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OE-CAKE acts as a physics-based paint program. Users can insert objects and see them interact under the laws of physics. It has an advanced fluid simulator with support for things such as gases, rigid objects, and even elastic materials. With the escape-codes, users can also mix the properties of elements together. You can even add your own pictures to the simulation!!!

Download OE-CAKE for the Mac here and download it for the PC here.

Now you can get our blog posts, a list of the latest ERC lessons, and our Twitter feed right on your iPhone. Go to the iPhone App Store and search for “Teq.”

Animated Gifs work within the pages of SMART Notebook!  The video below shows how you can add color and motion to your Notebook pages using a variety gifs illustrating concepts in Math, Science, and just about every other subject you can imagine.  You can even add the Star Wars Trilogy in gif form!  Mac users may also enjoy creating their own custom animated gifs from still images, using the application Giffun.  The video explains how.

To download Giffun for free visit:

http://www.stone.com/NewDownload.html. (Third row from the top, right column)

Does anyone know of other ways to create animated gifs?  Ways to create animated gifs on a PC?  Please let us know what you’re using!

On the Mac version of SMART Notebook 10, there is a small Jelly Bean shaped button in the top right hand corner. Clicking on this button will alternately “hide” or “show” the toolbar.  So if your toolbar is ever missing, simply touch or click on the “Jelly Bean.”

One reason a teacher may want to hide the toolbar during a lesson is to increase the area of workable space on the board.  While entering full screen will also maximize the work space, you’ll find that the the Flash-based activities of SMART’S Lesson Activity Toolkit work best on Macs when Notebook is not in full screen.  So try the “Jelly Bean” button!

We are pleased to announce that SMART Response (the interactive response system formerly known as Senteo) is now ready for download with the updated driver sets for both Mac and Windows! Please take the time to read all install notes! If you are upgrading to SMART Response you must also upgrade to the latest drivers (Mac / Windows).

Mac users follow this link to upgrade

Windows users follow this link to upgrade

Check back here for product highlights!

Great news for Mac Users: SMART Board Software is now compatible with Mac OS X Leopard. We downloaded it today. It’s sweet.

See, it’s January 2nd and already the year is off to a positive start. Now, the TeqSmart staff only needs to lose our holiday weight, catch up on our reading, and finally clean our apartments and we will have fulfilled our New Year’s resolutions.

Click here to download the latest update (select SMART Board software 9.7 with service pack 2).

If you have Leopard, post in the Comments section here and let us know how the new software is working for you.