This article provides you with a program for creating very simple jigsaws in flipchart format. The functionality is based upon the Jigsaw Maker game that ships with the ActivArena Demo Pack ( here ). The difference here is that the output is automatically...

This article provides you with a program for creating eye catching logos and titles which are formed automatically from groups of text objects in ActivInspire. The ‘Text Effects’ program will allow you to apply combinations of effects to standard...

I recently read a blog that claimed people are drawn to blogs that start with "Top Ten..." Hmm, I think that's probably correct. I guess I'm drawn to those blog titles myself, maybe because I think they will be a "quick read"...

You know, sometimes, I get quite sick of Arial, Verdana and the often-maligned Comic Sans fonts in my flipcharts. But, as you probably have learned (if you've been sharing your flipcharts with other teachers), if you don't use standard fonts for...

Windows 7 hit the streets in October 2009 and one of the much anticipated features was its support for multi touch hardware. Now many people think that this is something new, but actually multi touch hardware has been around since the early 1980’s...

The ActivArena Demo Pack comprises a set of 'product demonstrator' activities designed specifically for two users working simultaneously on ActivArena , the Dual Pen enabled Promethean Activboard. Initially designed to run on Windows platforms...

A QR code is a special bar code that can store information such as website URLs or plain text. It can be read with mobile devices that have a camera and a QR code reader, such as most smartphones and some tablets. In her latest article for the Planet blog, Lisa Dubernard investigates if and how QR codes can be used in the classroom.

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There are so many ways in which you can make your life easier for yourself when it comes to behaviour management, but sometimes, in the heat of the moment, you forget. These are ten things that I am going to resolve to remember for the new term and the...

I love to find new ways to tell a story. When iMovie first came out, I was really lucky to be working for Apple so I immediately had a digital camcorder and iMovie, and I was off making movies and exploring ways students could use this new tool to learn...

This article shows how you can (with one mouse click) create an ActivInspire flipchart that contains a set of images taken directly from your digital camera or any other accessible storage device, such as a USB Flash drive or a folder on your hard disk...