The document outlines various uses of a Promethean board at Marshall Middle School, emphasizing its role in actively engaging students in learning activities. Key applications include displaying videos, PowerPoint presentations, facilitating brainstorming sessions, interactive educational games, and conducting webquests. The use of the Promethean board enhances interactivity and allows for simultaneous online engagement.

1. Promethean Board
Dawn Baniewicz-Press
Marshall Middle School

2. Using a Promethean Board
• Allows students to be actively
engaged in their learning.
• Students are not only listening and
observing activities, they are
physically participating in the
lessons.
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3. Uses of a Promethean Board
• Videos ~ Students are able to
watch clips or entire videos.
• Power Points ~ Teachers and
students are able to display Power
Point presentations on the
Promethean Board.
• Note taking ~ Notes can be
premade and displayed on the
Promethean Board.
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5. Uses of a Promethean Board
• Brainstorming ~ The Promethean
Board allows students and teachers
to brainstorm ideas and save the
activity. It also allows teachers to
provide every student with a copy
of the activity.
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6. Uses of a Promethean Board
• Games ~ Students are able to play
interactive educational games.
Using special hand controls,
Jeopardy games can reach new
levels. Students are able to
anonymously compete with each
other.
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8. Uses of a Promethean Board
• Webquests ~ Activities that
require students to obtain
information online, usually with
specific websites. As well as
obtaining specific information.
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10. Uses of a Promethean Board
• Interactive lessons ~ Students are
able to get up and use the
Promethean Board. This enables
students to work online and use the
board simultaneously.
• PhET, from the University of
Colorado and FOSSweb are two
interactive websites
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11. Uses of a Promethean Board
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit
/tectonics/#
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