6 creative ways to use an ink capture system

Many teachers and students love using dry erase markers. They love the way the markers feel on the whiteboard, and they love the colors. With an ink capture system like the MimioCapture™ ink recorder, you don’t have to give up dry erase markers, and you have great additional benefits. Expo dry erase markers fit inside special pens, which allow you to save multicolor notes and drawings in a variety of file types – including PDF, JPEG, and HTML – and edit or print them later. 

Work Smarter Not Harder with the Big Three Tools

In our last blog, we shared a tip on using resources you already have in your classroom. Let's dig into that concept a bit more and explore some great ways to work smarter instead of harder with your MimioStudio™ software tools. 

10 Fun Ways to Use Your Student Response System

Using student response systems like the MimioVote™ assessment, or using assessment strategies with the MimioMobile™ app, practically guarantees that every student will participate in the learning process and remain accountable. Engaging students with questions throughout a lesson not only holds their attention; it also lets the teacher gather valuable student information and data. But just as with any new device in the classroom, it’s important to “start small” and find fun ways to naturally integrate assessment technology into your lessons. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Welcome to our new monthly blog, “Training with Travis.” Travis Rink currently runs Mimio’s Training program, works with our teacher teams, and assists with the MimioConnect® online community website. His 16 years as a teacher make him perfect at knowing what really works in the classroom when it comes to training, technology, and teaching. Travis looks forward to this new avenue of reaching out to educators and to getting your insights into technology, training, and teaching. 

5 Easy Ways to Get Started with New Technology in Your Classroom

We are pleased to introduce a new monthly series of blog articles featuring cool, engaging, and unique things you can do with interactive technology tools. Each article will present a number of ways in which you can leverage the capabilities of a specific tool. We will cover everything from interactive whiteboards to assessment systems, and every article will show you new ways to make your classroom more engaging and fun for your students. 

Our first featured product is the document camera. Document cameras such as the MimioView™ document camera are relatively small cameras that a teacher can connect to the classroom computer and/or projector to show the class still images or live video on the front-of-the-room display.

Create fun lessons with these Valentine's Day inspired activities, artwork, and templates!

Share the LOVE. This Valentine Gallery Content Pack is full of activities, templates, and clip art, providing hearts, flowers, and cute Valentine characters. Students will enjoy practicing multiplication facts, putting hearts in alphabetical order, solving word problems, and much more. Better yet, take the templates and images and create just what you need for your classroom. It’s quick and easy! Download Now >>

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10 classroom resolutions to get your students engaged and energized in 2014.

Everyone feels the lull when they return from the holiday break. To help get your students revved up and ready to have fun, Mimio wants to share 10 great ideas that are easy to implement. These ideas come from some of your fellow educators, who know what really works in a classroom.

1. Friendly Competition: Use the Collaborate feature to play math games in which students race against each other to find the correct answer. For example, ask students to solve an equation, or to sort a series of shapes into their correct groups.
2. Students Got Talent: Have students write and record songs/raps/skits as a product from a content area, using the MimioView™ document camera. Then post their work on your website, or embed it into an INK file for the class to review.

The excitement of a new school year with bright young faces eager to learn; that is what inspired this Back to School Gallery Pack chalk full of lessons, templates and images that will help you establish those, oh so important, beginning of the year routines.

You will find complete calendars and morning meeting lessons as well as individual templates such as attendance charts, seating charts, place value activities, daily graphing activities, weather charts and more. You can use premade complete lessons or build your own customized lessons picking and choosing templates from this gallery that best fit your classroom needs.  Students are sure to be engaged and excited to learn with this fun and colorful gallery pack!