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=** Scope of Project ** = The scope of this project is for elementary classroom teachers to use interactive whiteboards and effectively integrate them into the curriculum. The program teachers will be using is ActivInspire Primary on their Promethean Board.

The primary audience will be K-3 teachers with an administrator and guidance counselor. This is the reason for the program to be taught using the Primary look and feel. Using this version will help teachers integrate the program better into their elementary classrooms.

The delivery strategy will be classroom based with technology. Trainees will learn the program hands-on led by the instructor using the mobile lab that is provided by the school district.

The course will continue over a 3-4 sessions, each being an hour long and will depend on the experience of the group. Since the trainings will be held during individual grade level meetings, some will be shorter or longer depending on the background each grade level brings. In between sessions, trainees will be expected to explore and implement what was taught during that session. In the end, each trainee will create an original flipchart using a unit of study from the district’s curriculum.

Course Objectives
The trainee will: Remediation if the skills cannot be learned:
 * 1) Use the ActivInspire Primary dashboard to import files onto a flipchart for presentation purposes.
 * 2) Create a new flipchart using the main tool box.
 * 3) Demonstrate knowledge of inserting, deleting, grouping, and duplicating text, shapes, and objects on their flipchart.
 * 4) Format their flipchart by inserting and deleting pages, inserting resources, using grids, and creating page notes.
 * 5) Utilize the tool box for adding special effects and special tools to enhance their flipchart for educational and presentation purposes. These tools include but are not limited to the camera, clock, tickertape, handwriting and shape recognition, dice roller, and calculator.
 * 6) Demonstrate knowledge of actions and interactions by creating and adding containers, restrictors, labels, page actions, object actions, and voting actions to enhance their flipchart for educational purposes.
 * 7) Demonstrate knowledge of browsers by using the page browser, resource browser, object browser, notes browser, property browser, action browser, and voting browser to enhance their flipchart.
 * 8) Create a customized profile to fit their individual needs when it comes to creating a flipchart that is engaging and student centered.
 * If the teachers are having difficulty learning a skill that is necessary for instructing their students, another lesson will be taught to them during their planning time.

Costs
The actual training will be $25/hour for 4 hours training with each grade level. This comes out to be $400. There will also be OJT for one full cycle week for the trainer to visit individual teachers during their planning to answer any questions and to assist them with any individual needs. At a sub rate of $90/day, this comes to $540. Also, all the trainings will be held during grade level meetings which are during the contracted school day. The training sessions will be short, however there will be many throughout the year.

The only other cost will be about 10 reams of paper for photocopies of individual lessons and modules of ActivInspire Primary. The cost to the district is about thirty dollars. This brings the total to $970. The course will be laid out into topics similar to the course objectives. It will be in a classroom setting with the use of an interactive whiteboard, in this case a Promethean Board and each trainee will have a laptop to work on with ActivInspire already downloaded.
 * Delivery **

Class #1:
 * Use of the dashboard
 * Create a new flipchart
 * Adding, deleting, duplicating, and grouping text, shapes, and objects

Class #2: Class #3:
 * Inserting and deleting pages, inserting resources, using grids, and creating page notes.
 * Using the tool box for adding special effects and special tools.


 * Containers, restrictors, page actions, voting actions, object actions
 * Page browser, resource browser, object browser, notes browser, property browser, action browser, and voting browser

Class #4:
 * Profiles
 * Review
 * Creating the OJT schedule

Outline
1. ActivInspire Primary Dashboard > b. Import from SMART NoteBook > c. Promethean Planet > d. Configure > e. Opening in Studio Look and Feel > f. Closing the Dashboard
 * a. Import from Powerpoint

2. Creating a New Flipchart > b. Opening and viewing a flipchart > c. Saving your flipchart
 * a. Using the Main Tool Box

3. Adding and Deleting Texts and Objects > b. Adding/Deleting shapes > c. Changing the size of a shape > d. Changing an object’s shape > e. Grouping and ungrouping objects > f. Copying, pasting and duplicating objects > g. Cutting and pasting > h. Adding labels
 * a. Adding/Deleting text

4. Formatting the Flipchart > b. Inserting a snapshot of your > desktop > c. Inserting resources > d. Adding a resource to the > resource library > e. Using grids > f. Showing and hiding grids > g. Using the grid designer > h. Creating page notes > i. Saving and printing > j. Publishing flipcharts
 * a. Inserting and deleting pages

5. Adding and Deleting Media to the Flipchart > b. Adding and deleting links > c. Adding sound to your flipchart > d. Inserting a movie 6. Using Tools
 * a. Adding an image to a flipchart

> b. Using desktop tools > c. Using the camera > d. Using the clock > e. Using handwriting recognition > f. Using shape recognition > g. Using magic ink > h. Using tickertape > i. Using the revealer > j. Using the on-screen keyboard > k. Using the spotlight > l. Using teacher lock > m. Using the dice roller > n. Using the calculator > o. Using the ruler > p. Using the protractor > q. Using the compass > r. Setting the XY origin > s. Using the connector tool > t. Using the screen recorder > u. Spell-checking your flipchart
 * a. Annotating over the desktop

7. Adding Action and Interactions > b. Creating restrictors > c. Introducing layers > d. Stacking objects > e. Adding labels > f. Adding a command action > g. Adding a page action > h. Adding an object action > i. Adding a voting action > j. Using drag and drop > k. Using express poll > l. Using the question wizard 8. Browsers > b. Using the resource browser > c. Using the object browser > d. Using the object browser > e. Using the notes browser > f. Using the property browser > g. Using the action browser > h. Using the voting browser
 * a. Creating containers
 * a. Using the page browser

9. Resource Browsers > b. Inserting a resource into the resource library > c. Importing resource packs > d. Exporting resource packs
 * a. Inserting templates

10. Creating the Profile > b. Customizing the layout > c. Customizing the Main Toolbox
 * a. Changing your profile
 * d. Defining your own buttons

Learning Components
Each class will take approximately one hour to teach. This is the amount of time grade levels have in the morning for planning and professional development. In addition to the classes, Melissa Gantz, with the help from Karen Sipe (SME), will conduct individual lessons to teachers that need additional support. This time will come from that teacher’s individual planning in the morning as well as the planning time for Melissa Gantz.

During the class, trainees will have learning activities and instructional games to test their skills and knowledge of what they have learned. This will guide the instructor to know what skills need to be taught further in depth for the trainees to be able to reach the application stage of learning. The trainer would need a case of paper for photocopying modules, lessons, evaluations, and exit slips for the trainees. The trainer and trainees would also need a Promethean Board and 6 laptops (one for each trainee during one session) with a network connection to save work. Each trainee needs to come prepared with a different unit of study from the district’s curriculum guide. This will be the framework for creating their flipchart. In the end, each grade level will be able to share 6 flipcharts for instructional use.
 * Materials **

Administration and Evaluation
The course will be administered by Melissa Gantz with the help of Karen Sipe, the district’s technology coordinator. The evaluations will be actual flipcharts that teachers will create based on a subject matter of their choice as it directly relates to the curriculum. Melissa Gantz will maintain the learning records and pacing of each grade level, depending on the groups’ knowledge, skill, and attitude. At the end of the course Melissa Gantz, with the help of Larry Sanders (building principal), will perform the summative evaluation. The summative evaluation will include performance skills from ActivInspire as well as creating an original flipchart using specific tools from the program. Miscellaneous Resources used: [] I used this website to create the framework of the training. This helped me with the scope and sequence.