The Educator Magazine UK May- August 2023 - Magazine - Page 36
Teaching top tips:
how to save time with ActivPanel 9
Well-designed edtech should make
teachers’ lives easier, not harder.
One of the best ways it can do this is
by saving time. Intuitive technology
saves time as it’s quick and simple to
get started, without having to invest
significant time in training. Some
edtech solutions make it easy to
repurpose existing lesson materials.
Others come packed with essential
tools that cut down preparation time
by digitising traditional learning tasks.
And then there’s the all-new
ActivPanel from Promethean, that
delivers time-saving features across
all of these and more…
If students are absent from lessons,
there’s no need to create duplicate
catch up resources either. Simply
record the lesson as it’s delivered
in class, then share through your
preferred platform. A further time
saver with the ActivPanel 9 is that
you can upload the MP4 directly to
Microsoft OneDrive 365 or Google
Drive using Cloud Connect
functionality.
Launched to UK schools earlier this
year and showcased for the first
time at the Bett show in London, the
ActivPanel 9 has been thoughtfully
designed to deliver Promethean’s
most robust, secure, and seamless
user experience. When it comes to
saving time, reducing workload,
and streamlining administration,
here’s our top tips for teaching
with the ActivPanel 9.
2. Simplify lesson set-up
Register for a Promethean account
and you can access your lesson
resources from any device. When
it comes to lesson planning, the
ActivPanel 9 enables you to prepare
lesson activities on your laptop, ready
for use on the panel when you log in.
What makes this a super time saver?
You can now pre-prepare activities
with the Spinner and Timer without
being at the panel. There’s also a
handy CSV file upload, which means
you can import your full class list
into the Spinner to facilitate
collaboration and discussion.
1. Make your lessons go further
with the screen recorder
Use the screen recorder to capture
your lesson, actions, annotations,
and audio, then save it as an MP4
file to share with students,
colleagues or parents.
A bonus top tip for teaching with the
Spinner is the use of emojis. Great
for early learners or non-verbal
communication, insert emojis
instead of text into the Spinner to
teach healthy eating, weather,
animals and much more.
Why is this such a great time saver?
Think how you can use it. If you need
to give parents guidance on how to
support students with their homework, you can quickly and easily make
the recording directly from the panel.
This could be a separate resource, or
it could just be recorded while you’re
delivering the lesson in class.
3. Personalised profiles without
password pain
How much teaching time is lost to
being locked out of accounts,
forgotten passwords or not being
able to locate files when they are
needed? The ActivPanel 9 addresses
all of these with a choice of ways to
log in (and log out). The simplest of
these is an NFC card, which means
you can just tap to load your
personalised profile.
How does this save you time?
One tap and you’re in. Plus, it saves
you even more time by loading your
full profile and linked cloud accounts.
Any website shortcuts you set will be
available in Applications,
wherever you log in. You can
also choose to store any website
credentials on your panel. So no
need to log into YouTube, Google,
Microsoft, or any educational
resources every time you need them.
It’s all securely saved for you.
What if you forget to tap out as you
leave the classroom? No problem.
Access your Promethean account on
a mobile phone or computing device
to remotely log out of the panel.
There’s a whole host of other ways
Promethean can help save you time:
• Promethean Plans – these
practical lesson plans show how
to incorprate technology into
subject specific delivery including
English and Maths.
• Learn Promethean – an online CPD
platform that provides access to
free resources and certified courses.
• Promethean Support – troubleshoot any technical questions
quickly and easily online.
Ready to save time with the
ActivPanel 9? Until 31st July 2023
you can unlock up to 60% off with
‘Experience the ActivPanel 9’!
To find out more visit:
Prometheanworld.com/gb/
microsites/experience-the-activpanel/