Now that SmartNotebook can play flash files (flv). Now youtube files that are blocked by firewall can be dowloaded and played within the software. Which leads to the point of this post. I found a nice nice program for downloading youtube videos. YouTube downloader is a simple java program that downloads the video. Copy the link to the video and paste it in the box and start dowloading. Here is the link to the software:http://sourceforge.net/projects/ytd/

SmartNotebook Express

I was looking around this morning and stumble across SmartNotebook Express. It is a SmartNotebook in a browser. If you already have your notebook file (.xbk), you can open the file in Express. It has the basic commands of the SmartNotebook (draw add text, and add slide) has. The is the beta version, so it may change. It looks to be a good tool for distance education tool.
Here is the address: http://express.smarttech.com/