I am working on a new interactive classroom platform for engaging your students. The new platform, Deck.Toys is now in beta.
Deck.Toys allows you to turn regular lessons into highly interactive experiences for students.
If you are teaching in a 1:1 or BYOD classroom with any mobile devices such as laptops, Chromebooks or iPads, do join the Deck.Toys Beta.
Also, do share Deck.Toys to your colleagues. Thanks!
To install the Toshiba Bluetooth Stack with your Bluetooth adapter, you may need to disable driver signature enforcement if you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
Firstly, you will need to boot up Windows in Advanced Startup mode. This can be done by clicking on the Restart Computer button in the Bluetooth Stack Tool.
Your computer will restart, and the following screen will appear.
Click Troubleshoot.
Click Advanced options
Click Startup Settings
Click Restart
Select Disable driver signature enforcement by pressing F7 on your keyboard
Next, you may try running the tool again for the Toshiba Bluetooth Stack to detect and install drivers for your Bluetooth adapter.
In Windows, the Wii Remote Plus requires the use of the Toshiba Bluetooth Stack or the DolphinBar. For more information regarding this issue, you may refer to http://www.smoothboard.net/wiiremoteplus/
Some Smoothboard users have difficulties installing the Toshiba Bluetooth Stack and thus I have made a tool to simplify the process.
If you have difficulties installing the Toshiba Bluetooth Stack for your device, this tool may work for you. If you have any issues with the tool, you may post a comment here.
The Bluetooth Stack Tool automates some of the steps required to force the Toshiba drivers to be used for your Bluetooth adapter.
The following steps are automated:
Bluetooth Stack Tool Download Link (run at your own risk)
We have created an animated video to introduce Smoothboard Air.
Our vision is for educators and students around the world to benefit from the real-time collaboration platform which Smoothboard Air provides.
Thanks for watching!
Here is the transcript for the video:
The rise of mobile technologies like smartphones, netbooks and tablets are increasingly challenging not just conventional teaching methods but the attention span of both students and teachers.
More students are bringing their own mobile devices to class. And the numbers are just going to keep growing.
But mobile technology should not be another hurdle to keep students engaged in class. It should be an effective tool in encouraging participation and active learning among students
How do you do that?
All you need is Smoothboard Air, a good teacher, a computer with wireless access, and a class of students with their mobile devices.
Begin by installing Smoothboard Air into your computer. It takes just 20 seconds to install.
Smoothboard Air will provide an IP address immediately.
Connect students’ mobile devices to the WIFI network.
Students just need to enter the IP address into their mobile devices and WALLA! They are now sharing your screen.
Now, you can write annotations on your own presentation and students can save them at the end of the lesson.
You can organize mini contests and quizzes. And students can participate instantly from their own mobile devices.
More than 100,000 educators have downloaded and tried the first version of Smoothboard.
And now, we have Smoothboard Air which will bring learning to a new level.
You don’t have to fight the rising trend of mobile devices in classrooms.
Ride the trend smoothly with Smoothboard Air.
Visit Smoothboard.net and download the Free version today.
With the help of my friend, I have made a short video showing how to connect several different mobile devices to the computer running Smoothboard Air. The video also contains a quick run through of the features of the Smoothboard Air software.
The devices in the video are: 2x iPads, 1x Macbook, 1x Galaxy Tab 10.1, 1x Galaxy Nexus, and 1x iPod Touch.
Download Smoothboard Air with Duo at http://www.smoothboard.net/air
Boon Jin | 
01 25th, 2017| 
