Thank you for such an excellent question Joe! Over the years, I have worked with many teachers who have had students use MimioStudio Notebook software to create various projects. In some of the schools that I have been in, MimioStudio software has been installed in all of the computer labs to give students access to this amazing interactive software. Students can also download the trial version of MimioStudio to use at home by clicking here

The great thing about students using MimioStudio to create a project is that not only can they present information to other students, but they can also make their projects dynamic and interactive. Some of the student lessons that I have seen in the past involve students researching information about a topic, presenting that information in MimioStudio Notebook, and then creating some sort of interactive activity for other students to complete within the project. Students include activities such as Vote template questions, drag and drop activities, and a variety of uses of the Mimio pen and highlighter tool. Each student file can then be combined into a dynamic MimioStudio based jigsaw activity that can be used in the lab, at home, or at the board.

A sample lesson that features this type of student created activity would include the “Deciding Congress”lesson. In this lesson, students use MimioStudio in order to present research about state and local candidates in the recent election. While the election may be over, this lesson demonstrates how students can use MimioStudio to showcase their learning.

With Veterans Day this weekend, you may also want to examine the “Veterans Day”lesson.

This is a lesson that I created last year to teach my students about the importance of Veterans Day. In this lesson after some interactive instruction, students use MimioStudio software to create a “tribute page” to a Veteran they wish to thank for their service. These individual student pages are then combined by the teacher into one .ink file. The file serves as a digital “THANK YOU” for their service.

Mimio would like to thank all of our Veterans for their service!

This short video demonstrates how to insert hyperlinks in your MimioStudio Notebook lessons. This video will demonstrate how easy it is within MimioStudio software to create a hyperlink. Hyperlinks within MimiStudio can allow you to quickly access websites, files on your computer, attachments within your .ink file, and to other pages in your Mimio lesson.

To add a hyperlink to your lesson, simply do the following:

Use the "select" tool to choose the object or text in your lesson you would like to hyperlink.

Right click then click "hyperlink." You can also click "Insert" and then "Hyperlink"

Now use the "Insert Hyperlink" pop up window to assign the hyperlink. You can link to an outside website, a file on your computer, an attachment within your Notebook file, or another page within your lesson.

Such a great question! If you look directly underneath the main menu on MimioConnect (where all of the links are located) you will see a drop down menu where you can select the standard you are wishing to search for as well as the subject and grade level. Once your search parameters are entered, click on “FIND” and a list of lessons available on MimioConnect will appear.

This short video explains how to use your Mimio in your classroom without having to recalibrate before teaching each lesson. The video demonstrates how to configure your MimioStudio settings to use a previous calibration if you have your projector and your MimioTeach in a fixed location. Here are the steps to do this:

1. Open your MimioStudio Notebook

2. Click on Tools > Settings

3. Next click on Interactive and then check the box for use previous calibration

This video will also share how to check for software updates as well as sign up for notifications when updates are available for download.

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We most certainly do! Please check out this wonderful lesson where students can learn various ways of staying safe at home and can practice different fire prevention skills:

http://www.mimioconnect.com/content/lesson/14403/fire_safety

This interactive lesson will have your students fully engaged with several activities and even a quiz to assess student knowledge. Although this lesson is geared for an elementary classroom it can easily be modified to any grade level. I hope you have found this helpful!

Learn how to view student answers and results after using the MimioVote assessment system in your classroom. This step-by-step tutorial will demonstrate how easy it is to evaluate student performance using the MimioStudio Gradebook along with various class and student reporting options that can be printed.

You are wondering how to search for content created by a specific member which is very easy to do! If you select “Members” from the menu bar on the MimioConnect home page and then scroll down about halfway to the bottom and you should see “Search Members” on the right hand side. Simply search for the user you are looking for and once you find them click on their name. On the right hand side you should see a “Members Profile” box with a green border. Click on “Lesson Plans and Activities” and you will find all lessons created by that user.

This is a MimioConnect Video Ask A Master Video!

When a teacher uses their MimioVote Assessment System in the classroom, student performance data is automatically saved within their MmioStudio Gradebook. This video explains how to make the most of that valuable data by explaining how to generate a variety of reports. This video explains how teachers can print whole class and individual student data reports using MimioStudio Gradebook.

If you are interested in learning more about how to use the MimioVote Assessment System and the MimioStudio Gradebook in your classroom, Mimio has a training solution for you! Please visit: http://www.mimio.com/en-NA/Training/Overview.aspx for more information.

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