- Anonymous SMASD Educator
The above quote, from an email I received, motivated this week's SMASD TechSpot:
We have all seen, and perhaps often click, on a little icon that looks like this:
Well, believe it or not this icon is way more than just a digital chalkboard!
Okay - so maybe you knew that. Perhaps you just thought that
you didn't have the time to create interactive flipcharts,
let alone the time to learn how to make them.
Today at SMASD TechSpot we remind you that you don't have to reinvent the wheel. Go ahead - put that new topic in your lesson plans, without the fear of having to spend hours authoring a presentation from scratch. If you can do a Google search - you can easily find a flipchart to accompany your new or outdated lesson. Hopefully, it is one that gets your kids up to the board and you back in interacting with the students. Don't worry - if you aren't sure how to work the flipchart, hand over the pen - the students will be eager to show you.
STEP 1: Go to www.prometheanplanet.com and login / or register.
Here is an example of a registration:
(note - no need to find your school - you can skip it)
STEP 2: Conduct a search from the homepage.
STEP 3: Preview and/or download your flipchart
Click the orange to preview - or the blue to download.
When downloading it will appear at the bottom of your chrome browser. Upon clicking it will open up directly in ActivInspire.
Go through your chart to see what you want to eliminate and/or edit to make it your own.
Be sure to check any notes that the author may have left by clicking the Post-It note in the upper right corner. If there are special instructions on how to use the page, the note will appear.
Here are some example pages from a flipchart on fractions - that will get the students up to the board, and keep your external files at your fingertips.
SMASD Testimonials:
"Promethean Planet is a great resource for busy teachers! I love that you can search by grade level and content to make it easy to find what you're looking for! There are so many resources for English. One of my favorites is a flipchart I downloaded on the writing process. Not only does it explain the process, but gives examples and activities for the kids to use. Many flipcharts can be downloaded and used immediately, but you can always adjust them to fit your teaching style! It's perfect for those of us who always seem to be short on time." ~ Miss Fera
"I use a battleship game for review. It's nice that it is already made up. I just add the problems. You can find ready-made flipcharts on most subject matters." ~ Mrs. Beck
Need help finding a flipchart? - Email us:
Thanks for reminding me of this feature. A simple search yielded lots of music flipcharts that I can use TODAY. Maybe we can share our own flipcharts on the Shared Drives on our computers?
ReplyDeleteAdam, I think that would be a great idea. Perhaps you can start a network folder for the Music Dept. and you can put a Flipchart folder in there. Although, I am actually unsure if there is a place to share a folder across district buildings. This is definitely something to look into. Thanks for your continued enthusiasm.
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