SMART Boards and Notebook - Using the Table Object

The table object is a wonderful addition to Notebook Version 10. However, you have to learn a few things in order to take full advantage of using the table object.

Here's a quick video demonstration of how to use tables. After watching this video, you should be able to insert a new table, insert a new row, merge cells, modify the table properties, and incorporate other objects into the table. To demonstrate these techniques, I will create a Tic-Tac-Toe game. (If you are viewing this post in your email system or using a RRS reader, you may not see the video. To see the video, you will need to go to my blog by clicking on the title of this blog post.)

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Comments

[Miss W.]

Hi James,
I made a game of nine men's morris to use on the Smartboard. The actual grid I locked in place so the circles and lines could not be moved by the players. I then created two different coloured counters to put in the sidelines. I made nine of each and the whole board now looks cluttered. Would infinite clone work with them? Once the game is over, I would need to say - don't save - to make sure only the infinite cloned counters were still available on the sidelines.

This is the first time I have used the cloning tool and was so glad it worked. The kids love playing the game for strategy. I also found I had to allow the counters to move and rotate otherwise the less abled students tended to drag them out of shape.

[Jim]

I had never heard of the game Nine Men's Morris before you mentioned it so I found out how to play and made a game in Notebook. After making the game, I would recommend not using the infinite clone tool during the game since it's important to know how many pieces you have left. For my game board, I found a picture of the Nine Men's Morris board on the Internet and I just created my own pieces so they could be moved. For my game pieces, I set each of them so they were locked but allowed the user to move it. This is one of the options under locking and would stop players from resizing game pieces accidentally.

To make it easy to start a new game, I set up the game board just the I wanted it and I saved it to my gallery. To start a new game, I can just add the gallery item to a new page. You could also create a file that has the game page duplicated over and over and then you can just go to a new page. I hope that makes sense.

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