First, just a side note from a recent convention (NETCA in Edmonton).  Congratulations to Helena Welsh at Athabasca Delta Community School who won a SMART Board 685 i3!!

And now onto today's post...

I've done a lot of 'on-the-fly' demos of the new SMART Math Tools for Notebook at recent professional development workshops and teachers' conventions. The new ability to manipulate a shape's vertices and have the corresponding interior angles and side lengths displayed always gets a great reaction from Math teachers.

Therefore, I thought it was time to share my second installment of 'how-to' videos on the new SMART Math Tools:

Step by Step Instructions for the Above Video:

1. Insert a shape that contains corners

2. Marquee select (highlight) the shape

3. Select "Show/Hide Vertices" from the drop down menu

4. Select "Show/Hide Interior Angles" from the drop down menu

5. Select "Show/Hide Side Lengths" from the drop down menu

6. The vertices (red circles on the corners of the shape) are interactive. Click and drag to change their position. Note that the interior angles and side lengths also change as you manipulate the vertices.

If you want to try this feature (and more) out, download the 30 day free trial from SMART Technologies.

Vanessa

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