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Audience
Core6th8thgradeteachersatHarlandaleMiddleSchool.
Attendance
Attendancewillberequiredfor6th8thgradecoreteachers,butwillbeoptionalforelective
teachersandparaprofessionals.Itisencouragedthatadministratorsparticipateinthis
ProfessionalDevelopment.
PresentationTime
2hours
Materials
Accesstolaptops,internet,prometheanboard,ActivInspiresoftware,andprojector.
Objective
1. Learnthebasicfunctions,settings,capabilitiesofActivInspire.
2. Findandcollect3premadeFlipchartsfromPrometheanPlanetthatcorrespondswith
theageandsubjecttheyteach.
3. CreateasimpleFlipchartwithalink,media,text,andcolorsfortheirclassroom.
Lesson
Aslearnerswalkintheywillbegroupedintopairsorthreesbythesubjecttheyteach.The
groupswillsittogetherattables.Theinstructorwillbeginbydemonstrating,usingapromethean
board,thebasicsettingsofActivInspire.Itisexpectedthattheteacherswillmimicthisprocess
ontheirownlaptops.
Afterabriefintroduction,3045minutes,thelearnerswillbegiventimetoexplore
www.prometheanplanet.com
.Theywillbeexpectedtofind3ageandsubjectappropriate
Flipcharts/resourcesthatwillbenefittheirclassroomintheupcomingschoolyear.
Duringthelast45minutesofthesession,teacherswillbegiventimetocreatetheirown
Flipchart.Theycandothisasagrouporindividually.Theywillbeexpectedtousethe
resourcestaughttothemduringthefirsthalfofthetrainingsession.Learnerswillhavethe
opportunitytoaskgroupmembersforassistanceandideasonhowtouseActivInspire.
Differentiation
Learnerswillbegroupedbysubjectlevel,sotheywillbeworkingwithsubjectmattertheyare
familiarwith.
Havingstudentspairedingroupsallowsfordiscussionandfeedbackfromoneanother.They
arealsogiventheopportunitytocreatetheirprojecttogetherorindividually,buttheyalways
havetheopportunitytohelponeanother.
TheinstructorhastheopportunitytowalkaroundandassistlearnersincreatingtheirFlipchart.
Providinginstantfeedbackandassistance.
Learnershavetheopportunitytocreatetheflipcharttotheirbestabilities,theyarenotall
expectedtohavethesameoutcomewhencreatingtheirproject.
SummativeAssessment
Learnerswillbeexpectedtousetheknowledgetheylearnedfromthesessiontocreatetheir
ownFlipcharttomeettheirneeds.ItisexpectedthatsomeFlipchartsmaybemoreadvanced
thanothers,dependingonabilityandpriorknowledge.
ContinuedProfessionalDevelopment
BasedonfeedbackgivenduringandafterthePDsession,theinstructorwillmakenoteofhow
toadjustupcomingsessionsonInteractiveWhiteboards.Hewillgaugetheoverallexperience
andunderstandingofActivInspirebasedonprojectscreatedinordertoprovidemoretrainingor
resourcestoteachers.
Thissessionwillbethefirstinmanyongoingsessionsthroughouttheschoolyear.Instructors
andteacherswillmeetatleastmonthlytodiscusstheirprogresswithInteractiveWhiteboards.