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 ...
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 ...
How do you balance every day teaching with testing?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Activote, Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Expression, Margaret Allen, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training, Theory Into Practice | Comments (4) »Teaching in a "SATS" year in the UK is always a challenge! The issue being how do you balance every day teaching needs with the continuous "eye" on that "week in May". The same issue exists elsewhere, such as ...
The lengths people go to….
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Your Stories | Comment (1) »Having seen the Promethean interactive whiteboards in her daughter's school (St Mary & St Pauls First School, Harting). Jo saw the benefits for 2 ½ year old daughter Skye who when she saw the board became very sociable and animated. ...
Do your children take Education for granted?
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Inspirational ideas and people, Margaret Allen, Your Stories | Comments (3) »Promethean is sponsoring two schools out in Africa. Read more here http://www.firstsparks.co.uk Your school could become involved : http://www.firstsparks.co.uk/help.html These schools will not be getting Activboards or anything similar, it is about our wanting to support Education more broadly. Anybody got any suggestions as to ...
Teachers enhancing the technology
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activprimary, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Your Stories | Comments (0) »When talking to teachers I often state that the technology should be invisible and that it is merely a tool to enhance the teaching and learning in the classroom. I am beginning to think that actually I should put that another ...
As the ones putting it into practice - do you feel teachers are consulted enough on strategic ICT initiatives?
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Margaret Allen, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training | Comments (0) »How can you plan a long term vision for teaching and learning with technology for your school when it changes so fast? Two interesting background video clips at the following BECTA website offer an insight into how two Pilot Local Authorities ...
I have been teaching for twenty years, why do I need technology?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Professional Development and Training | Comments (0) »I believe that there would be a number of teachers who would feel comfortable ticking a box against the above question and saying “exactly”! Let us consider the situation as it is today…. Children born into a world of technology. Mums ...
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 ...
Enabling Collaboration - Can I use more than one pen at the same time on my Activboard?
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Early Years and Primary, Margaret Allen, Pedagogy, Theory Into Practice | Comments (0) »There has been very little written about this concept, and I wrote this, at the end of last year, by way of an article to support a product Promethean has been testing with teachers and students. Cooperative learning encourages children’s interpersonal ...
