3. Contents
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General Navigation 4
Tools 5
Presentations 7
Video 9
Vocabulary 12
Flashcards 13
Activities 15
Listening comprehension 16
Justification 17
Notes 18
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4. The contents screen is very easy to use and navigate. The only thing that you have to do is
to choose the module you want to go to and simply press on the module button with the stylus.
Choose a lesson from the Student’s Book by
pressing a lesson button.
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Press on a module
button to choose it
Choose a lesson from the Workbook by
pressing the “WB” button.
5. When you have the pages
of the book on the screen,
you can select any activity
by pressing on it. You can
also press on the stickers
with extra material.
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Press the left and right arrows to quickly flip through the
pages of the Student’s Book or the Workbook. You can
move back and forth in the pages of the selected unit.
You can choose another unit or module from the
contents menu.
extra
material
The sticker links allow
easy access to listening
transcripts, pairwork
activities, games and the
grammar reference.
6. At the bottom of the
screen you can find
all the buttons you will
need for navigation
and the main
functions.
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Listen button
Justification button
Vocabulary index button
Grammar button
5. Previous and Next button
6. Vocabulary button
7. Show Text button
8. Play Animation/Video button
9. Play/Pause and Stop button
1. Contents button
2. Interactive e-Book button
3. Tools button
4. Notes button
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7. Rotate button
Close button
The Tools bar is movable to any
place on the screen. You can grab
it from its “TOOLS” title and drag it
wherever it suits for you. You can
also rotate the bar by pressing on
the “rotate” button.
With any tool (except the eraser) you can press on a line,
rectangle or circle and while you keep pressing it, you
can move it to another place on the screen.
Press the F1 button on the PC’s keyboard or the Close
button on the Tools bar to hide the tools.
Tools
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8. Pen
Press on the pen tool
to write or draw lines
on the screen. You can
write anywhere you
want.
Pen width
Press on the pen width
tool to choose from
three different sizes for
the pen and the outlines
of boxes and circles.
Colour
Press on the colour tool
to choose the colour that
you will use for the pen,
the box or the circle.
Choose between black,
blue and red or pick up
yellow to make your pen
a transparent marker.
Erase
Press on the eraser tool
to choose between the
eraser and the recycle
bin. When you have the
eraser you can press on
anything that you created
with the Tools bar on
the screen and delete it.
Choose the recycle bin to
erase everything in just
one stroke.
Magnifier
Press on the magnifier
tool and then somewhere
on the screen to magnify
that area. Press again
on the magnifier tool to
return to normal view.
Screen
Press the screen tool to
hide everything on the
screen. You can press
on this white screen and
drag it left, right, up or
down to reveal part of
the whiteboard content.
Rectangle
Press the rectangle tool
and choose between a
transparent rectangle
and a filled rectangle.
Then press and drag to
create the rectangle.
Circle
Press the circle tool
and choose between a
transparent circle and a
filled circle. Then press
and drag to create the
circle.
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9. The presentations appear with no text as there needs to be an analysis of
the pictures and a discussion with the Ss in order to ensure that they have
a clear understanding of the story. Ss could be asked to guess and write
what the characters may be thinking.
Press on the ‘play’ button
to hear the recording of
the presentation without
seeing the text. This way
students can benefit from
listening to the text without
having to write or read.
Presentations
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10. Press the ‘show text’ button
for the text to appear.
The sentences / bubbles are highlighted the moment they are heard. When
you are reading the text you have the option of hearing a particular sentence
or word by pressing on that specific part.
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11. Video
When you watch an
animation or video
clip, you can pause
the action with the
“pause” button on the
left side at the bottom.
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12. In some series, the functionality differs. For example in ‘Channel your English’ you
can read the dialogue while watching the video.
If you press the ‘show text’ button you
can see the text of the video, and while
the video is being played the text scrolls
in sync with it.
You can press on the
“duration” bar while
playing the clip or in
pause mode to move to
any part of the animation
or the video clip.
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For young learners,
you can display
the subtitles of the
animation or video clip
by pressing on the
“Subtitles On” button.
Press on the same
button to hide them.
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14. Vocabulary
When the vocabulary of
each lesson appears, all
text is hidden. Press on the
“show text” button to reveal
it and press on the same
button again to hide all text.
Press the “listen” button
next to each picture to listen
to the correct pronunciation
of the word or press on the
picture to go to Flashcard
mode.
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15. Under the picture there is an empty space
for students to write the word. There is no
need to open the Tools bar and pick up
the pen. The flashcard is waiting for your
students with a blue pen ready for writing.
Press on the eraser on the right to clean
the writing area.
When you have finished, you can press on the
“return” button and go back to the vocabulary of
the lesson to pick up another flashcard.
Press on the “play”
button to listen to the
correct pronunciation
of the word. Press on
the “show text” button
to reveal the text and
press on the same
button again to hide it.
Flashcards
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16. If you want to use the
full deck of flashcards
for practice, press on
the “vocabulary index”
button to choose any
word you like from the
complete wordlist.
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17. The pencil symbol found at
the corner of some exercises
indicates personal response
activities guidance to these
activities is provided to
students by the teacher.
All the activities include answers. To display the answers, press on the area
where the answer should be. If you press on an answer again, it will hide itself.
The answer can be a text, a shape, like a circle, or a symbol.
For “Match” activities, press
on the small circles to display
the answers.
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18. When it takes a while to listen to the phrase, a bar is displayed over
the navigation buttons. You can pause the sound or choose to listen to
just a part of the phrase by pressing on the bar.
Listening comprehension
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19. In some activities, you
will see a button with a
question mark next to the
space for each answer.
This is the “justification”
button. Press on it and a
pop up box will appear
containing part of the text
and the justification of
the answer highlighted
for the students.
You can press on this box
and drag it wherever you
want on the screen or just
press anywhere outside the
box to close it.
Justification
For some listening
comprehension activities,
the justification box has a
“play” button attached for
immediate replay.
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20. You can also use the interactive whiteboard as a normal whiteboard in order to write
notes, tips, ideas or whatever else you want for your students.
Press the Notes button on the whiteboard or the
‘F2’ button on the PC’s keyboard and the white
screen will appear.
Notes
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21. You can also use your whiteboard to:
General Tips
Execute effective listening activities, etc
Play songs or videos
Encourage Ss’ participation by allowing them to write what
they have learned
Complete charts
Use the highlighter tool to highlight parts of speech such as
nouns, verbs, etc
Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites
Take notes
Brainstorm
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