promethean technical audio conference broward county public schools march 24, 2010

Promethean Technical Audio Conference

Broward County Public SchoolsMarch 24, 2010

Agenda• Wiki

• Installation

• Technical Support

• ActivDriver Update

• ActivHardware Update

• ActivInspire vs. ActivStudio Update

• End of Year TLC conference

• Professional Development/Lesson Building Questions

Broward Promethean Wikihttp://browardpromethean.pbworks.com

Installation

• The district now contracts Quality directly to install all Promethean ActivClassrooms, so you will need to contact them to schedule all installations – Modified Digital Classrooms – call in a Remedy

Ticket– Purchased using school funds – complete

Communications Work Order which is done through CAB

Technical Support• First point of contact – Promethean Technical

Support– Telephone: 888-65-ACTIV, option #3– Knowledgebase Website –

http://us.prometheankb.com/• If issue isn’t resolved – call in a Remedy Ticket– Ex: need to replace electronics on the board

• Technical Troubleshooting Training– May 20, 2010– Train district staff to offer more support

internally

ActivHardware Update

• What works with what???• 3 versions of ActivBoards in district– ActivBoard version 1 (need product code)• Boards sold prior to 2006

– Will have black oval in upper left corner

– AB78 Activ Board (or ProActiv Board)• Boards sold 2006 to mid-2009

– AB100/AB300/AB300Pro Series• All boards sold mid-2009 to present

Infrared ActivBoard• These will have a larger black oval in the upper-

left corner of the board (about 5 inches)• Will work with ActivInspire and ActivStudio• Cannot upgrade to ActivArena (dual-user)• IR ActivSlate/ActiVotes cannot register directly to

the new boards – will need the old ActiVote shaped hub to connect

• Will work with 2.4 GHz devices (ActivSlate, ActiVotes, ActivExpressions)– The 2.4GHz devices register to a black USB ActivHub,

not to the board

AB78 ActivBoard/ProActiv Board

AB78 ActivBoard/ProActiv Board

• May say ActivBoard or ProActiv Board at the top• Have a built-in IR sensor to work with the AV2

ActiVotes and ActivSlate XR without a hub• Can be upgraded to ActivArena (dual-user)• Will work with ActivInspire and ActivStudio• Will work with 2.4 GHz devices (ActivSlate,

ActiVotes, ActivExpressions)– The 2.4GHz devices register to a black USB ActivHub,

not to the board

AB100, AB300, AB378 Series

AB100, AB300, AB300Pro Series

• IR ActivSlate/ActiVotes cannot register directly to the new boards – will need the old ActiVote shaped hub to connect

• Can be upgraded to ActivArena (dual-user)• Will work with ActivInspire and ActivStudio• Will work with 2.4 GHz devices (ActivSlate,

ActiVotes, ActivExpressions)– The 2.4GHz devices register to a black USB

ActivHub, not to the board

ActivDriver

• Current version can be found on service desk – 5.2.7

• Needs to be installed for computers using all new ActivBoards – AB100 series– AB300 series– AB300Pro series

• Included in ActivInspire installation files• Separate for ActivStudio installation

ActivHubs

Infrared Technology 2.4 GHz Radio Technology

ActiVotes

• 2 versions– AV2• Infrared technology• mid-2008 and earlier

– AV3• 2.4 GHz radio frequency• mid-2008 to present

ActiVote AV2

Registers directly to the AB78 boards (proActiv or ActivBoard)

Can also register to an ActiVote-shaped hub to work without a Promethean board or with the older IR ActivBoards

No symbol betweenred and green lights on the device.

ActiVote AV3

Registers to the black USB ActivHub

Will work with any version of Promethean board. Will also work with another brand of interactive whiteboard or simply with a computer and an LCD projector.

Has wireless symbol between red and green lights at the top of the device.

ActivSlate

ActivExpressions

• Will work with any ActivBoard• Register to the 2.4 GHz ActivHub– Can be used with any computer

• Other IWB brands• ActivSlate/other brand of tablet• Computer w/ LCD projector

• Software– Expression Edition Software (non-Intel based

computers)– ActivInspire (recommended)

ActivExpressions – Self Paced

• ActivExpressions can be upgraded to self-paced mode

• Allow students to work at their own pace• Level questions to differentiate instruction• Upgrading the devices – www.prometheanplanet.com/selfpacedlearning

ActivStudio/ActivInspire

• District-wide license for both applications as of January 2010

• ActivInspire needs an Intel processor– Cannot be used on iBook G4 computers

• Recommended to upgrade if possible – ActivStudio will no longer be updated

• ActivInspire can open ActivStudio files, but ActivStudio will not open ActivInspire files

End of Year TLC Conference

• District has asked Promethean to participate at the event at Rock Island PDC in May

• We will provide more in-depth information on software and products

• ActivInspire version 1.4 updates

Lesson Building Questions

• Promethean Planet Forum – www.prometheanplanet.com/forum– Communicate with the 500,000+ members of the

Promethean Planet website• Encourage attendance at district trainings and

learning communities– Promethean conference on CAB (under Instructional

Resources/Interactive Whiteboards)• 3-day summer conference information to be

shared in coming weeks

Promethean Contact Information• Steve LeBoeuf – Area Sales Manager

– Steven.leboeuf@prometheanworld.com– (954) 707-7386

• Kim Jurczak – Teaching and Learning Consultant– Kim.jurczak@prometheanworld.com– (754) 224-0005

• Mark Hofmann – Sales Agent for Southern Broward County– Millennium Technology Group– mhofmann@mtgtechservices.com– (954) 604-1254

• Robb Yasenka – Sales Agent for Northern Broward County– Engaged Learning Solutions– ryasenka@engagedlearningsolutions.com– (954) 494-2629