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Ask a Master allows you to contact a Mimio Master to pose a question, raise an issue, or explore a situation on any topic. Masters are practicing teachers, tech coordinators, and other educators who have completed a rigorous course of study on how to use interactive teaching and interactive technology products in the classroom. Their answers to your queries will add new ideas and methods to your teaching.
Question:
How do I use the gallery racing game?
- Submitted By:
- Miriam Schechter
- Date:
- Jun. 5, 2013
Answer:
Thank you for the great question! The MimioStudio Gallery has so many wonderful resources for teachers to use in lessons. The Racing Game can be found in the gallery, and can be used in conjunction with the MimioVote Assessment system.
Students will start their knowledge engines when you begin your race session with the Start template on any MimioStudio Notebook page. Next your students will be positioned for success with their MimioVote handheld units, as the anticipation of the red, yellow and green light countdown starts the race!
Students will now race to answer the question placed within a MimioStudio Notebook page using their MimioVote handheld units. The teacher can place a Progress template on the question page, or on the page following the question, and you will see it will automatically adjusts based upon the answers that students submit through the MimioVote units. The teacher can place the Progress template anywhere within your lesson, either on the question page, on a page of its own, or randomly throughout the lesson.
The Finish template can be used at the end of the activity, and it will show the top three places in the overall event. The Leaderboard template can be used at the end of the activity, and will show the overall places for the contest.
For more great ways to use the MimioVote, as well as all the MimioStudio products, check out our free QuickLearn sessions.
- Mimio Master:
- mkalowe
Question:
I'm looking for some content to use to plan my end of the year lessons. Does MimioConnect have anything available?
- Submitted By:
- Christine T.
- Date:
- May. 20, 2013
Answer:Schools out for Summer….well almost! Are you looking for resources to help plan those end of the year lesson plans? Let MimioConnect save you some time in search of the perfect content because we have it all right here in our amazing Summer Gallery Pack! From sandcastles to starfish, interactive lessons, and templates ready to use we have it all! Watch the video to find out what this free resource has to offer and don’t forget to download it today. Whatever your Summer lesson planning needs are we have it covered. Click HERE to download this amazing resource!
- Mimio Master:
- Cameron.Nichols
Question:
Is there a way to insert a table?
- Submitted By:
- Terry T.
- Date:
- May. 9, 2013
Answer:You will be happy to know that you have a few different options when it comes to inserting a table into your MimioStudio Notebook lesson. I’m not sure which application the table you are trying to insert is formatted in but you can try to copy and paste it in by right clicking on the table, select COPY and then once you are in MimioStudio Notebook simply right click again and select PASTE. You could also do this by using the menu options at the top of MimioStudio Notebook. If the copy/paste option doesn’t work you can always use the screen clipping tool (which is on your toolbar) to clip the chart and add it to your lesson. In this case it would be easy for the students to use various tools to annotate the table. Another option is to simply keep the table in its native application and use Screen Annotation which would freeze the screen and allow for you or your students to annotate the table. When using this method a copy of your annotations is automatically saved in your Gallery for future reference.
- Mimio Master:
- Cameron.Nichols
Question:
Monday is Earth Day, and I don’t have time to prepare a lesson! Are there any activities on MimioConnect I can use right away for Earth Day?
- Submitted By:
- DNewman
- Date:
- May. 3, 2013
Answer:There are some great lessons on MimioConnect that can help you teach Earth Day concepts to your students. First, our featured Earth Day lesson series offers two levels of activities for your classroom. The K-6 lesson has activities that revolve around recycling, and conserving energy and water. The 7-12 lesson looks at the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
If you are looking for an elementary lesson on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – check out this interactive lesson
We celebrate Earth Day in the spring, and with these 4 mini lessons your students can learn about the life cycle of a butterfly, the water cycle, plants, and the weather
If you’re looking for some borders or frames to highlight your own Earth Day lesson, check out this gallery pack that includes many holiday borders.
Teachers’ Domain has many resources available on MimioConnect – including those that can be used in an Earth Day lesson.
Happy Earth Day!
- Mimio Master:
- mkalowe
Question: Does MimioConnect feature any interactive lessons for teaching Math Ten Frames?"
- Submitted By:
- Craig Bungo
- Date:
- May. 2, 2013
Answer:Across the nation this week students, parents, and citizens are celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week! Teacher appreciation week is a time when we recognize the dedication educators bring to the classroom each day.
The MimioConnect community of educators greatly appreciates all of the devotion and enthusiasm our users bring the site by creating interactive lessons that are designed to engage their students across the curriculum. As a community of educators, we appreciate your willingness to share those lessons with the entire MimioConnect community. During this special week, will be highlighting just some of the thousands of interactive lessons that have been shared recently to show appreciation for our users.
One such lesson was recently submitted by laineym for teachers using “Math Tens” in their classroom. This interactive lesson is designed for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade Math students. Ten Frames allow students to better understand mathematical concepts by seeing the numbers and their relationship to each other.
This amazing lesson takes the Math Tens concept a step further by having students interact with the ten frames in order to solve simple addition problems. The lesson features cloned ten frame images within MimioStudio that are manipulated and moved around on the board to solve simple addition problems.
This interactive lesson would can be used with MimioTeach, MimioProjector, MimioPad, and the MimioMobile App. You may even consider adding some additional Quickvote questions if you have a MimioVote Assessment system in your classroom.
You can preview and download the Maths Ten Frames lesson by clicking on the link.
Thank you for sharing this excellent lesson! The MimioConnect community appreciates your dedication, innovation, and willingness to share this amazing resource!
Click HERE to share a lesson with the MimioConnect community.
- Mimio Master:
- Paul Gigliotti
Question:
How can I use Mimio QuickVote for my Powerpoints?
- Submitted By:
- Monika G.
- Date:
- May. 1, 2013
Answer:There is so much you can do with the amazing QuickVote! Remember you can use the QuickVote for on demand polling with any activity you are doing in your classroom. If you assign a class before polling you can also have results recorded in your Gradebook. Click HERE to watch a great video showing you all about the QuickVote feature! I would also recommend taking our wonderful FREE live QuickLearn sessions. You may find the MimioVote sessions particularly helpful. Click HERE to sign up!
- Mimio Master:
- Cameron.Nichols
Question:
How can I allow my students to interact with my Mimio lesson using an iPad?
- Submitted By:
- Sherri Olson
- Date:
- Apr. 30, 2013
Answer: The MimioMobile iPad App is now available for teachers and students!
Installing the MimioMobile iPad App for use in your classroom is easy!
First, make sure that you are running the most recent version of MimioStudio software. You can always download the latest version of MimioStudio Software by visiting Mimio.com.
Next, in order to allow your classroom iPads to interact with the MimioStudio lessons on your computer, you must also download the MimioMobile App from the iTunes store. Just search for "MimioMobile" in the iTunes search box.
Finally, activate your MimioMobile App by entering your MimioMobile activation code. If you do not have a MimioMobile activation code, you can purchase one within the software, from your Mimio sales representative, or from Mimio.com.
Click on the link for more details about MimioMobile
You might also be interested in exploring our free Mimio Quicklearn training sessions. We are now proud to offer a Mimio Quicklearn session devoted to MimioMobile!
- Mimio Master:
- mkalowe
Question: Is there a way to incorporate pictures into a self-paced test? I have pictures that go with my MimioVote questions that don't show up when I would print the test.
- Submitted By:
- John G.
- Date:
- Apr. 29, 2013
Answer:Thank you for such a relevant question. The MimioVote's versatility allows a teacher to create assessments as either teacher-led or self-paced. The self-paced method to which you were asking about will just print the text of the questions and no images. This doesn't mean that you can't have both for your students to view when they take a printed test. Here is what I typically do if I'm giving a self-paced test with images. There are three methods I use depending upon the number of images I've incorporated into the questions:
1. This method is simply cutting and pasting the images onto the "printed-out" test if there are relatively few images.
2. If I have images with every question, I will print the notebook pages, as is, by going through File > print from the notebook. This way you have the option to choose the number of notebook pages to display per printed page. Once again, the number you choose for a single page, depends on how "wordy" you were when you made up the questions. The text and image size decreases if you print multiple notebook pages on one sheet of paper.
3. This last option you have is to save the test as a PDF file and then print that out which will have each question with images on full sheets of paper. Since this option will print 1 notebook page per sheet of paper, you could potentially have a large number of pages due to how many questions you had.
I hope one of these methods will work for you. If you get the chance check out the many other tips and suggestions highlighted on Ask a Master!
If you would like to learn even more about how to use your MimioVote Assessment System and MimioStudio Gradebook in your classroom, check out our FREE Mimio Quicklearn On-line and On-Demand training sessions.
- Mimio Master:
- Tracy Tishion
Question: Does Mimio have any function to make video recordings?
- Submitted By:
- Mike S.
- Date:
- Apr. 29, 2013
Answer: Are you wondering how you can make a recording to add to your MimioStudio Notebook lesson? I would recommend using our wonderful Mimio Recorder which you can find under the APPLICATIONS button on your toolbar. As long as you have some sort of microphone you can record all actions taking place on your computer as well as the audio coming into your computer.
Click HERE to watch a great video showing you how to use the recorder!
To learn even more about how to use MimioRecorder in your classroom; sign up today for our MimioStudio Advanced Quicklearn Session
- Mimio Master:
- Cameron.Nichols
Question:
Does Mimio have any resources that can be used during Astronomy Week?
- Submitted By:
- Dianna F.
- Date:
- Apr. 14, 2013
Answer:Can’t find what you’re looking for to plan your Astronomy Week Lesson? We have the perfect content available for you for free right in your Gallery! This short video explains how to put together an interactive Solar System lesson that engages and assesses your students. In this video, I will show you where to find these wonderful images and templates in your MimioStudio Gallery as well as how to search for additional content on MimioConnect.
Click here to download the Solar System Lesson featured in this video.
How are you using these resources to teach your students about the solar system? Remember to customize and share your solar system lessons with the MimioConnect community. Just click on "Share Content" in your profile menu.
- Mimio Master:
- Cameron.Nichols
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