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Editing Lesson: Engaging the Ink Layer
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When you are at a Smart Board all you need to do to activate the ink layer is pick up a pen. Since you’re not at a Smart Board, you will click on the pen icon from the floating toolbar to activate the ink layer. Choose the red ink read the paragraph about Ellis Island. Try to find all ten errors. Mark the errors using the editing symbols you typically use. To review the answers one line at a time, click on the shade tool from the Floating Toolbar. The shade will cover the Smart Board 100%. Starting at the top, drag the shade down line by line to focus on the errors. To extend this lesson further focus on finding all the adjectives. Using the magic pen you can create a spotlight to focus on one word at a time. Click on the magic pen icon from your toolbar. Draw a circle around an adjective and the word will be spotlighted. You can also use the highlighting pen to find all nouns. Experiment with some of the different pens and tools available. When finished with this activity, you can either a) close out and not save by clicking on the X from the top right hand corner or b) do an area capture from the Floating Toolbar which automatically sends the file to Notebook software. Let’s save this file by clicking on the area capture tool and highlighting a box around our work. You will see a message that reads: Capturing to Notebook software and Notebook software will open automatically. Your file will appear in Notebook software and you will see a small thumbnail of your page on the side of your screen. Your file is currently named //Untitled// and your page is currently labeled with the date and time.
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