Session+Flipcharts



** ActivInspire in the Intermediate Classroom ** Are you looking for creative ideas to use with your 3-5 students? Come explore and share how intermediate teachers are using ActivInspire in the classroom. Explore ideas for instruction, remediation, interventions, and independent centers. Learn some quick tips for making your flipcharts easier to scaffold learning for your students.



** ActivInspire in the Primary Classroom ** Come explore and share how primary teachers are using ActivInspire in the classroom. Explore ideas for instruction, remediation, interventions, and independent centers. Learn some quick tips for making your flipcharts easier for your K-2 students to use independently.

=**ActivPlanning for Flipcharts** = Do you ever stare at the blank canvas of an ActivInspire page and have no idea where to begin? This session will provide you a planning approach for creating your flipcharts. Instructional flipcharts do not have to have multiple pages. With a little planning, you can ensure student engagement and alignment to your content and save time in your ActivPlanning.

** ActivPlayground ** Need a place to practice what you have learned? This hands-on lab will be open for you to come practice the new skills, tips, and tricks that you have learned. Our playground will provide you with a desktop computer, ActivClassroom components, and a Promethean Leaders Team member to answer any questions you have!

** Become a Power Promethean Planet User ** Promethean Planet is the world’s largest online Promethean community full of resources, instructional ideas, professional development, and premium content. This session will provide an in-depth look at the new Promethean planet, My Planet, and the online community. Come learn what is new and how to become a power user!



** Beginner Boot Camp ** Is today your first time to use ActivInspire? This two-hour session will provide you an orientation to the software and is designed for first-time users, or those with very little experience. Come explore the basic tools, browsers, and functions of the software so that you can get a head start on your Camp Promethean experience.

Best Practices in the Secondary Classroom
Come and learn how to integrate the interactive whiteboard, multimedia, and learner response technology in your secondary classroom. You will discover how easy it is to transform your classroom into a stimulating environment engaging your students.

** Crazy about Containers ** Want to become more proficient at creating containers or you don’t remember how to do containers? Come to this session and you will get a flipchart (with notes to work with) so we can build a container flipchart together. Add containers to your flipcharts to make engaging, self-checking and correcting flipcharts for your students.   ** Deadly Designs ** Are you looking for effective design tips and tricks? Promethean’s Teaching and Learning consultant and graphics guru will explore the elements of design in an effective flipchart. Explore how color, organization, and a few design tips can clarify your message.

** Differentiating Instruction and Special Needs in the ActivClassroom ** Discover how ActivInspire supports practical classroom accommodations for special needs students and the diverse learners in your classroom. Explore examples of how the ActivClassroom delivers engaging lessons that differentiate instruction for students, especially those with communication, physical, and/or learning challenges. This session will teach you to excite, motivate, and engage all learners!

** Digital Storytelling ** Come find ways to create stories, or even better, have students create stories using the power of ActivInspire. Become your own Speilberg as you use simple tools and skills in a way you might not have thought of before.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Embedding Interactive Resources ** Learn how to make your flipcharts even more interactive! Come explore how to embed online interactive resources into your flipcharts to engage students and provide dynamic hands-on learning opportunities in your classroom!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Response Systems ** Are you looking for ideas of how to get your students more engaged in classroom discussions? Explore strategies and tips for using Response Systems in your classroom. This session will explore inserting questions on your page and the use of the Express Poll for ad hoc questions while you teach. Formative assessment strategies, exporting student data, and self-paced assessment will be covered.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Get “In Shape” with ActivInspire: 20 Ways to Use the Shape Tool ** ActivInspire’s shape tool offers a variety of ways to enhance instruction and save time when it comes to flipchart creation. This session will take a closer look at the shape tool by examining 20 ways in which the shape tool can be used in the ActivClassroom. These tips and tricks include ideas for math instruction, flipchart design, graphic organizer creation, labeling, and so much more. You’ll be amazed how easy it is to get in “shape” with ActivInspire!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Google Earth ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">We have all gone and looked at our own house (yes?) This session will address navigation and tool techniques with tips on how to prepare to make lesson applications more reliable. Specific examples of applications to CCPS curriculum in different subject areas will be presented as lesson seeds. If you can find your house at this point, a world awaits you!

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">[|Inspire Teaching and Learning with Interactive Media] = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Learn how easy it is to think it….find it….and do it….using interactive resources. In this session you will explore how to build a 21st century classroom using essential digital media that supports instruction; examine cross curricular tools that allow students to demonstrate their knowledge through content creation; and learn practical approaches to infuse media into the classroom.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Power of Multimedia ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Kids watch on average 3 hours of TV, 2 hours of online content, and 1 hour of video games every day! No wonder we can't get them to remember anything! What if we instead deliver some instruction with video, music, and high quality images! Take your lessons to 1080P. The "P" stands for Promethean!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Response Systems(2 hours) ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Are you having trouble getting started with ActiVotes or ActivExpressions? This session will provide an overview to setting up your Response Systems, inserting questions, and will also provide ideas for how to use response systems to facilitate class discussions and get students thinking!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Students Inspire their Own Learning ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Explore ways to have students craft flipcharts in order to energize their class presentations and engage their classmates.

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Swing into Action with the Action Browser = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">This session will explore the Action Browser to add interactivity and excitement to your flipcharts. Actions such as: Hidden, Bring to Front, Captions, Another Page, New Text Object, Change Text Value, Extract Text, Stretch and Size Top Incrementally and Position Incrementally are some of the Actions to be covered.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** T2 Thinkport & Thinkfinity ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Participants will spend the hour gaining an awareness of these two fantastic web resources that can be put right to work in your classroom. Thinkport is a rich educational resource for teachers, students and families. You will find online field trips, video clips, lesson plans, online learning and much more. This web site is brought to you by Maryland Public Television. Thinkfinity is a web site filled with over 55,000 free lesson plans, interactive and instructional materials for educators and the literacy community. This web site is brought to you by the Verizon Foundation.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Ten Minute Flipcharts ** Are you convinced that creating a flipchart takes too long? Let’s explore how creating a few templates for your flipcharts will save you time and increase your comfort level with the software. This session will explore how to create a few basic pages and provide examples of how teachers have used the built-in resources and templates to create engaging instructional resources without spending a lot of time.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Using Media Effectively in your Classroom ** Video, the Internet, and other media can be powerful learning tools when used properly. Learn media utilization techniques and strategies in an easy step by step process as you examine models of these effective instructional practices. Learn examples of creative ways to engage students using video and strategies for obtaining media for your classroom.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** What Makes a Good Flipchart? ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Ever wonder what makes a good flipchart? Attendees will explore lesson design strategies that enhance flipcharts and support teaching and learning across the curriculum. Strategies will be presented including interactivity, formative assessment, page design, student-directed activities, and so much more. Carroll County’s Instructional Flipchart criteria checklist will also be provided.