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Camp Promethean 2022
July 14, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 8:00 pm EDT
Camp Promethean is our annual day of free, virtual professional development for teachers across the globe. Camp Promethean sessions are led by our Education Consultant team, and we offer a wide variety of courses designed to help teachers best utilize the Promethean tools in the classroom in relevant, cutting-edge ways. Sessions include ActivInspire, ClassFlow, Promethean’s Classroom Essential Apps, STEM, ActivPanel Orientations and more. Sessions are held each hour on the hour, and attendees can choose from several different sessions that are being offered each hour.
In addition, we will have fun-filled games and prizes including gift cards and Distance Learning Bundles!
Featured keynote
Ron Clark
Known to many as “America’s Educator,” Ron Clark is the 2000 Disney American Teacher of the Year, a two-time New York Times Bestselling author, the subject of a television movie and the founder of the Ron Clark Academy. Ron is regularly featured on network and cable television (The Today Show, CNN and Oprah,) and was dubbed by Ms. Winfrey as her first “Phenomenal Man.”
Ron Clark brings charisma, energy and devotion to the education profession. Ron pioneered innovative projects in rural North Carolina working with students in a low wealth area. His highly effective programs garnered national attention in 1995 and led to a White House invitation to be honored by the President of the United States.
Ron Clark’s personality is marked by a sense of challenge and adventure. Upon watching a television piece chronicling low test scores and the lack of teachers in inner-city New York, Ron packed his car and moved to Harlem. After being warned by the principal that his class was the least disciplined group she had seen in years, Ron prepared himself by visiting the home of each student before the first day of school. Ron Clark involved his students in projects in the city and state, and his “low achievers” soon began to excel; and by the end of the year, their scores were higher than the “gifted” classes in his district.
Camp Promethean sessions
All session times are in EDT
9:00 – 10:00
Intro to ActivInspire
Get prepared for your first space mission by learning your way around our beloved software, ActivInspire. We’ll cover the basics and get you up and running! This session is suitable for beginner ActivInspire users.
9:00 – 10:00
Intro to Classroom Essential Apps
Consider Promethean’s Classroom Essential Apps your new oxygen pack. Explore the countless built-in tools within your ActivPanel like Annotate, Spinner, Timer, and Whiteboard, to name a few. Learn tips and best practices to engage students of any grade level or content area. This session is suitable for all levels.
9:00 – 10:00
Best Practices: Customization Mission Control
Break out the arts and crafts and customize your ActivPanel! Use ActivInspire to create out-of-this-world backgrounds and adapt across various content/curriculum areas. This session is suitable for all levels.
9:00 – 10:00
Intro to the Elements Series ActivPanel
Learn how to navigate your Elements Series ActivPanel. In this session we will explore the Unified Menu and demonstrate tips to help you to quickly start engaging your students.
10:00 – 11:00
ClassFlow: Introduction to ClassFlow
Suit up and get ready for your first space walk…the ClassFlow space that is. Come learn the key features of our web-based, lesson delivery software, ClassFlow. This session is suitable for beginner and intermediate ActivInspire/ClassFlow users.
10:00 – 11:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Creating Whiteboard Activities
Creating quick and engaging activities with the Promethean Whiteboard App is easier than learning your bunk mate’s card trick. Perfect for warm-ups, multiple users, stations, and more. This session is suitable for all users.
10:00 – 11:00
Best Practices: Innovative Ways to use the Spinner and Timer
Plot the coordinates of a space mission, how long does it take ice cream to melt in space? The Promethean Spinner App, Timer App, and the ActivInspire Timer can give you innovative tools for doing more than the typical tasks. This session is suitable for all levels.
10:00 – 11:00
What’s New at Promethean?
Getting a new ActivPanel this fall? Love to hear the latest and greatest news in classroom technology? Come hear about what’s new at Promethean! This session is suitable for all levels.
11:00 – 12:00
ActivInspire: Gathering Instructional Resources
Load up your toolbox with instructional materials from the Resource Library or utilize your existing resources to give your students an out-of-this-world experience. Get ready to start using your new ActivInspire resources right away! This session is suitable for all levels.
11:00 – 12:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Gamify the Promethean Classroom
Engage your students with some healthy competition through gamification. Multi-user mode, spinner, timer, and more can get your students collaborating with your content in a fun way! This session is suitable for all levels.
11:00 – 12:00
Best Practices: Student Led Missions with ScreenShare
Calling all space campers! It is time to take the stage and showcase our work. Learn how ScreenShare can be used to generate instructional content to be used by the whole space crew. This session is suitable for all levels.
11:00 – 12:00
Love is Lost Part 1: Experience the Escape Room
Come experience an interactive escape room with Promethean’s very own Education Consultants! Watch as players work together to solve the puzzles and try different codes to open up the various locks. You’ll see as players progress through the game that there are variety of locks, ranging from physical lock boxes to interactive games on the ActivPanel with hidden clues!
12:00 – 1:00
ActivInspire: Tips & Tricks for Interactive Lessons
Ready for the blast-off? Learn quick and easy ways to make your content even more interactive with ActivInspire showstoppers like Rub & Reveal, Magic Ink, Drag a Copy, and more. This session is suitable for all levels.
12:00 – 1:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Create an Alien
NASA called and wants you to create an alien for their new space mission. Use the Promethean Whiteboard App in combination with other resources to facilitate a research-based alien project. This session is suitable for all users.
12:00 – 1:00
Best Practices: Sketchnoting with Students
Grab a seat in the space lab and learn the brain science behind sketchnoting, how to get started, and how Promethean can add to the experience with the ActivPanel whiteboard, annotate tool, and software. This session is suitable for all levels.
12:00 – 1:00
Love is Lost Part 2: How to Build an Escape Room
Now that you have experienced the escape room, come learn how you can create your very own that you could use with your students. Come see how the escape room was planned and learn about the online puzzles, digital locks, and physical locks that were used throughout the challenge. Escape rooms are a great way to increase student engagement and get them up and moving!
1:00 – 2:00
KEYNOTE
KEYNOTE
CREATIVITY, PASSION AND RESILIENCE!
Ron Clark shares inspiring stories and key strategies to uplift and motivate all educators. The methods shared include leveraging your Promethean ActivPanel to support engaging activities and giving teachers the tools to help all of their students achieve high levels of success.
2:00 – 3:00
ClassFlow: Gathering Instructional Resources
Load up your toolbox with instructional materials from the ClassFlow Marketplace or utilize your existing resources to give your students an out-of-this-world experience. Get ready to start using your new ClassFlow resources right away! This session is suitable for all levels.
2:00 – 3:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Make Thinking Visible
Beam me up Scotty! Explore how the ideas presented in the book The Power of Making Thinking Visible can be combined with the Promethean Essential Classroom Apps in all subject areas. This session is suitable for all users.
2:00 – 3:00
Best Practices: SEL with Technology: Teaching Our Students to Work Together Again
Every space mission requires a cohesive team. Join us for tips on how to foster social and emotional learning with the use of Promethean technology.
2:00 – 3:00
What’s New at Promethean?
Getting a new ActivPanel this fall? Love to hear the latest and greatest news in classroom technology? Come hear about what’s new at Promethean! This session is suitable for all levels.
3:00 – 4:00
ActivInspire: Virtual Field Trips/Scavenger Hunts
Every astronaut needs to plan for every mission. Use tools in ActivInspire to learn map skills/geography, problem solving, and team building. This session is suitable for all users.
3:00 – 4:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Accommodating Exceptional Students
All astronauts need individualized tools to perform their space duties. Learn how to use the Whiteboard App and Timer App to accommodate the needs of exceptional students. This session is suitable for all levels.
3:00 – 4:00
Best Practices: Discover the Secrets of ActivInspire
Did you know that you can import PDFs and other files in to ActivInspire? Did you know that you can upload ActivInspire flipcharts in to ClassFlow to be utilized by any digital device? Did you know that you can customize the Main Toolbox of ActivInspire? Let’s gather around the campfire and learn some of the components of ActivInspire that may be not-so-secret after all. This session is suitable for all users.
3:00 – 4:00
Intro to the Element Series ActivPanel
Learn how to navigate your Elements Series ActivPanel. In this session we will explore the Unified Menu and demonstrate tips to help you to quickly start engaging your students.
4:00 – 5:00
ClassFlow: Polling
Keep in close contact with your team while walking on the moon with ClassFlow polling. Engage with an easy way to check students’ comprehension, gather opinions, ideas, or suggestions, focus attention, and gather formative data with ClassFlow Polling. This session is suitable for all users of ClassFlow.
4:00 – 5:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Mornings with Promethean
Even space camp starts with a great morning. Kick-off your morning by using the Promethean Whiteboard App to create a morning meeting that fits right into the social and emotional learning trend. This session is suitable for all levels.
4:00 – 5:00
Best Practices: Incorporating AR/VR with ScreenShare
Train for a space walk with AR/VR. Bring a whole new level of engagement to your classroom by utilizing ScreenShare with your favorite AR/VR resources. This session is suitable for all levels.
4:00 – 5:00
What’s New at Promethean?
Getting a new ActivPanel this fall? Love to hear the latest and greatest news in classroom technology? Come hear about what’s new at Promethean! This session is suitable for all levels.
5:00 – 6:00
ActivInspire: Hide-and-Seek with ActivInspire
Uncover the secrets of space by utilizing ActivInspire’s interactive tools. We’ll cover transparency, the revealer tool, and learn how to build magic erasers! This session is suitable for beginner ActivInspire users.
5:00 – 6:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Brain Breaks
Even the brain needs to space-out once in a while. The Promethean Essential Classroom Apps provide great ways to create innovative breaks for the brain. This session is suitable for all levels.
5:00 – 6:00
Best Practices to Maximize the Functionality of Your Promethean ActivPanel
Nobody likes a slow spaceship. Learn how to maximize the functionality of your ActivPanel with Cloud Connect, Settings, and more. This session is suitable for all levels.
5:00 – 6:00
Experience Symphony Classroom with Merlyn
Join us to meet the most innovative digital assistant for teachers, Merlyn Mind. Learn how Merlyn Mind and the power of the Symphony Classroom can help teachers free up time in their classrooms using their voice or remote.
6:00 – 7:00
ActivInspire/ClassFlow: Introduction to Activities
Mission Possible! Learn how to gamify your content by creating Activities in ClassFlow and ActivInspire. This session is suitable for beginner and intermediate ActivInspire/ClassFlow users.
6:00 – 7:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Creating Whiteboard Activities
Creating quick and engaging activities with the Promethean Whiteboard App is easier than learning your bunk mate’s card trick. Perfect for warm-ups, multiple users, stations, and more. This session is suitable for all users.
6:00 – 7:00
Best Practices: ActivInspire
Ever wonder if there is a better way to do something in ActivInspire? This session will review some known/lesser known tips to get the most out of your interactive software! Learn how to make your life easier, increase student engagement, and raise your teaching level so you’re not just substituting with technology. Basic knowledge of ActivInspire is suggested. This session is suitable for all levels.
6:00 – 7:00
Love is Lost Part 1: Experience the Escape Room
Come experience an interactive escape room with Promethean’s very own Education Consultants! Watch as players work together to solve the puzzles and try different codes to open up the various locks. You’ll see as players progress through the game that there are variety of locks, ranging from physical lock boxes to interactive games on the ActivPanel with hidden clues!
7:00 – 8:00
ActivInspire: Tips & Tricks for Advanced Interactive Lessons
Customize Misson Control with containers, restrictors, and labels. This session is suitable for advanced ActivInspire users.
7:00 – 8:00
Classroom Essential Apps: Goal Setting and Reflection
Prepare for those space experiments by utilizing the Capture App, split screen, and the Whiteboard App on the panel to streamline goal setting and action in order to manage tasks efficiently. This session is suitable for all levels.
7:00 – 8:00
Best Practices: A Virtual Journey with Literature
Ready to curl up in your tent with a good book? Learn how to utilize virtual reality experiences in conjunction with Promethean solutions to enhance the engagement of a literature curriculum. This session is suitable for all levels.
7:00 – 8:00
Love is Lost Part 2: How to Build an Escape Room
Now that you have experienced the escape room, come learn how you can create your very own that you could use with your students. Come see how the escape room was planned and learn about the online puzzles, digital locks, and physical locks that were used throughout the challenge. Escape rooms are a great way to increase student engagement and get them up and moving!