Organisational issues

Dear students.

due to the virus crisis, it is almost certain we will not see each other face to face in this term any more. Nevertheless, we managaed to cover the most important topics, setting at least the basis to your projects.

Therefore, the credit requirements stand (apart from lessons participation), including the deadline, as descibed in the first blog entry of this semester.
EDIT: Do not send the projects by email, as you will block my ujep account. The project must be available form a permanent online shared drive - e.g. google drive, dropbox etc. (not uschovna). Just send me the link and/or the password :)

Please feel free to contact me by email any time to ask for help, or send your projects under construction for feedback and advice.
If you read this, pls write your name into the blog comment - just as a fast feedback for me to see how far this message got. And of course, please inform your colleagues :)

I wish you all good luck.
JP


To make things easier to find, I wil not add any more entries to this blog - if you search for more, please scroll down to the previous entries and find detailed instructions and tips to various topics and issues.

Interactive Board for Beginners

No matter what IWB software you use, some basics remain identical - both from the points of view of technology and methodology.

IN THE CLASS:
Explore Activ Inspire and Smart Notebook, try the basic functions, get the feeling of both softwares.
Follow the list of compulsory items below and practice these basic skills both in Activ and Smart.

Browse some shared interactive board materials, to get an idea :)
http://www.veskole.cz/
http://www.jazykyinteraktivne.cz/
http://www.pekarjeucitelonline.cz/
http://www.gymnaziainteraktivne.cz/
http://www.activucitel.cz/

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When creating IWB material, focus on offering:

• INPUT
• PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES
• CREATIVE TASKS
• HIGH QUALITY FEEDBACK

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Homework
1. Check the specifications of Smart Board (*.notebook files) and Active Inspire (*.flipchart files).
Look here:
AV Media
Promethean Planet
2. Install both softwares into your PC. Follow the instructions given in the lesson.
3. Continue working on your project.
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What can we use the Interactive Board Material for?

1. To identify the purpose of the material:
Intro – topic, aim, target group
Source – textbook
Credits

2. To identify the resources:
References – texts, audio, images resources (last page)
create your own images!

3. To suggest how to use the material:
– create a Teacher’s book (could be in side notes, or in the last page, or hidden within each page)
– instructions to tasks (focus on organization, variability)

4. To enable easy navigation: Insert links
In Activ Inspire - use commands "Another page" and "Open a website"
In Smart - right click at the object, use "Odkaz"

5. To use visual and auditory input: insert images, audio and video
In Active Inspire: go to Resource Browser (the symbol of 2 music notes)
In Smart: go to Gallery (the symbol of a picture)
In both: download an image, and drag it to the chosen page

6. To integrate games and animations into a lesson:
Explore the resourcepacks
Modify Flash animations (Smart)
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Interactive Board Project compulsory items:
- teacher book with target group, objectives and instructions on the use of your material
- enough functional and effective visual support (images, graphics, illustrations)
- a listening task (+ audio with tapescript)
- a reading task
- a speaking task
- feedback to all tasks
- links to T's Book from all pages (and links back!)
- active URLs (with tasks)
- a link to a youtube video - focused on the topic, with tasks!
- enough space for the students'work
- a page with all references


You can find examples and instructional files online, and also at http://prekladani.capsa.cz
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Project Tips:

1. Explore the imbedded galleries. Look also for animations!

2. Create activities to practise the set of vocabulary you chose for your project. For each task, include the feedback; a good tip is to duplicate the page, and solve the exercise there.

3. Use the last pages as T's book - write there the standard info (topic, target group) and methodological instructions for the Teacher. Link the T's book to the first page and vice versa.

4. Do you know how to get the IWB material online?
Tip: if the file is too big to be put into webzdarma directly, save it into some permanent online space (e.g. dropbox) and enter the link into your web.

Ucit se je radost

Promethean Planet: Examples of IWB tasks
Youtube tutorials
How to use Containers
Multiple Containers
How to make a magic box
Creating Action Objects
Magic revealer window

Lesson Activity Toolkit  - Smart
5 Tips and Trick  - Smart



TIPS:

USING CONTAINERS
1. Text to be moved:
Identification: Name = Panda
Contain: Return if not contained = True

2. Image or a space where to put the text/answer:
Can Contain = Specific object
Contain Object = (Select Object) Panda
Contain Rule = Completely contained

Česká verze:
1. Text (objekt), s nímž se bude pohybovat:
Identifikace: Název = Panda
Kontejner: Vrátit, pokud není obsaženo = Pravda

2. Objekt (obrázek), kam se text/odpověď přesouvá:
Může obsahovat = Konkrétní objekt
Obsažený objekt = (Vybrat objekt) Panda
Pravidlo pro obsah = Úplně obsaženo

Promethean - Activ Board User Guide pdf