For years, SMART has offered a free copy of SMART Ideas concept mapping software as an incentive to those who register their SMART product. You register your board online and a confirmation email is sent to you with your license code for notebook software as well as your code for SMART Ideas. SMART is stopping this process December 31. It is imperative that all boards are registered by then so you can take advantage of this free software.
In my opinion, Ideas is a much more powerful learning tool for your students than notebook. Why? Notebook is completely dependent on you as the creator of interactive pages. When life gets busy this can be hard to manage. Ideas is a way to put your discussions into a visual format. All students benefit by viewing and manipulating things that are talked about and connected. Plus, you don't need to spend hours putting a concept map together - it is something that is student led and driven by the direction that the discussion takes.
Don't miss out on having this wonderful software for free. Immediately contact the person responsible for registering boards in your district and find out if your board is registered and if it is, what your Ideas code is. If it isn't registered, offer to register the board for them to save them time. The product code is on the lower right hand side of your board on the outside edge. To register, use the online form.
Registration link
Please email me at shawns@bradfields.com if you have any questions.
I have my license code and keep forgetting to download it. I think it's just for a single machine, yes? I saw you demonstrating it at IETC and it made me remember that I need to get on the ball with it!
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