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Promethean Activexpression Training - January 2011

January 2011 Training Session Agenda - North and South Middle School

**Promethean Activexpressions ** **Act 48 Sessions: ** **Professional Development Training Agenda – January 2011 **

**Session 1: Introduction ** Introduce the activexpression devices and the setup for using them Explain the ActivHub; assigning devices to students Provide teachers with methods to build and incorporate questioning into their instruction Detail the agenda for the next sessions Provide teachers with homework assignment (article) for next session Answer any questions

**Session 2: Workshop ** Review homework assignment from first session Additional practice building question sets and/or using the Expresspoll feature Discuss instructional strategies for incorporating the learner response devices <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Schedule classroom implementation observation <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Answer any questions

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Session 3: Reflection ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Reflect on the classroom observation <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Discuss future instructional uses for the Activexpression devices <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Review the self-paced questioning and exporting the quiz results for grading <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">purposes <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Act 48 evaluation will be completed and turned in

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Session #1 Assignment – **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Use the ActivInspire software program question templates to create 5 question pages to incorporate into your upcoming lessons. These questions can be in a single flipchart or several individual flipchart pages. The type of question is up to the instructor and what they feel will best suit there instruction.

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Session #2 Assignment - **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> Observation of activexpression devices utilized in a classroom lesson. The devices will be used in a formative assessment of students’ performance in a particular concept.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Teacher training flipchart <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Student training flipchart <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Activexpression Teaching Tips <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Generic Class Database for assigning devices in Activinspire <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Instructions for assigning students to devices <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">