Each.notebook file contains one ormore pages andeach page contains objects, such as freehand
objects,s traightlines, geometrics hapes,text, graphics,tables andAdobe® Flash®Player
compatiblefiles. Many objects contain visual, audio and interactiveelements, enabling thet eacherto
creatematerials for all learningtypes (visual, auditory and kinesthetic).
Theteacher can addobjects to pages by doing the following:
lCreatingobjects using the tools in SMART Notebook software.
lImportingobjects from the Galleryor an online sources uch as the SMART Exchange online
community.
Thefollowing is an example pagein which the teacher presents informationon Christopher
Columbus’s1492 voyageand asks studentsto retracehis journeyusinga pen from the SMART
Boardinteractive whiteboard’spen tray:
Assessing students
Theteacher can use SMART Response CE software to evaluate student progressor to confidentially
gatherstudent responses.The teachercreates questionsin SMART Notebook software byusing a
wizardor by importing the questionsfrom a Microsoft® WordorXML f ile. Alternatively, the teacher
cancreate instant questions spontaneouslywhile teaching.
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Theteacher experience
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