websites
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40. EdCompass Newsletter Hands-on
Sign up for the newsletter if you would like!

42. SMART YouTube
Hands-on

45. Google Reader Hands-on Add a few RSS feeds (real simple syndicate)
Sign-up using your current
Add a few RSS feeds (real simple syndicate)

46. Skype The SMART Exchange SMART Notebook Express Interactive websites
How to stay ahead of the curve

47. Kasey Benesch, Education Consultant
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