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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: 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:

The light on my MimioTeach is an amber color and I can't get it to calibrate at all. Any suggestions?

• Submitted By:

  Andrea C.

• Date:

  Jan. 22, 2013

Answer: Looks like you need some help with pairing your MimioHub with your MimioTeach. Here are the steps you will need to follow in order to sync these two units (Make sure your MimioHub is connected to your computer)

1. Open Mimio Settings in the software. Go to Classroom Devices.

2. You will see the MimioHub listed. (if it’s not there, the MimioHub is not in a USB port)

3. Hold down the status light (button) for about 5-7 seconds. It will start flashing amber and you will see MimioTeach appear on your list of Classroom Devices. It will say “available.”

4.Select the device and click Connect.

5.The Status light on the MimioTeach will turn solid green.

Mimio Master:

Cameron.Nichols   

Question:

Is there a limit to how many questions you can ask on a MimioVote test?

• Submitted By:

  Emily F.

• Date:

  Jan. 7, 2013

Answer:What a great question! You will be happy to know that there is no limit to the number of questions you can ask on any given test using the MimioVote Assessment System so feel free to ask away. The only issue you may run into, and this of course depends on your computer, is adding too many questions may slow things down a little bit when using the file. Just remember as part of our MimioStudio Software, your Gallery comes with wonderful Question Templates that are designed to use with the MimioVote Assessment System. However, you can still use the Question Template if you do not have the MimioVote. To do this, open your Gallery, go to and expand the Questions and Results folder, open up the Questions folder. Now choose the template you’d like, drag it out into MimioNotebook, resize as needed and add in your question and answer choices and you are ready to go! Left clicking once inside the template will open up the text fields where you can enter the question and answer choices. Click on the circle to the left of the correct answer choice and you will see a green check appear. You can change other settings by clicking on the icon in the lower right hand corner of the template. Once you finish, click outside of the template and it is ready to use. To reveal the correct answer simply click on the blue button at the bottom center of the Question Template. Please watch THIS wonderful video tutorial showing you how easy it is to add question templates to your lesson! Click HERE to sign up today for our amazing QuickLearn Training Sessions which are absolutely free.

Mimio Master:

Cameron.Nichols