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Activexpression by Promethean

Activexpression
by PrometheanPROMETHEAN has launched a new student response solution called Activexpression. The handheld device allows teachers to create activities, quizzes, and polls-even spontaneously- and students to express themselves through full phrases, symbols, and numbers. A two-way communication feature enables students to share answers with the teacher and their classmates, and allows teachers to give feedback directly to individual students or to the entire class. The software included provides a “question master” to help with the creation of question banks that make use of a full range of response types.

from CDWG…

Offering a Tech Toolkit

Professional development works best when it supports teachers at all levels for an extended time.

Lisa Fratt 

Sarasota’s instructional technology director, Mike Horan, not only bought and installed 3,000 interactive whiteboards in one year, he also trained each teacher extensively to make sure they take full advantage of the tools.  

“We would not have signed the purchase order without a sound plan for [it],” states Mike Horan, Sarasota (Fla.) County Schools instructional-technology director. That “it” he’s talking about is a key piece of many other school projects. No matter where you are located, no matter what technology is being bought, the biggest part of all these projects just might be the least discussed.

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mkLotus at West Coast Green

It’s here!

We got to take a sneak peek at Michelle Kaufmann’s new green prefab creation, mkLotus, on Wednesday evening. It’s sitting right on the lawn in front of the Civic Center in downtown San Francisco as part of West Coast Green and it will be there through Sunday.

If you live in or around SF, we highly recommend that you swing by and take a look. It really is quite stunning. (Just remember, to tour the inside of the house you will need a West Coast Green Conference pass).

It’s 700 sq-feet but manages to feel spacious. And, best of all, it has just about every green material and green technology you can imagine incorporated into the design.

Solar panels, a green roof, rainwater catchment, LED lighting — you name it. Oh, and there’s a PG&E-provided plug-in hybrid out back.

Check back here today and tomorrow for more on all that’s happening at West Coast Green.