Learning About the ActiveBoard

Because of the recent addition of so many ActiveBoards in our school, I spent some time this weekend getting familiar with the ActiveInspire software used with the boards. I quickly realized that it's not easy to figure it out on your own, and then I remembered that my county has a subscription to Atomic Learning. I located the username and password, logged on, and discovered that there are almost two hours worth of tutorials on ActiveInspire. I went through almost all of them! It was a great way to learn the main concepts in an organized manner, and to focus in on the concepts that most interested me. In some cases, I played the tutorial three times. But the tutorials were very brief - not more than two minutes each. So, you can quickly learn about just those aspects of the software that are the most interesting (or most confusing) to you. I now feel much more comfortable with the ActiveInspire application and even created a few flipcharts to use in the future. In addition, I sent an email to our staff, letting them know what I had discovered. Since many have only received an overview and won't get additional training until January, I thought this would be a great way for them to learn a little more in the interim.