Whole group extended writing on the Activboard
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Personalised Learning, Secondary Education | Comments (2) »I have used low cost, portable student devices like the Alphasmart™ with students for years and it is likely there may be some in your school or class. Generally I has used them for independent writing activities, but the problem of ...
Promethean on Teacher Tube - Videos and top tips to add to your own sites and blogs
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activprimary, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Free Resources, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Peter Lambert, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education, Theory Into Practice, Web 2.0 | Comment (1) »Tens of thousands of you have been finding the Promethean "top tips" on teachertube and it is now one of the top Professional Development channels on the service. These are the same top tips found on Promethean Planet but you can ...
Going to NECC? Check out this “Using Google Earth with Activstudio” workshop!
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Game Based Learning, Google, Inspirational ideas and people, Pedagogy, Web 2.0, Your Stories | Comments (0) »Gail Soriano from Avoca West School has a presentation planned for NECC at San Antonio...."Choose Your Own Adventure in the Rain Forest" The presentation is on Monday, June 30, 2008 from 2:00-3:00 in HGCC 214 A/B Gail and her co-presenter will be ...
Interactive Projectors?
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence, Secondary Education | Comments (0) »Going into schools, as I do, Headteachers, ICT managers, are so excited in wanting to show you what their teachers are doing with their iwbs (interactive whiteboards). I have to say I love being able to watch a class totally ...
Newspaper creators and talking squirrels
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Activprimary, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Geek Corner, Mark Robinson, Web 2.0 | Comments (0) »I really like this... I found it described on this great blog by Jason De Nys. With the Newspaper Generator you can type into a webpage and it will create a newspaper type image instantly. Try it by clicking here. But that is ...
ACTIV-Math Lessons That Work
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Heather Monks | Comments (2) »Recently an article was posted on the UK Planet site entitled Maths Marvelous, by TLA Chris Stone. http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server/show/nav.5975 If you have not had a chance to read it and you teach math whether it is primary or high school, I ...
Chopping Onions into Little Bowls - Is your lesson a TV Dinner or a Wonderful Culinary Experience?
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Activstudio, Lisa Dubernard, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning | Comments (0) »For some reason, lately I've been watching a lot of cooking shows on TV. And it dawned on me that perhaps creating a flipchart can be like preparing for a 30 minute cooking show. Here's the idea. Before the show starts, ...
Promethean videos on TeacherTube… More professional development options
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Peter Lambert, Professional Development and Training, Secondary Education | Comments (0) »There are now a bunch of easy to digest video tips and ideas on TeacherTube covering Activprimary and Activstudio. You can visit the Promethean section at: http://www.teachertube.com/uvideos.php?UID=46362 to see them all. From the feedback, people seem to enjoy these little clips ...
How can a teacher engage children?
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Activote, Activprimary, Activstudio, Assessment and Learning, Early Years and Primary, Margaret Allen, Personalised Learning, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »NOTE: This is an edited adaptation of an article originally written by Margaret Allen for a NAACE publication during 2007. In a world where technology abounds, is it the equipment or its implementation which will engage pupils in their own learning? Each ...
“The first hit on Google is the last word on the matter” - Using the Activboard as a fine filter for the web in class.
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Google, Mark Robinson, Secondary Education | Comments (2) »I was struck recently by the number of reports on comments in blogs and on the web about a rapid decline in basic research skills among students. I was talking about it with my wife and children and how we ...
