Category Archives: Promethean Activboard
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Have You Registered for Your METC Precon?
The 30th annual Midwest Education Technology Conference takes place in just over 1 month! Registration is open. The sessions available are on Monday are our preconference workshops- these sessions are either a full-day or 1/2-day of hands-on professional development, and require pre-registration. Here’s a sampling of some of the opportunities:
P01: Remixing the Common Core: Digital Media & 21st Century Literacies
P03: Engaging Students with ActivInspire & Promethean Boards (Beginner)
P04: Promethean ActivInspire Training for the Advanced User
P14: Deconstructing Pop Culture’s Effect on Adolescent Career Aspirations
P18: Hands-On STEM Investigations with CPO Science
P19: Systems Thinking Through Game Design
P20: Moodle 2 for Beginners
P26: Planning Great Lessons with Google Earth
We’ll see you soon at the St. Charles Convention Center! To learn more about METC, visit METCconference.org and follow us on Twitter with @METC_CSD or #METC13. METC is a program of Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis.
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Friday, October 26, 2012 Creating Interactive Whiteboard Lessons to Meet Common Core Standards in the Secondary Classroom
We have two upcoming Saturday workshops on using interactive whiteboards- like Promethan ActivBoards and SMARTBoards- and meeting Common Core State Standards. Each workshop is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and each costs $50 for CSD member or $70 for non-members. Register online; both workshops are November 10.
This professional development is not for IWB beginners; we’re asking participants to bring existing materials and lessons that you want to revise.
Creating Interactive Whiteboard Lessons to Meet ELA Common Core Standards in the Secondary Classroom This half-day workshop on November 10th is designed for secondary teachers who want to learn how to meet the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by using their interactive whiteboard (SMART or Promethean). Find out what the CCSS are and how you can create IWB lessons that align to them. The focus will be on leveraging your existing IWB lessons and resources to transform them to meet the rigor and relevance requirements of the CCSS.
Creating Interactive Whiteboard Lessons to Meet Math Common Core Standards in the Secondary Classroom This half-day workshop on November 10th is designed for secondary teachers who want to learn how to meet the Math Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by using their interactive whiteboard (SMART or Promethean). Find out what the CCSS are and how you can create IWB lessons that align to them. The focus will be on leveraging your existing IWB lessons and resources to transform them to meet the rigor and relevance requirements of the CCSS.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Level 2 and 3 ActivBoard Training is Here!
The Virtual Learning Center of Cooperating School Districts has two more workshops this summer on your Promethean ActivBoard. Take both, or just select the single session that best suits your needs! Each session runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is $110 for a CSD member and $149 for a non-member. For Level 2 and 3, one graduate credit is available for each workshop (at an additional cost). To register, click here. If you’d like to get a little taste as to what this kind of professional development offers you as an educator, take a some time to view this archived webinar offered by the VLC earlier in the 2011-2012 school year.
Creating ActivBoard Lessons to Engage and Motivate Students (Level 2) Learn the advanced features of the ActivInspire and create flipcharts; develop lesson activities that organize lesson resources, make use of sound and images to motivate students and create a story or problem where your students demonstrate knowledge or creativity in a fun way. You’ll be able to create your own usable flipchart, either from scratch or by tweaking a downloaded lesson. PREREQUISITE: Level 1 training or equivalent; not a workshop for beginners. This workshop is Monday, July 2.
Best Practices in ActivBoard Flipchart Lessons (Level 3) Available for teachers with intermediate or advanced skills in ActivInspire software, this workshop will teach you how to create interactive lesson activities based on curriculum standards & best practices scoring guides. You’ll also collaborate with others to design & build lessons. Lessons created during class will then shared with other teachers through Promethean Planet. PREREQUISITE: Level 2 training or equivalent; not a workshop for beginners; You will be sent a survey of their skills before enrolling. This workshop is Monday, July 9.
Tags: csd, interactive whiteboard, Promethean Activboard, Promethean Planet, Tech PD, tele
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Thursday, June 21, 2012 Who is Flipping Out?
Check out some snapshots of the beginning of Stephanie Madlinger’s workshop on Flipped Classrooms! This is one of our brand new professional development sessions- it’s full title is Flipping Your Classroom with Flip Cameras & Screencasting. At a cost of $110, these participants get a full day of instruction, plus hands-on time with the cameras. Stephanie and the group will explore various online resources for “flipping” classes, and will practice using a digital Flip Camera, and consider how to use IWB software like SMART and Promethean to create their own flipped class. (In addition, if they are so interested, the attendees can earn one graduate credit for their participation).
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Flipping Your Classroom with Flip Cameras & Screencasting … This Week
There’s a new workshop being offered this week called Flipping Your Classroom with Flip Cameras & Screencasting. Are you interested in having more time to work with your students? Do your students need you to help them in small groups or individually? Do you wish you could clone yourself when teaching?
The Flipped Classroom is one in which teacher presentations are videotaped, and students have a chance to watch on their own time. Then during class, the students practice what they have learned under the guidance of the teacher. This workshop will explore various online resources for “flipping” your class, and will explore how to use a digital Flip Camera, and IWB software like SMART and Promethean to create your own flipped class. Discover the time-saving features of IWB & Flip software and how easy it is to share your videos online, through email, or e-card. You will also learn from Stephanie Madlinger how to effectively remove an image from the video segments using the Flip software, and take screenshots using your IWB. Finally, participants will learn how to convert videos and use them to “flip” the classroom or include them in multimedia projects. Bring your own Flip camera or borrow one from us! This workshop takes place June 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost: $110 CSD member; $140 non-member. (One Graduate Credit is available). Knowledge of and experience with digital cameras, and IWB software will be helpful, but not required.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Flip Video, Flipped Classrooms, IWB, tele workshop
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Updated Info on July Workshops
Click on the image below to read the latest VLC Newsletter in its entirety- plenty of info on what we’re offering this summer and some great deals on professional development are included.
Monday, May 14, 2012 Take Advantage of Free PD
This year marked Cooperating School Districts’ first at offering professional development webinars through the Virtual Learning Center for K-12 educators. We’re looking forward to continuing the events 
into the summer and next school year, too. If you are unfamiliar with our free webinars, you can access the various archived sessions right now by visiting the recordings section of our WebEx page.
Here are the topics that we offered in 2011-2012 by month:
MAY
Topic: Summer tele Preview
APRIL
Topic: Show-Me a Movie Contest: Preparing to Enter
MARCH
Topic: Promethean ActivBoard Tips & Tricks
Topic: Google Tools for Education
JANUARY
Topic: Midwest Education Technology Conference Q & A
Topic: Digital Citizenship: Being Aware of Your Digital Footprint
DECEMBER
Topic: Cool Tools for Educators
NOVEMBER
Topic: Using Your SMART Board with Marzano Strategies
Topic: CSDVLC ISTE Affiliate
OCTOBER
Topic: CSD: Advanced Discovery: IWB Media & Creation
Topic: SMART Board Tips & Tricks: My Content & Gallery Collections
SEPTEMBER
Topic: Webinar Wednesday: CSD: Who We Are
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Virtual Learning Center, WebEx, webinars
Friday, April 13, 2012 Transform Learning, Create ActivBoard Lessons, and Learn Best Practices with Promethean this Summer
The Virtual Learning Center of Cooperating School Districts is offering three workshops this summer on your Promethean ActivBoard. Take all three, or just select the single session that best suits your needs! Each session runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. is $149 for a CSD member and $189 for a non-member. For Level 2 and 3, one graduate credit is available for each workshop (at an additional cost). To register, click here.
Transforming Learning with a Promethean ActivBoard (Level 1) Learn how to use the Promethean ActivBoard and the ActivInspire software in your classroom- you’ll discover how to locate hundreds of lessons that have already been created for use on the ActivBoard and become familiar with features such as Focus tools, Power tools and the Resource Browser that make your lessons more interactive. This workshop is June 5.
Creating ActivBoard Lessons to Engage and Motivate Students (Level 2) Learn the advanced features of the ActivInspire and create flipcharts; develop lesson activities that organize lesson resources, make use of sound and images to motivate students and create a story or problem where your students demonstrate knowledge or creativity in a fun way. You’ll be able to create your own usable flipchart, either from scratch or by tweaking a downloaded lesson. PREREQUISITE: Level 1 training or equivalent; not a workshop for beginners. This workshop is July 2.
Best Practices in ActivBoard Flipchart Lessons (Level 3) Available for teachers with intermediate or advanced skills in ActivInspire software, this workshop will teach you how to create interactive lesson activities based on curriculum standards & best practices scoring guides. You’ll also collaborate with others to design & build lessons. Lessons created during class will then shared with other teachers through Promethean Planet. PREREQUISITE: Level 2 training or equivalent; not a workshop for beginners; You will be sent a survey of their skills before enrolling. This workshop is July 9. If you’d like to get a little taste as to what this kind of professional development offers you as an educator, take a some time to view this archived webinar, offered by the VLC, earlier in the 2011-2012 school year.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, flipchart, Promthean ActivBoard, Virtual Learning Center
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