Case Study: Eagle Heights Academy

Implementation cont..

Zidian adds, “I’m able to instantly provide background knowledge to render our texts meaningful. Not to mention the color graphics and music – the novelty of this technology will never wear off.”

Martin also uses Promethean’s Activprimary, the first electronic whiteboard software program designed specifically for primary-age classrooms. And just as the Activstudio software offers unmatched libraries of images, background and annotation resources for all students, Activprimary, with its big tools, activities, games and resources is geared for young learners.

Other teachers rave about the Activote. Teacher Cyndi Martin noted that her in-class participation shot up 90 percent when she started using the Activote. “The students absolutely love voting, but I love its classroom management features. In named mode, I use it as the way a student can raise their hands instead of shooting out an answer. I ask them to press A if they want to be called on, and then I am able to see on the Activboard which names light up. I can also anonymously give each student a number, from one to twenty. When answers are cast I can determine each student’s answer.”

Zidian regularly uses the Activote to assess her students’ understanding of subject matter to be sure they are reaching their learning goals.