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Activities

Use built-in grids, math activities, magnetic letters, graphic organizers, etc.  Open the URL – scroll down to the bottom of the page – look for green instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Activities

Favorite activities using white boards.  From Instructor Magazine.

ActivStudio

 

If you have trouble opening files originally written in ActivStudio, here’s the solution.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Adding Commands to Your Toolbox

Need Magic Ink on your Toolbar and it’s not there?  Here’s how to do it.  By Deb Wadden.

Bulbs

Tips for extending the life of your expensive projector bulbs.

Classes

Signing up for free classes on Prometheanplanet.com.  By Kurt Thonnings.

 

Cleaning

Keeping your board clean. Open the URL – scroll down to the bottom of the page – look for blue instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Cleaning

 

More tips for cleaning from wcolweb.com.  From Kurt Thonnings’s wiki.

Clock

Using the clock on your Promethean Board.  Video by Kurt Thonnings.

Color

Flipchart explains how to cleverly use colors in flipcharts.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Commands

Need Magic Ink on your Toolbar and it’s not there?  Here’s how to do it.  By Deb Wadden.

Containers

Document explains Containers. By Deb Wadden. 

 

Containers

Flipchart explains Containers.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Containers

Teacher tube video by Chelsea McDonald!

Converting ActivStudio to ActivInspire

If you have trouble opening files originally written in ActivStudio, here’s the solution.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Default tool

Want the Chooser to be your default tool – NOT the Pen?  Open the URL – scroll down to the bottom of the page – look for blue instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Desktop Annotate

Open a website or worksheet and use the ActivInspire desktop tools.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Discovery Education

Explains how to link a Discovery Education video to a flipchart.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Downloading Flipcharts

Downloading flipcharts from Prometheanplanet.com.  By Kurt Thonnings.

 

Downloading Resource Packs

Taking resource packs from prometheanplanet.com for your own use.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Group and Pulley

 

Flipchart explains Group and Pulley technique. By Deb Wadden.

 

Hide and Show

Flipchart explains Hide and Show technique.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Indexing your Resource Library

 

Want to search your Resource Libraries using keywords?  Instructions by Deb Wadden.

Layering Objects

Flipchart explains how to Layer Objects.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Lessons

Finding lessons from prometheanplanet.com for your own use.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Lessons

Use built-in grids, math activities, magnetic letters, graphic organizers, etc.  Open the URL – scroll down to the bottom of the page – look for green instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Magic Ink

Flipchart explains how to use Magic Ink in flipcharts.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Manual

32-page basics manual from Kurt Thonnings Website, written by a middle school teacher.

 

Manual

Basics Part I by Ashley Witman and Heather Hamker  - settings, menus and browsers.

 

Manual

Basics Part II by Ashley Witman and Heather Hamker – actions + inserting media, sound and weblinks.

 

Opening ActivInspire

Video to help you open ActivInspire.  By Kurt Thonnings.

Path

Flipchart explains how to use Restrictors along a Path.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Pen

Pen does not work.  Open the URL – scroll down the page – look for red instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Printing

Printing what you see on the Promethean Board.

 

Projector Bulbs

Tips for extending the life of your expensive projector bulbs.

 

Promethean planet

 

Downloading flipcharts from Prometheanplanet.com.  By Kurt Thonnings.

 

Promethean Planet

Finding lessons from prometheanplanet.com for your own use.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Promethean Planet

Taking resource packs from prometheanplanet.com for your own use.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Prometheanplanet

 

Signing up for free classes on Prometheanplanet.com.  By Kurt Thonnings.

 

Resource Library

 

Want to search your Resource Libraries using keywords?  Instructions by Deb Wadden.

 

Resource packs

 

 

Taking resource packs from prometheanplanet.com for your own use.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Revealer

Using the revealer to show only part of the screen’s content.  Also adding the revealer tool to your toolbox.  Video by Kurt Thonnings.

Restrictors

Flipchart explains how to use Restrictors along a Path.  By Deb Wadden.

Samples

Flipchart shows samples of basic actions. By Kim Geletka.

 

Scanning

Changing scanned worksheets into flipcharts.  By Deb Wadden.

 

 

Short students

 

Tips for using the Promethean Board with short students.  Video by Kurt Thonnings.

Sound

Flipchart explains how to add Sound.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Sound

Turning off that annoying sound box.

Starting ActivInspire

Video to help you open ActivInspire.  By Kurt Thonnings

Streaming Video

Explains how to link a Discovery Education video to a flipchart.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Streaming Video

Flipchart explains how to insert a Weblink or a Streaming Video.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Substitutes

Leaving flipcharts for substitutes.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Templates

Use built-in grids, math activities, magnetic letters, graphic organizers, etc.  Open the URL – scroll down to the bottom of the page – look for green instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Tool Tip

Step-by-step flipchart explains the use of Tool Tip.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Toolbar, adding items

Adding more tools to your toolbar.  Video by Kurt Thonnings.

Toolbar, moving it around

Is your toolbar at the bottom of your screen and you would prefer the top, or the side?  This video by Kurt Thonnings shows you how.

Toolbox

Need Magic Ink on your Toolbar and it’s not there?  Here’s how to do it.  By Deb Wadden.

Trashcan

Lose you trash can?  Want to lose your trashcan?  Open the URL – scroll down to the bottom of the page – look for red instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Trouble shooting - Pens

Pen does not work.  Open the URL – scroll down to the bottom of the page – look for red instructions.  By Deb Wadden.

 

 

Updates

Look under:  Install ActivInspire Professional on your home computer.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Video

Explains how to link a Discovery Education video to a flipchart.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Video

Flipchart explains how to insert a Weblink or a Streaming Video.  By Deb Wadden.

 

 

Web links

Flipchart explains how to insert a Weblink or a Streaming Video.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Websites

Flipchart explains how to insert a Web link or a Streaming Video.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Websites

Open a website and use the ActivInspire desktop tools. By Deb Wadden.

 

Worksheets

Changing scanned worksheets into flipcharts.  By Deb Wadden.

 

Worksheets

Open a worksheet and use the ActivInspire desktop tools.  By Deb Wadden.