ClassFlow ... The Newest from Promethean

As of January 2014 teachers are able to sign up for a complimentary ClassFlow account. They got my attention with the ability to use my 5 iPads, 6 netbooks, 12 students with Smartphones, 12 ActivExpressions, and 3 laptops all within the same lesson in ClassFlow.  The ability to send graphs and images to the students (similar to InfuseLearning), have them complete a task, and send it back also got my attention.  The website states that with ClassFlow, teachers can build and access interactive lessons from any web browser, share lessons with other peers, and collaborate using the latest mobile and student response technology. Not only will ClassFlow help teachers save time at the planning and setup stages of lesson development, but it can also facilitate a more connected classroom.

 Ron Clark says ClassFlow really makes lessons more engaging. The kids get feedback on their work and everyone collaborates together. ClassFlow really connects us all.

Points of Interest for the classroom teacher:
•    Deliver, create, and easily organize lessons from any web browser
•    Develop lessons by seamlessly incorporating a variety of teaching resources and formats–video,  PowerPoint, documents, webpages, new content and more
•    Collaborate with a community of teachers by sharing lessons online
•    Unify your classroom technology, from your interactive whiteboard to tablets or any student devices.
•    Make edits, save changes, assess students, deliver and even share your lessons. 
•    Information goes two ways with ClassFlow. Send and receive feedback from your students - even photographs

The following Youtube video shows ClassFlow in action.  https://classflow.com/how-it-works
Check it out at https://classflow.com/ and let me know what you think.

ActivExpressions and BrainPop

BrainPop has partnered with Promethean. You can use your ActivExpressions with every quiz in BrainPop. All it takes is a very simple download from Promethean. After the download make sure that it is on and you will see ActivExpressions as a choice in the quiz. Choose it, and send those quiz choices to the Expressions. Go to the link below to download the Flash Bridge needed for this. Before you start the quiz, make sure you enable the Flash Bridge. You will know it's running when you see the Flash (ActivExpression, pictured) icon in your Windows taskbar or Mac dock.

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/resources/partner-resources/brainpop/brainpop.aspx

Sharing Promethean Flipcharts

Sharing your flipcharts with others can be a problem.  When students are absent it would be nice for them to be able to view the lesson from home.  They do not need all of the cute actions involved with the chart in the classroom, only the information.  This can be done in several ways.  Here is one way. 

Make sure all of the pages in your flipchart have all of the information showing.  Then PDF your flipchart.  You can use one of the free PDF programs like Primo PDF.  Once it is PDF'd you can then upload it to a slidesharing site like http://www.slideshare.net/ .  The link to the uploaded file can then be sent to the parents or put on your webpage.  The student can then view each page in your flipchart.  If you have a blog Slideshare will also give you the code needed to embed the chart into your blog.  That is how I put my flipchart "How the West was Promethean'd" into this blog.

ActivInspire

This video goes through some of the basics of the ActivInspire software.  If you are new to it I think it is worth the viewing.  Also check out the links I have listed to other resources for a Promethean Board user.