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 ...
ActivInspire Screen Recorder = iPod tutorials made by you and your students!
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in ActivInspire, Activboard, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Family and Community, Free Resources, Karen Adams, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Promethean Products, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, iPods and iPhones | Comment (1) »How many of you see your Screen Recorder tool in ActivStudio or ActivInspire and wondered, ‘What can I do with this?' I am hoping to give you some neat ideas today on how you can use it as part of ...
Dr Robert Marzano and Dr Debra Pickering discuss their research into Education Technology and the Activclassroom
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in ActivInspire, Activboard, Activote, Assessment and Learning, Expression, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, News and Events, Pedagogy, Professional Development and Training, Promethean Products, Research and Evidence, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »The Marzano Research Laboratory has been conducting studies of Education Technology and in particular, the Promethean Activclassroom. At the recent CUE conference in Palm Springs, Dr Marzano presented a keynote where he discussed some of his inital findings. In this great ...
Its finally here! Promethean ActivInspire for ANY make of Interactive Whiteboard
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in ActivInspire, Assessment and Learning, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, News and Events | Comments (4) »You can now download a completely new software from Promethean called ActivInspire. The new software represents the culmination of almost three years of effort by a dedicated team within Promethean - and it would not have happened without an immense ...
Your students can rule the world!
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Expression, Lori Alcala, News and Events | Comments (0) »If you're looking for a fun, safe way for your students to hold online debates and discussions with other classrooms, take a look at IfIRuledtheWorld.com, a new social community designed to stimulate interaction among students around the world. The new site, ...
Inspiring the digital natives with Activexpression
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Expression, Liam O'Marah, Your Stories | Comments (7) »To coincide with the Activexpression feature currently on Planet, I took time out to catch up with an Activexpression enthusiast, Lynne Harvey, a fourth grade teacher from Monterey Ridge Elementary School in San Diego, California. Lynne's blog article is a true ...
Innovating teachers share at the TeachMeet “unconference” at BETT 09
Friday, January 16th, 2009 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Game Based Learning, Geek Corner, Google, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, News and Events, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Programming, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Web 2.0, Your Stories, iPods and iPhones | Comments (0) »For many educators, the best thing about big education shows and conferences is not the new products and presentations, but what goes on in between the product showcases; Teachers connecting with teachers, the sharing of what is really working in ...
Be Inspired! Promethean Releases Major Software Update as preview
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activpanel, Activprimary, Activslate, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Expression, Family and Community, Free Resources, Further & Higher Education, Mark Robinson, News and Events, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Programming, Promethean Products, Secondary Education | Comment (1) »If you can't wait, then you can jump right in and download the preview software right now from: http://www.prometheanplanet.com/activsoftware Activsoftware is major update to Promethean's multi-award winning Activprimary and Activstudio software. With pens, highlighters, real working maths tools like protractors, rulers and compasses ...
Expression - an opinion!
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Expression, Margaret Allen, Personalised Learning, Promethean Products, Theory Into Practice | Comments (4) »As another year passes by I thought I would reflect on some of the issues which have dominated the technological classroom this past year. We at Promethean have tried and hopefully will always continue to consider the teaching space ...
Race to Success… assessment for learning tool
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Expression, Game Based Learning, Mark Robinson, Personalised Learning | Comments (0) »Fancy bringing a bit of video gaming type action combined with real, standards based learning and assessment into your classroom? A recent output of the Promethean Developer Network is "Race to Success" from Robert Powell Publications.... which aims to do just ...
Highlights from The ITiE Symposium 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Inspirational ideas and people, News and Events, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training | Comments (0) »A few weeks ago Promethean sponsored a great event in London - The ITeE Symposium The interviews with speakers and audience highlight some of the important messages that people took away. The excitement and opportunity for change that now exist The critical importance ...
AIMER nominated for UK BETT award!
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Expression, Game Based Learning, Your Stories | Comments (0) »The BETT show at Olympia in London in January is the largest education technology show on the planet and Aimer Education have been nominated for one of the key prizes. Aimer Education have been working with Stanford Junior School in Brighton ...
Denby School wins hi-tech kit
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activote, Activprimary, Assessment and Learning, Chris Stone, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, News and Events, Personalised Learning | Comments (0) »Denby School wins hi-tech kit Published Date: 25 November 2008 A primary school in Denby has won a set of hi-tech learning equipment to boost its pupils' education. Street Lane Primary won a competition run by a technology company called Promethean. It received an ...
Exam Questions
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Chris Stone, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Free Resources, Further & Higher Education, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Promethean Products, Secondary Education, Your Stories | Comments (0) »As a teacher I often found students were reluctant to just work through an examination paper prior to an exam, even though the experience of working on a past paper was invaluable. For my Year 9 students to work on a ...
