Welcome to Part 2 of my series focusing on taking a closer look at the Gallery items in SMART Notebook. (see the preamble here)

 The "word generator" is an interactive tool that is hidden with the Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0.  Insert it into a Notebook page, then click the double arrows in the top left corner to customize the activity.  Enter up to 15 words, and choose what animated character you want to appear on the front page (my image shows a frog).

When the students click on the animation, they "spit out" one of the words, then students can click on the arrow to insert those words into Notebook if necessary.

Enter vocabulary words for a quick review, input character traits and challenge students to guess the character with the least amount of traits given or put in various Math equations for students to practice basic math skills. 

As with any interactive item, the options are as endless as the imaginations of the teachers and the application of these items works best when a small group of students work on this activity at one time.

Vanessa :)