One Hour ActivInspire PD (Elementary Math)

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ActivInspire Basics for Elementary Math

The following resources are designed to provide an introduction to ActivInspire for elementary math teachers. Working through  the resources should take approximately one hour.  Listed under Helpful Resources is a Practice Flipchart designed to be used to practice skills as they are learned.

Purpose: To introduce elementary teachers to ActivInspire software so that they can open and interact with pre-created flipcharts.

Agenda

Launching ActivInspire

Saving Flipcharts/Resources from the U-Drive 

Helpful ActivInspire Tools

• Opening A FlipChart
• Changing View Between Primary and Studio
• ToolBox
• Profiles
• Browsers
• Moving from Page to Page
• Writing on a Flipchart with the:
  • Text Tool 
  • Pen Tool
• Shape Tool
  •  Adding and Manipulating Shapes 
• Deleting Stuff on the Page
  • Eraser Tool
  • Resetting the Page 

Saving a FlipChart and Exiting the Program

• Saving A Flipchart

Helpful Resources

• TRT Website
• Practice FlipChart
• Take a FREE course at Promethean Learning.
• How to Access the U Drive 
• ScreenCast Tutorials
  • Text Tool
  • Shape Tool
  • Page Browser
  • Notes Browser