Ipads and Promethean/ProjectorsDr. Craig Waddell

HSD Technology Fair 2014

Saturday, September 6, 2014

A Promethean Board…

• Has three separate, distinct, components:1. A third-party projector,

2. A smart board, and

3. ActivInspire software

The smart board is just a really fancy/expensive mouse

ActivInspirePowerPoint

IpadDesktop Annotate

Hyperlinks

Word

PDFs

MousePen

Wireless Presenter

Presentation Software

ActivInspire• Presentation Tools

(e.g., ruler, timer, reveal)• Superior Annotation

with PDF save/print• ActiVote/ActivExpressions• Snapshot Tool• Desktop Annotate

PowerPoint• Easier/Faster (for me)• Presentation/design

templates• Animation• Tables• Hyperlinks• Device Independence

I use both almost daily

Leveraging Tools

• ActivInspire for prepared, annotated presentations• PowerPoint for prepared canned presentations

(especially from home)• ActivInspire’s Desktop Annotate for ad hoc

annotation on PowerPoint presentations• AirServer for IpadPC presentations/displays• Doceri for bidirectional IpadPC support• TeamViewer for distance learning

SOFTWARE DEMOS FOLLOW...