Learning Objectives:

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to locate, install, and modify premade Promethean flipcharts to promote a student-centered learning environment.

NETs-Teacher Standards Addressed: (http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTEstandards/standards-for-teachers)

2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments
incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to
develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the StandardsS.
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue
their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational
goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students diverse learning styles,
working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
3. Model digital age work and learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative
professional in a global and digital society.
a. Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new
technologies and situations
5. Engage in professional growth and leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit
leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the
effective use of digital tools and resources.
a. Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of
technology to improve student learning.
b. Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in
shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and
technology skills of others
d. Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and
of their school and community

Materials Needed:

Promethean Interactive Whiteboard

ActiveInspire software
laptops
Internet connection
Promethean Planet account
Handout 1
Handout 2
Handout 3

Location & Time: Charles L. Gideons Elementary School Media Center

April 26, 2016
3:00 P.M.

Promotional Materials: Promethean One Hour Workshop Flyer

Step-by-Step Instructional Process:

1. Discuss session norms (5 minutes)
Participants will create norms that will direct individual behavior, facilitate the
work of the group, and enable the group to meet the objective for this session and
prospective future sessions.
2. Introduction and Ice breaker (10 minutes)
As an opener, participants will match the Promethean tools to their defined
purposes and outcomes. Participants will use Handout 1 to check their answers. A
facilitated discussion regarding participants prior knowledge and use of these
tools will take place to determine readiness levels.
3. Creating an account (2 minutes)
Working, collaboratively participants will use Handout 2 to create or reestablish
accounts on Promethean Planet. The facilitator will demonstrate how to access the
site and register a new user for those who would like to follow along.
4. Locating resources (15 minutes)
Each participant will be given a mathematics standard based on their current
grade level. The facilitator will explain that each participant will locate one
flipchart aligned to the standard by using the keyword search tool. Play the Tour

of the Search video. Give participants time to browse and select the flipchart of
their choice. Go over with participants that the flipcharts can be previewed before
downloading and that the order in which the slides appear may not be the order in
which the flipchart is designed.
5. Downloading, saving, and retrieving (15 minutes)
Explain to participants that once they have viewed and selected the flipchart of
their choice, they can elect to download it. Prior to downloading, demonstrate for
participants how to create folders specifically designed to house the flipcharts that
will be easily accessible when needed. Participants will practice organizing and
retrieving saved flipcharts.
6. Modifying to meet your needs (15 minutes)
Explain that most features used in flipcharts from the free Promethean Planet database
are editable. This means that participants can change the layout to meet the needs of their
students and classroom. Explain how to change fonts, backgrounds, colors, etc. Give
participants Handout 3: The ActivInspire Cheat Sheet. Participants will use this handout
to modify at least one aspect of their selected flipchart.
7. Reflection and Debrief
Allow time for teachers to share discuss what they have learned, demonstrate the
processes of locating, downloading, and modifying a preexisting flipchart, and
explain ways in which they can use these flipcharts in the classroom to engage
students and support a student-centered learning environment.

Assessment/Evaluation Method(s): Using Google Forms, participants will be emailed a

concluding evaluation one week after the workshop. This will provide teachers with the time to
use the techniques that they have learned, implement with students, and gauge student
engagement.