Challenges

=SMART Board Monthly Challenge =  Every Month I will assign you an optional challenge to try. These challenges are meant to introduce you to various tips and tricks for using the SMART Board so I encourage you to try them.

 This month's Notebook challenge is to create an interactive vocabulary lesson based on the lesson demonstrated at the March PDP meeting. **
 * March Challenge - Interactive Vocabulary Lesson ** ** (Courtesy of the [|Teachers Love SMART Board Blog]) **

Hints: **Download directions here **

Sample Lesson: **2nd Grade Robust Vocabulary



This month's Notebook challenge is to create a Notebook file that uses the magic paper technique that was shown to you during the engaging lessons presentation. **
 * February Challenge - Magic Paper ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

Hints: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">It involves colored background and text, an image and grouping **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

Sample Lesson: **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Solution:**

December's Challenge - Getting Around ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> (Courtesy of the [|Teachers Love SMART Board Blog]) **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> This month's Notebook challenge is to create a Notebook application that allows you to get to any page in your Notebook file from any other page. This technique can really help make it easy for younger kids to navigate around a multi-page Notebook application. **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">
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Hints: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">It involves shapes and linking **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

Sample Lesson: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">


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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">November's Challenge - Secret Information (Courtesy of the [|Teachers Love SMART Board Blog]) **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> This Month's Smart Notebook Challenge is to produce a cool effect for revealing secret information. I'm sure it'll be a big hit with the students as well as add a little excitement when you need to reveal some simple information to the class using your SMART Board interactive whiteboard. The technique will allow students (or teachers) to drag a picture on the SMART board into a box and have it suddenly reveal some secret information.


 * Hints**: It involves tables, colored background and text, an image and grouping


 * Sample Lesson:** [[file:Star Student - Challenge #2.notebook]]


 * Solution:** [|Click here to view the solution]

October's Challenge - Infinite Cloning ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Investigate how you could use cloning in a lesson resource. Then try some of them out with a class.
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 * Hint**: Right click on an object to find the cloning menu.


 * Sample Lesson<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">: ** [|Morning Routines.notebook]


 * Solution:** [|Click here to view the solution]

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