Students Share at Board Meeting

Monday night Jayda and Alexis shared how they are using their Plaidlet in their high school math classes.  Jayda shared how she uses her Plaidlet daily to acces aleks.com.  The website is a math program that is self paced and adjusts to student learning.  Jayda has completed over 150 objectives in the first 14 weeks of school.  

Alexis is using her Plaidlet for homework and notes in her Ivy Tech Dual Credit course (taught by Eastbrook Math Department).  She is able to put her notes from Curriculum Loft into a program called OneNote.  This allows Alexis to put her Plaidlet in tablet mode and take her notes digitally with a stylus.  She also uses her Plaidlet to access and complete her homework on MyMathLab.  

Each of these students work very hard in the classroom and did a wonderful job showing the board how they use their Plaidlet daily.

OneNote Fix for your PlaidLet

OneNote and your Stylus:
If you have tried to write with your stylus in OneNote or other programs on your Plaidlet you might notice your pen does funny "things."  These not so "funny" things can be very annoying.  Most likely a quick change to a few settings will improve your note-taking experience immensely.  Please watch the short video linked below for steps to adjust your settings.  If you need further assistance please contact the Helpdesk or your T.I.S.

"SMART"er Teaching

SMART Board Training:

20 teachers from across the district attended SMART board training this week.  During the training teachers learned about the hardware basics and began to explore the SMART Notebook software.  The training was tailored to meet the needs of the teachers and their board types.  The 7-12 teachers have SB-680 boards and the elementary teachers have SBX-880 boards.  The majority of these boards were acquired last year from the Boren Grant.  Check out the links below for additional training and tips.  You can also request a one-on-one training session by contacting the help desk.

27 SMARTboard tips (pt. 1)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAt7Yl--wQ8

27 SMARTboard tips (pt. 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sHItX0X-tA

SMARTboard Training  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fnJCRynrRc

Advanced Lesson Creation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBN1ZDtx6ZM