Throughout history people have told and written stories about their heroes. A tall tale is a special kind of hero story because the heroes of tall tales are “larger than life.” They are bigger and stronger than real people, even when the tall tale is based on a real person. Tall tale heroes solve problems in funny ways that are hard to believe. Tall tales are a way people can express their...

There are many symbols of national pride. This SmartBoard Notebook file goes over several including The National Anthem, Uncle Sam and the Liberty Bell.

Each year for the Geometry unit in math, my class makes a book with all the term for the unit. The book is easy to take home. I have created a template of the book in Notebook. The Notebook file also contains short video demos of how to draw the solid figures. Also included in the zip archive is an additional Notebook file that was designed to use with a CPS or other student response system. The file...

The edTech Ninja is a very busy person even with his faster than light movements. Even though, the Ninja makes sure that he always catches up with the SmartBoard Lesson Podcast. This useful and entertaining podcast contains mountains of useful information for SmartBoard users. From lessons that you can download to sites that you can use with the SmartBoard. Ben and Joan have even mentioned the Ninja’s...

New beta version of the Notebook software is out now. You can download it here. The new version includes some very cool new features including themes, tables, alignment guides, and a new magic pen. And that’s not everything. This is of course is beta software which may not have all the bugs worked out. Upgrade at your own risk and be sure that you read all the documentation before doing any upgrade....

Here is an introductory lesson for telling time to the nearest hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour. In this lesson, students look at the clock cut into quarters to see when the quarters land. The lesson also discusses the different methods of saying and writing a time. Then whole group has practice problems. Other objectives covered include a.m. and p.m., likely times of doing an activity, reading a...

Creating, using, and interpreting graphs is a major part of the math curriculum. Here we have an introductory Smartboard Notebook lesson for pictographs and bar graphs. I would probably do this Notebook lesson over two math periods. First, students are introduced to what graphing is. Then students take a closer look at pictographs and the different parts of pictographs. There are some interactive elements...

I like to look for fun and interactive ways to review concepts before a test. One of those ways was using a Jeopardy style game. There are several PowerPoint versions of Jeopardy games but I wanted one in Notebook linked to a Question (or an answer if you prefer to play strictly by the rules). When I play this with my class, I have my students put a small Post-It note on the question that they select...