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    The ActivArena Demo Pack Comes To Town

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    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...
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    Terrific Text Tips for Making Flipcharts POP!

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    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...
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    Creativity in Teaching: Ideas for Comic Strips (Part 2: You Can Toon, Too!)

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    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...
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    iPads in the Classroom – Here They Come!

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    Educational Technology Trainer, Claudio Zavala, began the new school year deploying iPads to students in his school district's high schools. When it's all said and done, over 10,000 iPads will have been deployed to students and some 500 to educators throughout the district. Join Claudio as he documents this endeavor in a series of blog posts regarding iPad integration in the classroom.

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    Free Virtual Nerd Mathematics Instructional Videos on Promethean Planet

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    Virtual Nerd offers a unique way to present to students complex mathematics content and we're delighted to say that Virtual Nerd's IWB mathematics lessons are now available free to teachers on Promethean Planet! This article explains more about the resources and how you can integrate them into your lessons.

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    Five Christmas Crackers – Fun Mathematical Problems

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    To learn more about the Planet Teachers' Lounge, please click here . As the last week of term approaches, the same plaintive cry can be heard from students all over the world: 'But it's Christmas, can't we do something fun this lesson...
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    Fun Activities for Teaching Graphing

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    In her latest article from the Teachers' Lounge, retired teacher Pat Verhoeven shares several web-based activities and tools for teaching students of all ages about graphing.

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  • Planet Blog

    Place Value Resources

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    Liz Gibbs has created a flipchart of place value resources, which you can download from Promethean Planet. In her latest Planet blog post, Liz walks through the various resources in the flipchart, which you can slot into your existing place value lessons.

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    Incorporating Common Core Writing Standards into Science

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    There is a lot of buzz surrounding the adoption of the Common Core Standards (CCS). Some popular questions are how will these standards change classroom instruction, and how do they impact other subjects like science or history? Using Pluto's planetary downgrade as an example, science teacher Sarah Ratelis shares how she is incorporating the Common Core Standards for writing into her classroom.

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    Using Real-Life Experiences to Teach Social Studies

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    To learn more about the Planet Teachers' Lounge, please click here . I really enjoy the process of developing new teaching materials for my social studies methods classes and using them in classrooms when I’m out in the schools. I’m a...
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