ActivOffice

Promethean has released a new application called Promethean ActivOffice, a new tool that adds a range of interactive features to Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

The program embeds a new toolbar within the Microsoft PowerPoint ribbon giving users access to new tools, including additional presentation tools as well as the ability to annotate directly on presentations or conduct simple polls or assessments using Promethean Learner Response Systems (ActivExpression, ActiVote and ActivEngage). Using these Promethean ActivOffice features, presenters can reinforce key content, make presentations more memorable, and engage audiences transforming their experience from being passive listeners to engaged participants.

Currently Promethean ActivOffice is available for Windows® Operating Systems. The program is currently not compatible with MS Office 64x or on Apple® computers. Sorry Mac fans…

ACTIVExpression

These ideas about how to use ActivExpression devices from the Ron Clark Academy in the States seem like great fun and could be 'pinched' for use on your Open Evening.

They show what can be done when you add the flexibility of the device to some ideas to engage the 'kinaesthetic'-focused learners.