1. Best Practices Within Promethean
Strategies for Incorporating Collaborative Groups
and Processing Time into Presentations
2. Overview
Menu Using Promethean technology to create
Collaborative
lessons is a great way to enhance
Groups student learning. Graphics, videos and
Processing text can all be used to increase content
Time
objectives. However, often times when
using a new presentation software we
forget that good teaching strategies can
be incorporated into the presentations.
Presentation software does not mean
lecture software.
3. Overview 2
Menu Use the following Module to learn
Collaborative possible ways to incorporate
Groups processing time or collaborative
Processing
Time groups within your Promethean
Board presentations.
4. Collaborative Groups
Menu Allowing students a chance to work
Collaborative together as a group can enhance
Groups learning and improve important
Processing
Time social skills needed for the world
today. There are several easy ways to
incorporate group work into your
presentations.
5. Collaborative Groups 2
Menu Consider using groups as a part of a
Collaborative warm-up or activator.
Groups
Processing
Time Welcome Students.
At your table groups you will find a blank
sheet of paper and three markers. Spend
the next five minutes drawing a labeled
picture of a cell.
6. Collaborative Groups 3
Menu Use groups as part of a jigsaw activity
Collaborative within your presentation.
Groups
Processing
Time Next, you and your group will get 20
minutes to use your textbook and the
presentation we just viewed to create a
chart that describes the following topic.
Group One Group Two Group Three
Economy Laws Culture
7. Processing Time
Menu Often teachers rush through
Collaborative presentations and forget to allow the
Groups information to sink in.
Processing
Time
For every 10 minutes of new
information presented you should
provide 2 minutes of processing time.
8. Processing Time 2
Menu Add reminders into your
Collaborative presentations that will remind both
Groups you and your students to slow down.
Processing
Time Reminders
could be simple
Summary: like an hour
glass or a timer
Ancient Civilizations all relied heavily in the corner of
on the use of the natural the page.
environment. The most important
feature being access to clean water
from rivers.
9. Processing Time 3
Menu Or you can use a more specific type of
Collaborative processing within your presentation
Groups like a Think Pair Share.
Processing
Time
We have just learned a lot of information. Let’s
take some time to think about it.
Think- Spend the next 35 seconds thinking about
what the most important part of our lesson was.
Pair- Pair up with a partner
Share-Each partner will share what they feel is
the most important, then you may provide
feedback.
