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 ...
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 ...
Five Top Tips for Whiteboard Beginners!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in ActivInspire, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Pedagogy, Rosie MacAlpine | Comment (1) »In my role as a Promethean Australian Resource Developer, I make flipcharts for teachers about a range of topics in the Australian curriculum. Prior to this, I was a primary teacher and a Planet Teacher Feature. I really enjoy finding ways ...
Rub ‘n’ Reveal - a sign of the times….
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Contributors, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Professional Development and Training, Theory Into Practice, Your Stories | Comments (0) »It is with great excitement and actually real enjoyment that I get the chance to see the sharing that goes on with teachers through Promethean Planet for example. To download a range of Activlessons, Activpacks, Flipcharts, weblinks, and being ...
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 ...
Eyewitness report
Sunday, January 18th, 2009 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, News and Events, Pedagogy, Promethean Products, Secondary Education, Uncategorized | Comment (1) »One of the first lessons that I ever planned was for a Year 1 class. We were looking at relationships under the topic heading "My Friends". We had a great time and I even had a man in with his ...
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 ...
Simple Science Sing Alongs….
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education | Comments (0) »Just picked this great site up from Danny Nicholson who is an IWB consultant via Twitter (Which is proving a great way to pick up buzz around useful sites and resources) http://www.simplescience.net/ Does - just what it says Sing Along Science! The freely ...
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 ...
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 ...
Technology is SUPA
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activstudio, Further & Higher Education, John Self, News and Events, Pedagogy, Professional Development and Training, Promethean Products | Comments (0) »Scottish Universities Physics Alliance The Graduate School delivers training in a number of ways; via specialist courses relating to the SUPA-identified priority research themes via Summer Schools and Advanced Workshops via Distance learning material enabling distinguished visitors to share their expertise. http://www.supa.ac.uk/Graduate_School/Graduate_School.htm I was recently involved in ...
Presentation full of ideas at Handheld Learning 2008
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Mobile Learning, News and Events, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Theory Into Practice | Comment (1) »In this video of her presentation at Handheld Learning 2008, Margaret Allen from Promethean explores many of the features of Activprimary software with the audience. Highlighting the central role of the teacher and the interactive whiteboard, she shows how the software ...
iPods, iPhones and the Activclassroom
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Geek Corner, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, iPods and iPhones | Comments (0) »My iPod touch is now full of dozens of little applications so I thought I should write a post about some of the cool things you can do with an iPhone or iPod touch in your activclassroom. 1) Getting your Planet ...
Dr. Robert Marzano to Conduct Research on Promethean’s Activclassroom
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in Inspirational ideas and people, News and Events, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Sonny Magana, Theory Into Practice | Comment (1) »Eminent education researcher and author, Dr. Robert Marzano will conduct a large scale multi-year Action Research Study on Promethean's Activclassroom beginning in the '08-‘09 academic year. The research question is simple, yet profound: "What is the effect of the Promethean Activclassroom ...
Mathematics Conference at Stirling University on Saturday, 20th September 2008.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Chris Stone, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Expression, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, News and Events, Pedagogy, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education | Comments (0) »Throughout the careers of Scottish teachers, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an ongoing process with 35 hours being their contractual commitment for their CPD each year. There is a wide range of experiences that can contribute to their professional development, attending conferences is ...
