Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Re: Alternatives to SmartTech's Notebook software?

Fred,

I'm not exactly thrilled by Smart's revised ULA myself. We purchased Class=
matePC netbooks last year with the Smartsuite as part of their "ecosystem" =
included in the price. Now it appears that Smart's revised ULA would mean =
my teachers couldn't use the instructor side of the suite if connected to a=
projector. I'm looking for alternatives to Smart Notebook as well.

We're already using OneNote as a significant part of our curriculum. Altho=
ugh it doesn't allow for Flash and other interactive to be visually embedde=
d, the files can still be inserted and/or linked with the notebooks.

I did a quick search for whiteboard options and found:
Ardesia - http://code.google.com/p/ardesia/
Open Whiteboard - http://openwhiteboard.sourceforge.net/
Smoothboard - http://www.smoothboard.net/ ($30 per license)
Eduism - http://edusim3d.com/=20
Kindlelab - http://kindlelab.com/home/index.php=20

There are also a number of web-tools:=20
Scribblar - http://www.scribblar.com/ =20
Twiddla - http://www.twiddla.com/
Skrbl - http://www.skrbl.com/
Dabbleboard - http://dabbleboard.com/

I'd like to learn more about the options you find.

Tami Brass
Middle School Technology Coordinator
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
1712 Randolph Ave.
St Paul, MN 55105
http://www.spa.edu
(651)=A0696-1444

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