Check it out! The newest ActivBoard by Promethean features dual touch using BOTH a pen AND FINGERS!!!!
Here’s the video!
The Next Generation ActivBoard by Promethean
Add comment Posted in Uncategorized November 22, 2010
New to Promethean’s ActivBoard? Adrienne Phillips, Promethean Planet community member and educator, posted a great blog with 10 commandments for new ActivBoard users. Give it a quick read…it has some great tips for getting started quickly! The best tip of all…Breathe!
Add comment Posted in Uncategorized October 1, 2010
Are you running Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6)? Having trouble seeing images and videos on your Promethean board? Well, Apple has changed their Gamma level settings (brightness/luminance levels) in Snow Leopard. This change has caused some Mac users to see extremely dark images and videos when connecting to projectors, with or without an interactive whiteboard.
Projectors
Mac OS X v10.6 automatically generates a color profile for most projectors based on the capabilities of the device. If it is unable to generate a profile, selecting sRGB in the Displays pane in System Preferences is recommended.
You can also use the Display Calibrator Assistant to adjust for different room lighting.
To assign the sRGB Display profile to your projector, follow these steps:
To use the Display Calibrator Assistant to create a custom Display profile for your projector, follow these steps:
1 comment Posted in IWB Resources September 27, 2010
The Dynamic Periodic Table of Elements is a great interactive resource for any Science class! The table is color coded by Metalloids, Metals and Non-Metals, with each sub-category also color coded. Viewers can see all elements or select a specific group (e.g. Alkali Metals) to highlight only that group.
As you mouse over any element, a larger view of the element’s traditional information is given. In addition to the Atomic number, symbol, name and weight, users can click on an element to see a Wikipedia information page, a WebElements information page, videos, photos or listen to a podcast, from the Royal Society of Chemistry, about the element .
Using the tabs at the top of the table, users can learn about the element’s properties, such as it’s density, melting and boiling point, or conductivity. Using the Orbitals tabs, viewers can see the orbital configuration. The Isotopes tab provides information regarding the Alpha, Beta and Beta+ decays, Proton and Neutron emissions, electron capture and the element’s spontaneous fission and stability.
In addition, a slider at the top of the table allows users to see at what temperature each element is a solid, liquid or gas. Under the Properties tab, the sliders show the elements by discovery date, state at 602 K, Melting and Boiling point, and ionization.
Add comment Posted in IWB Resources ,Science Resources September 15, 2010
The Utah Education Network is a well organized resource filled with countless lessons, ideas and tips. They have a large collection of lesson plans for grades K-12 covering every core topic and unique topics like financial literacy and agricultural education. You will also find lesson plans on Library Media, Educational Technology and Keyboarding.
One of the best sections of the website is the Student Interactives. This section includes a variety of core subject interactive activities, most of which would be great on an Interactive White Board! Activities include:
You can also access K-2 and 3-6 activities.
Engage your students or share these resources with them to review and explore!
Add comment Posted in Language Arts Resources ,Math Resources ,Science Resources ,Social Studies Resources ,SPED Resources Tagged: Games, Interactive White Boards, Interactives, IWB, K-12, Quizzes April 26, 2010
Do you love some of the great educational and historical videos found on YouTube, but can’t access them or are afraid to use them in your classroom? Well, fear no more. In the eduTeacherTV video below you will learn about 3 great tools that block comments and related videos, allow you to select a small part of a video or use a video in a classroom that blocks YouTube. Check it out!
Add comment Posted in Best Practices ,Blog Tips and Tricks ,Language Arts Resources ,Math Resources ,Science Resources ,Social Studies Resources ,SPED Resources ,Web 2.0 Tools ,World Language Resources Tagged: KeepVid, Quietube, TubeChop, YouTube April 26, 2010
Popular Science has teamed up with Google, of course, to offer ALL of it’s articles online! Every article from every issues is searchable and is displayed as it was at the time of publication. The current search feature is limited, only allowing for keyword searches, but is filled with tons of great stuff.
Here’s an article on rockets from August 1924!
Add comment Posted in Science Resources ,Social Studies Resources Tagged: Google, Popular Science, Science April 26, 2010
Is your inbox overflowing with assignments emailed to you by students? Do you wish you didn’t have to lug around all those essays? Tired of losing flash drives or CDs with PowerPoints and iMovies?
Well, if you have a blog, wiki or web page drop.io has come to your rescue! Drop.io allows you to create a free online storage space for documents, images, video, audio, presentations and more. Drop.io has a feature that lets you create a drop box and put it on your blog, wiki or website. Once you add it to your site, students can go there and with two clicks turn in their assignments. When you get home, you simply log into your drop box and view all of the student work!
Here’s a quick slideshow on how to add the drop box to your blog, wiki or website.
Here’s one…give it a try!
Add comment Posted in Blog Tips and Tricks ,Language Arts Resources ,Math Resources ,Science Resources ,Social Studies Resources ,SPED Resources ,Web 2.0 Tools ,World Language Resources Tagged: drop.io blogs wikis "file uploads" March 3, 2010
Curriculum Bits is a collection of interactive multimedia resources. Resources include instructional animations, quizzes and games covering all subject areas. The site is free to use and doesn’t require a login.
Add comment Posted in Language Arts Resources ,Math Resources ,Science Resources ,Social Studies Resources ,SPED Resources ,World Language Resources Tagged: "educational games", multimedia February 17, 2010
I came across this wiki, Transformation-Technology. It is a wiki broken down by grade band with example projects that relate to each of the NETS standards. There is a pretty nice selection of activities with suggested web tools or software needed to complete them.
Enjoy!
Add comment Posted in Best Practices ,Language Arts Resources ,Math Resources ,Science Resources ,Social Studies Resources ,SPED Resources ,Web 2.0 Tools ,World Language Resources February 17, 2010
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