Smartboard Notebook 11 is here and it is FANTASTIC!
I just downloaded the new and improved Smartboard Notebook 11 software. After playing for 5 minutes I had to share some of the new things 11 can do.
Small but fun changes just with the pens... There is now a crayon pen that allows you to be a bit more child-like and seems to be responsive to weight.
You probably know how to fill shapes to make it easier for students to move notes and different objects. Now you can use the pen to draw any shape you wish and fill it with any color you want, no need to use the premade objects. Very excited about this new feature.
If you have a smartboard you have probably used the creative pen smiley faces as note heads, well the Smartboard 11 lets you turn any image into a creative pen stamp. You could create and save a pen for each rhythm and just have students touch to compose or place on staff. I think I might also make one for the different solfa handsigns or even commonly used instruments. It's like the infinite cloner only much easier for the little ones to just tap instead of having to drag.
If you have a smartboard I hope you have used the magic pen tools to zoom, spotlight and magically dissappear. They are all still there, but now with the disappearing pen you can set how many seconds before it begins to disappear. I use this feature a lot to test music memory and it is great to have even more control.
More info to come as I explore this software. If you go looking to try the new features of the smartboard be sure to look up the help tutorial below or built right into the software. Still struggling feel free to shoot me an email and I will try my best to help.
Small but fun changes just with the pens... There is now a crayon pen that allows you to be a bit more child-like and seems to be responsive to weight.
You probably know how to fill shapes to make it easier for students to move notes and different objects. Now you can use the pen to draw any shape you wish and fill it with any color you want, no need to use the premade objects. Very excited about this new feature.
If you have a smartboard you have probably used the creative pen smiley faces as note heads, well the Smartboard 11 lets you turn any image into a creative pen stamp. You could create and save a pen for each rhythm and just have students touch to compose or place on staff. I think I might also make one for the different solfa handsigns or even commonly used instruments. It's like the infinite cloner only much easier for the little ones to just tap instead of having to drag.
If you have a smartboard I hope you have used the magic pen tools to zoom, spotlight and magically dissappear. They are all still there, but now with the disappearing pen you can set how many seconds before it begins to disappear. I use this feature a lot to test music memory and it is great to have even more control.
More info to come as I explore this software. If you go looking to try the new features of the smartboard be sure to look up the help tutorial below or built right into the software. Still struggling feel free to shoot me an email and I will try my best to help.
New Smartboard Files
Mary Wore Her Red Dress.
I have all day kindergarten 2 times a week and half day one time. Challenge: keep everyone on about the same page. Solution, well something that helps a little bit, smartboards that correlate a song we do in class to a book or concept classroom teachers are practicing. Our K teachers start out the year with colors and I happened to be walking by their room when they were reading Mary Wore Her Red Dress. I've got a song for that! Quickly turned it into a smartboard with the new notebook features you can draw and fill your own object, so mary has a whole new closet of dresses. You can also record sound right in the program without having to use audacity and then upload the sound. I was able to add an icon students can tap to hear me sing on each page and it only took me about 3 minutes. This is great because my K teachers are awesome but not comfortable singers, now my kids get a great vocal model! Hope you enjoy and are able to upload.
I have all day kindergarten 2 times a week and half day one time. Challenge: keep everyone on about the same page. Solution, well something that helps a little bit, smartboards that correlate a song we do in class to a book or concept classroom teachers are practicing. Our K teachers start out the year with colors and I happened to be walking by their room when they were reading Mary Wore Her Red Dress. I've got a song for that! Quickly turned it into a smartboard with the new notebook features you can draw and fill your own object, so mary has a whole new closet of dresses. You can also record sound right in the program without having to use audacity and then upload the sound. I was able to add an icon students can tap to hear me sing on each page and it only took me about 3 minutes. This is great because my K teachers are awesome but not comfortable singers, now my kids get a great vocal model! Hope you enjoy and are able to upload.
mary_wore_a_red_dress.notebook | |
File Size: | 506 kb |
File Type: | notebook |