Help from Promethean Planet

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Using Your Promethean Board

• Help from Promethean Planet

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What is

• Promethean Planet
• A free online community designed to provide
  Activclassroom teachers around the world the
  ability to share new and innovative lessons,
  access a wide variety of professional development
  materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom
  teachers from around the Planet.
• It is the worlds largest interactive whiteboard
  community for educational and teacher resources

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Signup now

• Go to www.prometheanplanet.com for your free
  membership
• Click Register
• If you have already registered, simply login with
  the Planet ID and Password you created

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Intro Tutorial

• Enroll in Introduction Course
• Hover over Professional Development
• Click ActivLearning
• Click the blue Learn More button (under
  ActivLearning Online Courses)
• Click More Free Courses
• You must register and login first before going
  through these steps! Continue to next slide

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Intro Tutorial Cont.

• 1. Click ActivInspire-Studio (under An
  Introduction to ActivInspire)
• 2. If you are using ActivPrimary (for teachers in
  Kindergarten and Special Ed. primarily) click
  ActivInspire-Primary
• 3. If have experience with Promethean upgrading
  from an older board or older software (applies to
  individuals that had boards before the week of
  April 12 16, 2010) click ActivInspie-Studio
  under the Migration to ActivInsprie section

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Promethean Resources

• The resource section is filled with things to are
  readily available and free.
• Promethean along with other users have submitted
  flipcharts, lessons, resource packs and weblinks
  that can be used to supplement your class
• Click on Resources
• Enter a keyword and
• Subject Area and
• Grade level
• Click Search
• You are now free to download, alter, and use
  whatever you find as you see fit
• Also you can submit any flipcharts you have
  created for others to use

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Other tips

• To see other tips that will help you
• Hover over Professional Development
• Click on Activtips
• This will provide you with detailed videos with
  concepts that can be done with your board
• Also you can click on Best Practices to find out
  how to be more effective with flipcharts

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Explore

• Explore the complete site for Promethean Planet
  and see what you can come across. Practice is the
  best teacher! I hope this will get you started so
  you will be able to bring fun and interactivity
  into you classroom.