The mission of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) is to catalyze innovation and excellence in learning and teaching at Harvard. HILT’s Operation Impact empowers students to become agents of change in the field of education, by providing students with resources, funding, and connections. Operation Impact’s student teams have built a runway for their innovative ideas to take off and have a measurable impact on learners of all ages globally. This blog post was created by the 2019/2020 Operation Impact Fellows of Harvard University.

Calling all Microsoft Teams schools! A powerful new tool is available to help you make learning more engaging and interactive for your students, whether they're in class or at home.

Did you know that SMART offers an online portal for you to easily provision teachers and manage your SMART software subscriptions? It’s called the SMART Admin Portal.

As the world navigates all elements of a global pandemic, teachers and educators are discovering how to deliver lessons, engage, and connect with students from a distance. In Australia, we have a long tradition of teaching remotely and the systems and tools to do so have been available for some time.

Looking to record your lesson so your students can view it at home? The SMART Recorder offers an easy way to do this and is included as part of the FREE SMART Notebook basic download.  SMART Recorder lets you record the full screen or a portion of the screen and if you connect a microphone to your computer you can record your voice as well. The recorded lessons can then easily be shared with your students. Here’s how:

Welcome to Did You Know?, a blog series dedicated to helping you maximize your use of SMART products with tips and tricks that you may not know about. We’ll regularly discuss new ways to leverage software and hardware to inspire greatness in the classroom. Leave a comment below if there is something you'd like to read about here! 

Helping early learners develop better numeracy skills can have an enormous impact on their achievement and outcomes over the long term. Unfortunately, numeracy in Pre-K-3 isn’t as much of a focus as literacy, and this puts students at a disadvantage. Everyone who works with children - educators, parents, and education leaders - has an opportunity and responsibility to focus more on developing their numeracy skills. 

This guest blog post was created by Smarter Systems, the trusted AV and collaboration technology partner in the enterprise and education markets.  Smarter Systems launched in 2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a company with a vision for designing and installing state of the art classroom technology for schools.