PrometheanLive! Webinar series offered by Promethean

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PrometheanLive! is a free, live webinar series for Promethean customers that offers tips and tricks for your Promethean ActivClassroom. Below you will find the Fall 2011 schedule. Sit back in the comfort of your own home and learn something new! Register for one, or all, of these webinars today.

PrometheanLive! Actions, Templates & Magic Ink, Oh My!
Monday, October 17, 2011 – 4:30pm (central time)
To register: http://bit.ly/piLDPs
Want to see some cool tricks in ActivInspire that will help make your flipcharts more interactive? This webinar is for you! Learn great ways to create simple actions in ActivInspire.

PrometheanLive! Version 1.5 Question Manager & Self Paced Assessments
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 – 4:30pm (central time)
To register: http://bit.ly/ogW1pm
Learn how to utilize your ActivExpressions with the new Question Manager in ActivInspire version 1.5. Also, using your ActivExpressions, learn to create and implement a self paced test.

PrometheanLive! ActivOffice & Great Interactive Website for your Classroom
Monday, December 12, 2011 – 4:30pm (central time)
To register: http://bit.ly/qvR93v
Learn about Promethean’s new PowerPoint plug-in which allows you to annotate right onto your PowerPoint presentations – for free. We’ll also explore fun, interactive websites.

Extreme Makeover Update

We are looking forward to another great school year! This summer, our team has been working hard to prepare for you and your students.

Secondary band and choir rooms have been measured for mounted AV equipment, which is scheduled for installation prior to the beginning of school. To address concerns at the high schools about band halls that are used for flag practice, plans include installation of protective brackets in those rooms. Each of these rooms presents unique challenges, and a variety of installation accessories are often  required. The team continues to make good progress.

Equipment for the few teaching positions that the district will add has also been ordered.

Also by the beginning of school, the district has plans to offer access to a small and select number of television channels through SAFARI Montage. This should offer more reliable options for monitoring weather or viewing major events than what has been available in most MISD classrooms.

You may remember plans to make it possible for teachers to control their document cameras and projectors from the ActivBoard or Activslate and to remotely switch those projectors off from the data center in order to maximize energy efficiency and bulb life. The campus support and network teams have been working hard with the vendors to get those projectors added to the network for that purpose.

We will continue to keep you posted about projects. Please continue to contact us with any questions or suggestions.

Camp Inspire Summer Tech Conference Reminders

Please review these reminders if you’re interested in registering for Camp Inspire after June 20, 2011.

Dates: August 2-4

Cost for one or more sessions: $10.00 total.

Check or money orders only, please.

Make out checks to MISD.

Send checks AND workshop title, date/time/location to:

Jan North

Mansfield ISD

605 East Broad Street

Mansfield, TX 76063

New ActivBoard Installations

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A new round of 56 ActivBoard installations is scheduled for May that involves some special education classrooms on the campuses listed at the end of this post. 

During Phases II and III of the Makeover process, orientations were scheduled (usually during faculty meetings) on each campus to let teachers know exactly what equipment they would receive and what to expect during the installation process. 

In this case, because there are limited numbers of installations on each campus, we are in the process of setting up a series of quick (less than thirty minutes is the norm) sessions over SAFARI Live. These will be scheduled at a variety of times to accommodate schedules for as many people as possible. We will keep you posted about those arrangements. 

This method of providing a quick overview and giving people an opportunity to get questions answered has worked well for similar purposes in other districts, and we think that it will go well here, too.

These are the campuses involved:

Anderson

BBCTA

Boren

Brockett

Cabaniss

Cross Timbers

Davis

Gideon

Harmon

Icenhower

Jobe

Jones

Lillard

Low

Morris

Perry

Reid

Shepard

Sheppard

Smith

Spencer

Summit

Timberview

Tipps

Wester

If you are a special education teacher at one of these campuses, please check your email. The tentative schedule was sent out this evening to all staff at the campuses involved.

ActivBus Visits MISD Tomorrow!

The Promethean ActivBus makes a return trip to Mansfield tomorrow.

The ActivBus is an RV equipped with a variety of the interactive technologies that are available in MISD classrooms.

The ActivBus will be open for MISD visitors at the Technology/Police Building from 9:00 until 12:30.