Activsoftware Inspire Edition is taking center stage at FETC 2009. The next generation of interactive whiteboard software from Promethean is set to revolutionize teaching and learning with an exciting range of functionality intuitively packaged into a single platform. Primary or secondary; Windows, Mac or Linux; Activboard or quite simply, any interactive whiteboard—Activsoftware Inspire Edition is the only software needed to take teaching environments to new levels of excitement and engagement.
Promethean is offering all members of its online global teaching community, Promethean Planet, the opportunity to be among the first to preview a special edition of Activsoftware Inspire Edition by downloading a unique pre-release version from www.prometheanplanet.com/activsoftware completely free of charge, prior to the official global launch in March. Educators who are not Promethean Planet members can register at www.prometheanplanet.com.
Activsoftware Inspire Edition is fun, friendly and relentlessly versatile. Combining the very best of Promethean’s Activstudio and Activprimary software with new and enhanced functionalities, Activsoftware Inspire Edition will take the teaching and interactivity of Activclassrooms to the next level.
Created by teachers for teachers, the intuitive and user-friendly design of Activsoftware Inspire Edition offers educators greater flexibility from a single software solution—incorporating Promethean’s award-winning user interface—while maintaining separate, age-specific platforms for a unique and inspiring classroom experience.
Users have the ability to customize their whole Activsoftware Inspire Edition experience from choosing which interface they want to interact with—opting for the familiar bright and inviting skin for primary ages or a sophisticated, modern skin for learners 11 years and beyond—to customizing toolbars and saving multiple user profiles for different teachers, subjects or year-groups. Activsoftware Inspire Edition allows educators to style the layout and operation of the software to suit their teaching and comfort levels.
The possibilities for personalizing lessons are endless. Extended access to a vast library of resources via Promethean Planet offers a bounty of ready-to-use flipcharts, backgrounds, images, shapes and activities. In addition to the unique tools offered in previous Promethean software, Activsoftware Inspire Edition gives even more opportunity to personalize lesson content with new, innovative tools and numerous enhancements to existing functions. Teachers can integrate media players into storytelling exercises—images and audio can be instantly imported and snapshots edited, allowing students to use the images and present the story in their own words.
Activsoftware Inspire Edition has also been designed to make life much easier in the classroom. For quick lesson-building, educators can choose from a variety of themed templates, search for resources more easily in the improved browsing tabs and now tools can be dragged onto flipcharts, while shortcuts can be embedded within pages to enable actions to be applied instantly. Straightforward navigation accessibility and a bit of extra comfort are realized in a toolbar that updates automatically with the most-frequently and last-used tools. Existing resources, even if they’re from different interactive whiteboard software, can be used in Activsoftware Inspire Edition: PowerPointTM resources can be imported, too.
What’s more, all of Promethean’s Activclassroom technologies are fully integrated into the software, Learner Response Systems can now be seamlessly incorporated into lessons and true real-time collaboration is achieved with dual-input capability of the Activboard or by using an Activslate from anywhere in the classroom (subject to hardware compatibility).
The new software doesn’t mean educators have to change the way they teach—it will however, save time and effort and allow them to focus on their students and teaching. To support the transition to Activsoftware Inspire Edition, Promethean is offering free conversion courses to existing users. This exciting new portfolio of professional development is designed to suit interactive whiteboard users of any level and experience.
Here at FETC, Promethean is launching a special pre-release edition of Activsoftware Inspire Edition, which will be completely free to download and explore until March. At that time, everyone can enjoy the benefits of Activsoftware Inspire Personal Edition at no cost, and all existing users of Promethean’s previous software—Activstudio and Activprimary—will be entitled to a free upgrade to the latest edition of Activsoftware Inspire Professional Edition. New customers will be able to purchase the full version for a promotional fee of only $99.
Promethean at www.prometheanplanet.com/activlearning or booth 513 for more information.
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