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!!!
Designing engaging, dynamic, and interactive lessons is the key to using SMART Notebook to its full potential. One way to spice-up your page is using image fill as a fill effect.
The trick to remember about image fill, whether you are using this to fill a background or to fill a shape, is that you have to save a picture as a file on your computer. Images from the gallery cannot be used in this way. Here is what I recommend:
First, visit a website that you like to use to find images. For example, images.google.com or bing.com/images will allow you to search for any image you’d like. Whichever site you end up using is fine. Remember, after you type in your search term, click on the thumbnail view of the image so you can access the full size image.
After the page has loaded with the full size image, you will want to right click and then select “Save Picture As…” or “Save Target As…” Choose where on your computer you want to save this picture, name the file, and then press “Save.”
Now, when you are creating a page for your lesson and you want to add an image to fill the background, all you have to do is open up the Properties tab in Notebook, select “Fill effects” from the menu, select “Image fill” and click “Browse” (just below the blue square).
After you select browse, you have to find the picture on your computer. Once it is located, select it, click “Open,” and the image should be placed on the background or within the shape you have chosen to fill.
A tip to remember is that if you have a small image and are using it for the background, the image will begin to tile. To avoid the tile effect, search for images that are 800×600. For example, if I wanted to search Google images for a picture of the ocean that is 800×600 my search term will look like this “ocean picture 800×600.”
Using a small image to fill the background is possible. All you have to do is place the picture as an object on your notebook page. Position it into the top left hand corner of your screen. Using the resizing circle you are going to pull the picture all the way over to the right and then down so that the image will fill the page. Don’t forget to lock the picture in place so that it cannot be moved.
The video below shows how to create an activity where students can “tear” the corners off a triangle and rearrange them along a protractor to demonstrate the Triangle Sum Theorem.
For those early adopters out there who have updated to Windows 7, the good news is that Notebook 10.6 has full support for the new operating system. The bad news is that in order to get the SMART Board working perfectly, you need to make one small change to how Windows 7 deals with touch devices.
If you have a computer running Windows 7 and have been experiencing a problem clicking and dragging objects on the SMART Board, the following instructions will provide an answer:
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Pen and Touch
2. Click the “Panning” tab.
3. Uncheck “Turn on Single Finger Panning.”
Hope this helps! You can now enjoy your SMART Board with all the Windows 7 goodness!
I wanted to pick-up where we left off last Monday. The following videos will further demonstrate how we can blur the lines between content and the tools we use to access that content. In this first example I created a supportive research environment using the Transparent Background option in Notebook 10.6, a web browser, and Diigo.
In this next example I revisit the use of the Transparent Background and an old NY state exam found on Regents prep. It’s funny really, because I went back and examined my original video and saw that I was still allowing older tools to define my use (change is a slow process). So, here is another attempt that should make things much easier.
*UPDATE* Print Capture does not currently work on Windows 7 machines. SMART are aware of the issue and are working on a solution. We will provide updates when we receive them.
Once upon a time, there was a feature in SMART Notebook that allowed one to print from a Word document into the Notebook software. It was quite nice.
In recent versions of Notebook, when one printed from Word to Notebook using Print Capture, each page in the document became a page in Notebook. Unfortunately, each Word page became a static picture of the text and objects that could not be edited or manipulated. The image quality was not great, and, as a result, Print Capture was not a viable way to transfer documents to Notebook.
Well hello Notebook 10.6 (affectionately known as NBX6)! The new update to the software vastly improves Print Capture. As you will see in the video below, when the document is printed to NBX6, each line of text becomes an editable text box within a NBX6 page. And again, each page in the document will become a page in NBX6. The image quality is also much improved, making this a quick and easy way to take your documents to Notebook!
If the world were at your fingertips what would you do? The latest version of the Notebook, 10.6, literally becomes invisible and steps aside, empowering teachers and students to engage with the world more easily and intuitively.
I know, I know, you are scratching your head and asking yourself, “What is he talking about?” Stay with me for a few minutes, and I’ll show you what I mean.
The new transparency layer in the Notebook software makes it easier than ever for teachers and STUDENTS to access the rich set of web-based tools and educational software that have become so pervasive in today’s classroom.
What if we had the flexibility to access content without the constraints of the tool interface? That seamless integration has become much more of a reality with Notebook 10.6. Come with me as we take a little tour of what is possible with the new transparency layer in the Notebook software. You will quickly see that we no longer have to work around the tools we love so much but instead we can now simply work through them.
In this first example we will use the Notebook to launch Google Earth (nothing new) and then use a few of the new measurement tools that come with 10.6.
So, you see that now it is possible to access the information we demand without the interference of the tools we are using. Here is another example.
Is this making sense yet? So, here is one more example for today. After looking at this one, start submitting your own . . . because this really does change everything.
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