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SmartApplets Included on Your NEO
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SmartApplets Included on Your NEO
AlphaWord Plus isn’t the only SmartApplet installed on your NEO. Each NEO
also comes with several other SmartApplets (programs) installed. The table
below describes these SmartApplets; note that some are for NEO 2 only
because they require its wireless capabilities.
SmartApplet Purpose
Responder
(NEO 2 only)
Use this SmartApplet to use your NEO 2 as you would use a Renaissance Responder. You
or your students can use it with the 2Know! Toolbar, AccelTest software, and Accelerated
Math RP. You must have a Renaissance Receiver to use NEO 2 as you would use a
Responder. For more information, see page 85.
AlphaWord Plus Use this SmartApplet to write on your NEO. This SmartApplet opens automatically when
you start the NEO unless you have changed the startup SmartApplet (see page 76). For
more about writing on your NEO, see page 23.
Accelerated Reader
(NEO 2 only)
Students can use this SmartApplet to take some Accelerated Reader quizzes on their NEO
2s if you have a Renaissance Receiver and meet other requirements. For more
information, see page 94.
KeyWords (US) or
KAZ (UK)
Use this to learn keyboarding or to teach it to your students. For more information about
KeyWords or KeyWords Wireless, see page 114.
MathFacts in a
Flash RP (NEO 2
only)
Students can use this SmartApplet to complete MathFacts in a Flash practices and tests on
their NEO 2s just as they would when they log in to Renaissance Place on a computer at
school. To use this SmartApplet, you need a Renaissance Receiver, and you must meet
other requirements. For more information, see page 101.
MathFacts in a
Flash (offline)
(NEO 2 only)
This SmartApplet allows students to practice math facts on their own, much as they would
on Renaissance Responders or in Renaissance Home Connect. Work done in this
SmartApplet is not counted as school work, but it can be sent to Renaissance Place. In
Renaissance Place, the results of this practice can be included in the MathFacts in a Flash
Class Progress and Student Record Reports if you include the practice summary. For more
information, see page 105.
Beamer Use this to send (or beam) files to another NEO or to receive files from another NEO
through the infrared port. For more information, see page 203.
Control Panel Use this to change settings for the NEO or for SmartApplets. For more information, see
page 174.
AlphaQuiz
(US only)
Use this SmartApplet to administer quizzes to students on the NEO. On your computer,
you’ll need to install QuizDesigner and QuizManager. QuizDesigner allows you to create
the quizzes, and QuizManager allows you to send the quizzes to NEOs and retrieve student
responses. You can download the programs and instructions from our Web site or install
the programs and open the instructions in the NEO Manager CD’s AlphaQuiz folder (if
you received a CD). AlphaQuiz is installed on new US NEO 1s, but not new NEO 2s; you
can install this and other SmartApplets using NEO Manager (see page 79).
Calculator Use this to do mathematical calculations. See page 213.