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Short Intro Video Easiteach: Next Generation - Overview The Opening Window (buttons) in the older RM Easiteach Next Generation 1.0:

The new and improved version 1.3

New: Create a new lesson. Open: Open a downloaded lesson or one you've already created. Recent Documents: On opening screen. Open your 5 most recent documents. Activities: My easiteach: easiteach.com: Annotation Tools: Opening a pre-created Mass Activity, such as "What Shape Am I," you can grab your Annotation tools at the bottom left, with a selection of Pens, Highlighters & Eraser. The Eraser is grouped in with the pens in the bottom left corner button. Shapes: (looks like a square/circle combo) Just above the Pens, the 9 pre-made Shape Tools have a variety of shapes you can choose from. Click on it and then draw the shape. -Select the tool with the Arrow (found in the bottom middle of the toolbar). Then you can change color, Rotate it or Re-Size it with the handles. Just click on it once with the Arrow. -Go over to the Color Palette at the far right top of the toolbar and select a Color. Then draw the colored shape if you've already selected a shape button.

Shape Recognition Tool: Drag out shapes freehand and let the tool re-draw it & snap it back into the perfect shape. ex. Draw a Triangle freehand. It then snaps into a perfect triangle. Editing: It is very easy. You can select a single object to edit, or you can Group them together and edit them at once. Press the Ctrl key and click on each object to link them together. -ex. Change the Opacity of your Shapes by clicking the Opacity Scale button (to the left of the Color Palette). Save your changes when done, or it will ask you to. Easiteach Menu: Open the Easiteach Menu with the bottom left corner e - This gives the following options: New and Recent Documents, Save and Save As, Insert, View Modes, My easiteach, Activities, Help Exit Easiteach. Other Pre-Made Activities (fom the Bank) Include: "Writing Descriptively."

Storyboard View: At the far right - has a number. Click on the Number button (slide number) to launch Storyboard View. Now you can see all of the pages/slides within the activity. Each slide page is editable (with a + - cut copy and paint button) below them. You can also Add and Remove pages in the bottom right corner with the Plus & Minus buttons. Double-click to jump to any of the slides. Text Tools: If there is Text on the page, you can click the little Aa button at the bottom toolbar, which brings up text tools. Clicking the little arrow in the middle of the Text Tools brings up the Advanced Text Tool Menu. Here we have the Cloze Tool (T) and easily create a Cloze Activity by clicking on the words you want to remove in any sentence of a Pre-made Activity. It removes words from a textbox and adds to the Word Wallet. Word Wallet: The words are collected into the Word Wallet (folder button), which you can click on (two buttons to the right of the Cloze Tool). Open the Word Wallet and drag it to where you want it. Click "Randomize" to make the activity more challenging. You can click Randomize as many times as you want. You can also add your own words into the Wallet before starting. -The kids click on the words from the Word Wallet to drag them to the sentence blanks - to complete the activity. Multimedia Resource Bank: To make your lessons more engaging, click on the purple camera button on the bottom toolbar. It has a wide range of resources that can be Searched by Topic or Key Word. It includes all types of media, including illustrations, audio, interactive animations, photos and videos. Drag the resource directly onto a slide page. Then you can re-adjust its size to fit your document.

Easiteach Version 1.3 New Features: The Easiteach Dashboard: New in Easiteach Next Generation Version 1.3 (the Splash Screen). When you first open Easiteach, you will see the Dashboard, or you can access it from the e menu. At the bottom left of the Dashboard is "Change interface style" (includes Silver instead of dark). -Show Help (in the bottom middle) allows you to turn on Help Bubbles. The Tabs (in middle of page): 1) Recent Documents (open folder icon) lists documents you've recently worked on, or the Browse button in bottom right corner lets you open any Easiteach documents you have saved and import any PowerPoint (.pptx) or SMART Notebook (.notebook) files too. It imports the slides as pages in Easiteach. The pictures and text are all separate objects that can be easily be moved or re-sized. 2) New Document lets you easily choose the screen resolution of your new document (Standard 4:3, Widescreen 16:9 or 16:10, Landscape A4, Portrait A4). 16:10 is recommended for Whiteboards. 3) Video Tutorials are the same videos that can be found on the Easiteach.com web site. Now you can view them within Easiteach. When you click on it, it starts playing in the window at the top of the screen. 4) Download Center allows you to search from a collection of thousands of Easiteach lessons directly from the Easilearn.com site. So you don't have to go to www.easilearn.com

-From any of the tabs, you can also access the Download Center in the bottom right corner of the Dashboard. Click on "Open Download center." It opens in a separate window. Now you can search lessons by keyword or category. These are the same categories you find on the left side of the Easilearn.com site. Many of them are Free, but not all. -From the Download Center, you can Ctrl+click to choose multiple items to download at once. Then, click the purple "Download selected files" button in the bottom right corner. As they download, you can see the number of downloaded items at the top - next to the "Current Downloads" tab. Click on this tab to see the progress of your downloads. Once they're finished downloaded, you can see them in the "Recent Downloads" tab. *The files you've downloaded here will also show up under the Activities folder from the e Menu in Easiteach. They are actually in a folder called "My Easiteach Downloads" - usually within your My Documents folder (our "H" drive). -Any pre-made content previously found in the Activities folder can now be found on the Easilearn site.

How to Create Animations Version 1.3 has added the ability to create an animation with any object on the screen. These animations include: Bounce, Vibrate, Rotate and Follow a Line. To apply one of these animations to an object: 1) Select the object 2) Choose the animation (either from the Special Effects menu - Blue STAR Menu below and then far right sub-menu above), or directly from the Accelerator Menu. 3) Click on "Animation" and pick one from the menu. -For each of these animations, you are able to adjust the settings before you apply it to the object. ex.) You could change the height & speed of the Bounce, and you have the option to "Animate on click" or "Always animate" that object. 4) To set the Animation in motion, click on the little Play Mode (Star/Arrow) button on the bottom toolbar.

5) To use the "Follow a Line" animation, first draw a line with the Line Tool (it can be zig-zaggy). Click on the Brush button and then click on the zig-zag Line Tools button. Then, select the object that you would like to follow that line (such as a star shape). 6) Click the Animate Star below (or) left arrow>>Animate and select "Follow a Line." It says at the top: "Place the picker on the line you wish the object to follow." 7) Grab this "Picker" target and drop it on the line. You will see a green box around the line (if it works). 8) Change any other settings you like, such as Number of Seconds, Animate on Click, Always Animate, No Repeat, Reverse and Repeat, or Repeat from Start. 9) Click on the Play Mode Arrow (on the toolbar below), then click on the Loaded Arrow Cursor to start the animation. The object will begin to follow the line. Tip: You could choose to make the line invisible by clicking the Accelerator Menu, then the Border Color Menu (pop-up menu) and choosing the "No Line" option. Tip: To reset the animation to something different, select the object you want to animate, then go to (example) Accelerator Menu>>Animation>>Follow a Path, drag the Target onto the line (to select the line) and click OK again. X-Ray Vision (click to see the video)

To use the X-Ray Widget, you first need to create your X-Ray Layers. The X-Ray feature has 3 different hidden layers, so each picture gets to be on its own layer. 1) Find the pictures or objects you would like to use. Click the purple camera button on the Toolbar. -You could click the "My Files" button. You could also choose some pictures of different systems of the Body. Each layer is a different part of the body, all the same shape. Muscle, Skeleton, Skin, X-ray, etc. 2) Re-size each one so they are all about the same size. The Bottom-Most Layer should be inserted first. Click on the purple camera, then "My Files" each time to add the other layers. Re-size each to match size, placing one image on top of the other. -The X-Ray Feature has 3 different hidden layers, so each picture you add gets to be on its own layer. -Once all of the objects are stacked on top of each other, select the top object, click the Accelerator Menu arrow at the right>>X-Ray Vision>>Add to Bottom Layer 3) Click on the next picture>>Accelerator Menu>>X-ray vision>>Add To Middle Layer 4) Click on the third picture>>Accelerator Menu>>X-ray vision>>Add To Top Layer -Leave the main picture where it is.

5) Once you've put your objects on their X-Ray Layers, you can access them again by right-clicking on the Background and choosing "View X-Ray Layers." There will be buttons for "View Top Layer," "View Middle Layer," and "View Bottom Layer." This lets you make changes to these objects or layers as needed. 6) Click on the green plug button on the Toolbar (known as The Widget Bank) and pull out the X-Ray Vision Widget (click the little arrow at its right). Then, click the little "Play Mode" arrow/star button on the toolbar below. You can re-size this widget and also choose between a rectangular or circular shape. 7) Move the widget over the pictures or objects to view the hidden layers. Use the arrows to switch between the hidden layers. -This is just one example of how you might use the X-Ray Vision Widget. Others might be a lesson or activity where you'd like to Hide objects, pictures or text. Record My Screen 1) Go to the Multimedia Bank Menu (the purple camera). 2) In the bottom right corner is a speaker icon (Lets you use a microphone or audio device to record a new sound clip). 3) A video icon (lets you use a video device to record a new video). 4) A scanner icon (lets you use a scanner or document camera to capture a new image) 5) A computer monitor icon (use the screen recorder to record your actions and save as a video). This is the Record My Screen icon. It records both your actions and sound. 6) To start the recording, click the Play (arrow) button. It will minimize onto your taskbar tray when recording. 7) Double-click the icon in the Tray to Stop recording (monitor icon with red dot), or press Ctrl+Shift+F12. This keyboard shortcut is better - so that no one sees you stopping the recording - in the video. 8) When you Start the recording, two options come up: the purple camera icon (Save to My Media Bank), and a folder icon (Save to file system) to save it as an external video - to be used in a Blog, Web site, e-mail, etc. Click "Save." Name it and click OK. Then it starts recording. **You can also leave Easiteach, and it will record your actions outside of Easiteach, such as on another Web site or in another application. 9) When finished, go to the location where you saved the recording. Click the purple camera icon to bring up the Multimedia Bank, then navigate to your My Media Bank from the middle drop-down arrow. 10) You should see a thumbnail image of your recording there - unless you saved it into a different folder outside of this area. 11) Click the little up-facing arrow - which sends the recording onto your screen as an object. You can then Play your recording from there and re-size it. Using Easiteach in Math Lessons Starting with a basic Math grid, you can create a fun Math activity. -Grab a pre-made Shape from the Drawing Tools (under the brush button), such as a Hexagon. -Then, grab the Protractor from the Widget Bank. -Move the Protractor to measure the various angles within the Hexagon. Move the blue circle icon to measure both interior angles and exterior angles. -Move the Protractor by dragging the curved icon in the top left corner. Then, de-select the Protractor to make it work. *You can also make a Line using the Line tool from the Drawing Tools set. The 7th button from the left in the Drawing Tools is Line Tools. This includes the Arrows. Change line thickness at the right. -Go back to the Widget Bank and pull out the Ruler. Measure the line you just drew (in centimeters or inches). Drag the blue cursor to measure the line. Note: On the rounded ruler you cannot switch to centimeters. Only on the rectangular ruler. Number Grids: Grab this tool from the Widget Bank. Several to choose from, or customize your own. ex) Multiplication Grid. If you click the "Custom" button, you can re-configure it however you want it. -Once you have it configured, you can click OK and then re-size it to fit Full-Screen. Click away and drag numbers off of the grid. Students can then re-order them on their own or you numbers for another activity. Using Easiteach when Teaching English or Other Languages

You can Copy & Paste text from anywhere, and bring it into Easiteach. Then, use your set of Text Tools. Click on the Aa icon. Then, for Spell Check, click on the "More" button (Show/hide advanced text tools) at the right to reveal more text tools. One of them is Spell Check (Check your spelling). -There is a "Remove Punctuation from Selected Text" (big quotes button) tool. Pick which punctuation to remove. Then, open the Word Wallet (folder button) and all of your punctuation is collected in the Word Wallet. Students can then drag the punctuation back to where it belongs (drag & drop). -There is also a "Cloze Tool" (T with arrow button) to remove words from a sentence so students can fill in the blanks. Good for checking student comprehension within a reading passage. -Click the words and they will be removed. Go to the Word Wallet and the missing words will be found there. Students can drag the words back into the sentences. -You can shuffle the words by clicking the "Randomize" button. -Open a New Slide with the (+) button in the bottom right corner. Go into the Widget Bank and filter by topic. Choose the topic "Games." Double-click on "Word Search." This has lots of uses, such as Vocabulary from a story you've been reading in Language Arts class. -Create your own Lesson in the Word Search by giving it a Topic (ex. "Words from the Story"). Add words (under "Target words") that you want students to find in the Word Search - taken from the story. -When finished, click on the "Create game" button and the Word Search is created for you. Students will highlight the word and it will automatically be crossed off the list. *Writing a Story: "Filter by Topic" in the Widget Bank and choose the category "English." Double-click on "Writing Challenge" to get quick ideas. Spin the columns. Select a type of writing. ex) Little Words, Romance, Comedy, Drama. Click OK. You will get an Adjective, a Noun and a Setting. ex) "An essay regarding an energetic sailor in a dimlit coffee shop" or "A poem about a heartbroken sailor from a far off land." -You have the Scene. Now they can begin writing their story.

Using Easiteach for Science Lessons You could have your students complete circuits using the symbols on the screen. They drag the objects to complete each circuit, which they learned about in Science class. They can be easily rotated using the Accelerator Menu, making them fit a completed circuit. -Studying the Elements: To make this simple, use an Interactive Periodic Table, which you can drag up from the Widget Bank when you do a filter for Science and choose Periodic Table. Pull out the different elements and it all populates at the top. The number of Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, etc.

-You can also do a quick assessment with your students. Choose the Science Question Maker widget from the same "Science" category of widgets as the Periodic Table came from. It makes Formal or Informal questions. The topics are: Cells, Energy Resources, Forces, and Electrical Circuits. -Select a topic, click OK and then click the "Spin" button to get various questions on that selected topic, or "Spin All Columns." When done, click "Menu" to return to the topics menu. -You can also write your own questions, and save them into the rotation as well. You can click the "Setup" button and just type over an pre-existing question or click the (+) button to create a new question. Click OK. *In the Multimedia Bank, we have 5,000 or more assets to choose from. But you can also add & create your own media and save that as well. Click on the purple camera and click on the folder with an arrow button. This is the "Import an asset from your computer into the multimedia bank" button. *Anything you import goes into the "My Media Bank" filter. Drag it onto your screen to use it.

Using Easiteach for Geography Lessons Beginning with a Map and a Grid Overly, our Easiteach Next Gen tools can help us become Interactive. Filter for "Geography." Pick the "Navigator" widget from the Widget Bank. Place the Navigator over top of the States Map. -The Navigator is an excellent tool to help students learn direction (N,S,E,W,NE,NW,SW,SE). Then, click on the "Record Moves" button in the lower right corner. -Move the blue Navigator button onto a path, such as a road. -You also have buttons in the bottom left corner for "Use Up, Down, Left & Right to Move Locator" as well as "Use N/S/E/W/SE/SW/NE/NW To Move Locator" and "Use N/S/E/W to Move Locator." -Click on each direction button one click at a time so that the blue circle gradually moves along a path. -To Record the Path, click on the "Record Moves" button, and then click the "Playback Moves" arrow to have it automatically trace the steps/moves you made along the path. *In the Multimedia Bank under the topic of "Maps" there is a great North American States Map. Excellent for students learning their U.S. States. -Have students speak the different directions and move in the different directions. It familiarizes them with directions on a map. Then they can replay where they had their Navigator move. *Click on the Delete (Trash Can) to reset the path and start over.

Using Glass Mode in Easiteach Glass Mode provides an Anotation Layer over the top of Easiteach or any other program. Then, after making annotations, you can save your screenshot and insert it into Easiteach as part of your presentation. *Go to the Easiteach E Menu. Select View Modes>>Glass Mode. Click on the right-facing arrow to bring up all of the View Modes.

When selecting this view mode, you will see the Easiteach icon appear at the right and left-hand side of the screen. Example: To annotate a screen from a Mapping site, such as Bing Maps (http://www.bing.com/maps/). -Zoom in on the area you'd like to annotate, and then click on the Easiteach icon to bring up the toolbar options. 1) Click on the light-blue "Enable/Disable Annotation Layer" button. This lets you annotate over any window. -Note: This is a Toggle button, so you must click on it again to disable it. Once you click on it a third time, it reveals all of your annotations again, so you don't lose anything you annotated before. 2) Click on the Pen button, such as the red pen. 3) Once the annotation is complete, click on the "Select an area of the screen to capture" button (Camera button). Draw a frame around the area you want to Copy. 4) This area is Copied to your Clipboard and added as an Easiteach page to your Slideshow presentation. 5) Re-size the image to fit the available space on your screen, and you are ready to use it. Note: The Red X in the E Tools pop-up Menu at the far left will Exit you out of Glass Mode or any other mode. Using Actions and Effects You can demonstrate Actions & Effects by making a "What Am I" game.

1) To make the clues appear & disappear, you need to select a *Star* (or any other icon you've used) at the left, then open the Accelerator Menu and click on Actions>>Hide/Reveal Object>>Different Object>>OK. Drag the circular "Picker" onto the clue text (next to the star) you want to hide/reveal. You must do this for each text you want to reveal.

2) Go down to the Easiteach Toolbar and click on the "Play Mode" button (the star & arrow button). 3) Now you can click on the Star icon next to each clue and have the text disappear or re-appear by clicking on it. -Note: To make objects appear & disappear, you must use the "Play Mode" button () on the bottom toolbar in Easiteach. -Note: Clicking the Star triggers the action, and the action is that the text disappears or reappears. 4) Open the Multimedia Bank and search for the images to answer the clues. ex) A Cash Register and a Koala Bear. Position them underneath the clues. 5) Add some Effects to your images. Select each image and then go down and click on the the "Effect" button (blue star) menu for that image. ex) a Swirl effect. Set the strength of the swirl and click OK. *To turn the effect On & Off, select each picture using the arrow icon, then use the Accelerator Menu and choose Actions>>Enable/Disable Effect. OK. *Use the "Play Mode" button on your bottom toolbar to select each picture and the cool animation effects will display. Now, prepare the activity for classroom use by disabling all of the text and saving the activity. *Use the "Play Mode" button to do this.

The activity prepared and ready to use Now, when playing the activity, each button (the star) will be clicked and the clue text will be revealed (example: I am found in a shop, I add things up, I have buttons, you put money inside me). Then, click on the image, and it reveals a cash register. -In the 2nd column, click on the each button and the text is revealed (example: I live in Australia, I eat eucalyptus, I am furry, I sleep a lot). Click on the image and a Koala Bear is revealed. Using Spotlight Mode Allows us to focus on specific areas of the screen. -Open the Easiteach Menu and select View Modes>>Spotlight Mode. Note: The Red X in the E Tools pop-up Menu at the far left will Exit you out of Spotlight Mode or any other mode. -Click on the E Menu to reveal Spotlight Options (the green flashlight). Opacity and Size are two options you can change. There is also a Spotlight Shape button below (circle or square) and "No Spotlight" button. -If you click the "No Spotlight" button, you must click the Circle or Square shape to turn the Spotlight back on. -Move the Spotlight around the screen by dragging on its Outside Edge. This is a great presentation tool for focusing students' attention only on what you want them to see. -If you click inside the spotlight, you can change text attributes and interact with anything inside the object itself. -Go back to the E Menu and click the red X to close out of Spotlight Mode or click the "No Spotlight" button to turn it off temporarily. Using Angles and Dimensions We can easily see the Internal Angles and the dimensions of Shapes in Easiteach. 1) Go to the Drawing Tools (Brush button) and choose the Shape Tools (2nd button from the right). It is a square & circle icon 2) Draw your shape(s) on the screen: triangle, octagon, etc.

3) After selecting the shape, click on the "Show the Internal Angles" button. *This button only lights up if you're selecting a shape that has internal angles. It won't work on a circle, for example. -The number measurement changes automatically as you drag & change the size of the shape. 4) Turn Off the Internal Angles button by clicking it. Now turn On the "Show the Dimensions" button right next to it. The lengths of each side appear and also change as you move it. -Change the Scale by double-clicking inside the boxes and typing a new number. This update to the Scale affects future objects that you draw from now on. You can see this by drawing a Line on the screen, selecting it and applying the dimensions with the "Show the Dimensions" button again. Using the "Randomizer" Widget The Randomizer has several different pre-built kinds of games built-in. It comes with "Addition & Subtraction," "Animals Quiz," "Around the World Quiz," "Bingo," "Multiplication & Division," "Synonyms/Antonyms" and "Word Builder." To create a Game of your own, follow these steps: 1) Open the Widget Bank and find the Randomizer Widget. Add it to the page. 2) Click away from it on the page and click the "Create New" button. You are now in Setup mode. 3) Next to Columns, click on the (+) button to select the number of Columns you want in your game. 4) Populate the columns with content, such as "Simon Says" (or "Teacher Says") in the first column block. Now, type the names of the students from your class in the 2nd column block. Use the white arrows below to add new text. 5) The number of new items you can add is determined by the (+) next to Items. 6) When you're finished adding all the names, click OK and then click "Spin all columns."

Using the "Locking to a Plane" Feature We can lock objects so they can only be moved horizontally or vertically. Example: you have a reading comprehension passage and you want to add images to it. 1) Go into the Multimedia Bank (purple camera) and type "transport." 2) Select the items that illustrate the text, such as a car, motorcycle, truck, bike. 3) Once you have the images all at the right size and alignment, select all four images (drag a box around them all) and then go to the Accelerator Menu and choose Object Alignment>>Bottom. 4) Then, go Group them, go to Group Selected Items>>Group Selected Items. -Now, when you drag one of the picture objects, it drags the entire group all at once. 5) To Lock them, go to Lock/Unlock Selected Object(s)>>Only allow horizontal movement, or Only allow vertical movement, or Lock selected objects, or Lock and clone selected objects. -Example, if you had the cars & trucks moving along a road (see example below), you could only drag them to the right & left horizontally. They will not move any other direction. -You see a Lock icon in the top right corner as you drag them. -Click on the "Play Mode" arrow to see how the activity will look in class.

Using the "Scrapbook" Feature An example of how this feature is used is weather symbols that are to be used in a weather report. 1. Search for a map of the U.S. in the Multimedia Bank. Search for "United States." 2. With the image selected, use the Opacity scale slider from the top right corner of the Accelerator Menu to make the image semi-transparent. 3. Return to the Multimedia Bank and type in "weather" to find some weather symbols. Tip: Use the "Duplicate" button (right next to the Opacity scale button) in the top right of the Accelerator Menu. It duplicates an image including its opacity setting, saving you a lot of time. 4. Open the "Scrapbook" by clicking on the "Open Scrapbook" button on the Easiteach bottom toolbar.

This opens the Scrapbook window. 5. To add each weather symbol to the Scrapbook, use the Accelerator Menu for each object and choose "Add to Scrapbook." 6. To get the activity ready for classroom use, you delete all of the weather symbols from the page - using the Accelerator Menu & Cut. 7. Save the activity using the Easiteach menu. -Also, save the Scrapbook by clicking Save Scrapbook. This sends it to a file or flash drive. -Save the Scrapbook images individually into a Page Scrapbook (scrapbook page) by clicking on the image and then clicking "Send to Page Scrapbook." -If you "Save" the Scrapbook, you can save it to a file on your computer or Flash Drive, and then when you return, click the "Load Scrapbook" button and load the scrapbook from your file or Flash Drive.

8. Open the Scrapbook by clicking on the "Open Scrapbook" button and/or clicking the purple "Page Scrapbook" button. Your weather symbols are saved there. 9. Students can now create their own weather report using icons from the Scrapbook. Drag the weather images from the Scrapbook directly onto the page. -By default, the Scrapbook is a "Session Scrapbook" and is saved automatically for future use as long as you are in the same session and don't restart your computer. Using the Compass Widget and the Ruler (click to see video) An example of its use is to Bisect a Line. 1) Click on the Drawing Tools Brush button, then Line Tools. Draw a line of about 3 thickness. 2) Open the Widget Bank and search for the Compass widget. 3) Drag the compass into position at one end of the line (ex. the far right end of the line) so that its pointed tail is touching the far right end of the line. 4) Dragging the re-size arrows at the left and right, you can also make the compass longer or wider. 5) Click and Rotate the top of the Pencil end to the top of the page (use the middle handle to rotate it). 6) Turn on the Pencil/Pen by de-selecting it. Now it will write. Make an arc (see below for an example). -Now that the pencil is On, it will automatically rotate as you drag it. 7) Using the Compass Toolbar, click on the 3rd button from the left (the "Draw a Circle or Arc" button) to move the compass below the line and draw another arc. This would allow you to draw a complete circle. 8) Selecting the Compass Widget again, move it to the other end of the line (the far left side) so that its pointed tail is touching the far left side of the line. 9) Draw an arc so that the lines bisect each other on top and bottom. Rotate the Compass using both the middle handle (when it's selected) and the pen's arrows (when it's active). -See below for the final result. Using the Ruler 1) Now you can Delete the Compass from the page, and search for the Ruler Widget from the Widget Bank. 2) Use the middle handle to Rotate the Ruler and line it up with the crosspoint of the line. 3) Select a Pen Tool from the Brush>>Line Tools>>Pen Tools. Pick a Color and a Line Width. 4) You can now draw a line from point to point using the Ruler as a guide. The ruler really works and clings to the line as you draw it. 5) Select and delete the Ruler from the page by using the Accelerator Menu>>Cut (or) right-click>>Cut, (or) pressing Delete on your computer keyboard. 6) You now have the Bisection Point of the line.

Using the Voting Widget Example: Start with a multiple-choice question you'd like your students to answer. 1) In the Widget Bank, search for "Voting." 2) The Voting Settings screen appears. 3) Choose "Question Type": 1,2,3 up to 9 (or) A,B,C,D (up to J) 4) Response Settings: choose whether the 1st response, the last response, or multiple responses are recorded. Choose last response (the 2nd choice) if you want students to be able to change their minds. 5) Timed Response: This is if you want students to be timed. It gives a Countdown timer. Example: 30 seconds. 6) Alert Message: example: "Time's Up." What they see when time is up. You can create your own. Click OK when done. 7) Click the Play icon to begin voting. Students can either use student responder handsets or raise their hands and the teacher/leader can cast the votes manually by clicking A,B,C or D. 8) When voting is finished, it will say "Time's Up." 9) Click the "Pie Chart" button to see the results of the voting, or "Bar Chart," "Table" or "Results" (with the "Show Votes" check-box checked). -Any of these will show the votes as they come in or afterward. Tip: Check the "Show Votes" checkbox to see votes as they come in. This works better than not showing votes until the end. 10) Click the "Paste Chart onto My Page" button in the bottom right corner of the chart. It pastes the results into a page within your presentation slideshow in Easiteach. 11) To Vote again, you can run the Voting Widget again by clicking on the "Reset This Vote" button. Now you can change the current voting/question settings.

This is the Minimize/Maximize Voting Window button. This is the Show/Hide Voting

Buttons button. This is the "Reset This Vote" button, which runs the voting again. Widgets for Early Years Children (click here for video) There are several which can be used in Elementary lessons. Picture Painter: Search for this in your Widget Bank. -De-select it and then click on the Play arrow to show the pictures on the next page. Click the Left and Right arrows to move through the pictures. -Click on the "Let's Paint" brush at the right to bring up a color palette. -Drag the slider up & down to change colors. Click on the dog to fill in any color you've chosen. Switch colors to color each part of the dog a different color. -If you change your mind at any time, click on the Eraser tool at the bottom (pink & white button). *Switch from the Fill bucket to the Paintbrush tool by clicking on their icons at the bottom. The Paintbrush is more of a single stroke painting tool. You can use it to draw things like grass for the dog to stand on. -If you ever want to restart your picture, click on the blue Reset button at the bottom right. -When finished, click on the Flag icon in the bottom right corner, then choose a Frame with the arrow buttons and type your Title and your name. -You can then Print your picture if you wish. If you'd like to use the page for another widget, you may Delete it from your screen. Use the top left corner circular icon to select it, then click Cut from the Accelerator Menu. Picture Sudoku: Search for this in your Widget Bank. -Add the widget to your page and then click "Let's Play" and choose a category: "At the Zoo," "Sea Creatures," "Sweet Shop," and "Sports Day." -Keep clicking within the box until you reach the one/creature you need. -Check your answers at any time at the right. "Clear Answers" if you have any wrong. When done, you can choose a new game or start over. Matching Pairs: Search for "matching" in the Widget Bank. Click on the arrow and choose a "Ready Made Game" or "Create My Own Game." This brings up Categories. Choose Colors, for example. -Click on the arrow at the bottom to "Play Game." -Check answers at the bottom. There is also an option to Review Game and to Time how long it takes by clicking on the top left corner and reset the Clock. -A Congratulations screen appears if you get all the answers correct. -You can choose "Create My Own Game" and type in pairs of matching words. First Contact: Search for "First" from the Widget Bank. It is a simple memory game. -Click on the arrow "Let's Play" and the green panel lights up. -Take turns and a sequence builds up. Try to copy the sequence. Click the down arrow when done with your sequence. -If you get the sequence right, the panel flashes green around the edge, or red if you get it wrong. -It gets harder and longer with each turn.