People of the Great War - Why We Shouldn’t Forget
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Liam O'Marah | Comment (1) »I guess today more than any other date - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - people have had a golden two minutes to stop and reflect about war, what it means for previous generations ...
Healthy Eating - from Teacher to the Table
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Liam O'Marah, News and Events | Comment (1) »Making healthy eating an important part of meal time for busy mums (and dads!) is challenging at the best of times - how do you introduce children to their greens when the only green they want is usually in the ...
Color and Learning in the ActivClassroom
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Inspirational ideas and people, Kathleen Tan, Pedagogy, Research and Evidence, Special Education | Comments (0) »Here in the northeast U.S. we are enjoying the beautiful colors of the changing leaves. Thousands of people make a special pilgrimage for ‘leaf peeping’ in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. As I have been enjoying the changing season and ...
Mathematically speaking
Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Margaret Allen, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training | Comment (1) »Keele University, in December 2008 published a document called Enabling Enhanced Mathematics Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards. If you are interested you can see the whole report here : http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ed/iaw/docs/ncetmreport.pdf The "assumptions" they made throughout their research are listed as the mathematics classroom is ...
Exploring the Apollo Moon Landings with Google Earth 5 & the ActivBoard
Friday, October 9th, 2009 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Google, Inspirational ideas and people, Liam O'Marah, Mark Robinson | Comment (1) »Continuing our recent exploration of Google Earth 5 with the Activboard where we explored then blogged about ocean data and using Google Earth to plot GPS coordinates , we then decided to explore the Apollo moon landings using Google Earth ...
Free In-House Professional Development for All Schools!
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Missy Duckwitz, Professional Development and Training | Comments (4) »I recently visited a school district in suburban Philadelphia and encountered a very rare and wonderful experience. I was scheduled to meet with two of the district technology coaches (teachers who also have a supplemental position as a liaison for ...
Languages… time for a change?
Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Dave Kootman, Pedagogy, Uncategorized | Comments (0) »You may have received an email a while back from Promethean stating that our latest software, ActivInspire, is now available in x number of languages. That number is growing all the time, but I think there are about 22 languages ...
From the Headlines to your Flipchart – Les Paul
Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Family and Community, Free Resources, Further & Higher Education, Inspirational ideas and people, News and Events, Research and Evidence, Scott Caulfield | Comments (0) »Sadly there have been many celebrities who have passed away in the past few weeks. But there is one death that did not receive much attention, yet he probably had more effect on your students life than most would realize, ...
Technology Gives Power to the Students
Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Adora Svitak, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Expression, Inspirational ideas and people | Comments (0) »Adora Svitak is an 11-year-old author and presenter who shares her passion for reading and writing with audiences around the world. She uses ActivClassroom technology in her presentations, and is featured in the Planet News story, A Kid's Eye View ...
Self Paced Learning
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Posted in ActivInspire, Classroom Ideas, Expression, Liam O'Marah, Personalised Learning | Comments (0) »With the launch of ActivInspire 1.2, teachers now have the option to take advantage of new 'Self Paced' functionality with their ActivExpression sets. The Planet team decided to catch up with one Planet member, Alison Lydon, Head of Junior School ICT ...
Welcome the World Into Your Classroom With The Traveling Flipchart
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Family and Community, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Liam O'Marah, Your Stories | Comments (0) »It's amazing to think how something as simple as a flipchart can take your class to the other side of the globe. That's the beauty of being part of a global community, such as Planet, where you can connect, share ...
Saving Your Signature
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Dave Kootman, Free Resources, Uncategorized | Comments (0) »Here's a tip for teachers who occasionally write letters or formal documents on their computer and then email them off without wanting to touch a sheet of actual paper. For instance, if you apply for a grant, write a parent ...
Looking at Ocean Data with Google Earth & the Activboard
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Free Resources, Google, Liam O'Marah, Mark Robinson | Comments (2) »Continuing with our recent blog post on using Google Earth to map GPS Data, we thought we would explore the possibilities of the 'Layer' function to display volcano information, using our Activboard. Using Layers The layer function within Google Earth 5.0 (see ...
Conflict Resolution and the ActivClassroom
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Inspirational ideas and people, Julie Termini, Theory Into Practice, Uncategorized | Comments (0) »During my first year with the New York City Department of Education, my Principal decided to implement a Program called Resolving Conflict Creatively. This program is part of Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) and helps develop social skills and ...
BrainPOP & Promethean Join Forces at NECC to Promote Online Safety
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Expression, Family and Community, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Kari Stubbs | Comments (0) »Plugged in. Online. Connected. Our students are using technology resources in increasingly connected ways through online communication tools and social networks. As a result, digital citizenship was a common topic of discussion at NECC this year. With more students online at ...
