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Improving Student Achievement with Promethean’s ActivClassroom Solution
Existing research supports how Promethean’s ActivClassroom solution allows for a learning environment that is centered upon and enables proven effective teaching and learning strategies in the following three areas:

1.	Formative assessment
2.	Student engagement
3.	Ability to teach to different learning styles

These are three valid strategies that we know improve and positively impact student achievement and the Promethean ActivClassroom environment addresses all three of these principals.

The supporting research in PDF format shows how Promethean’s ActivClassroom, when implemented and used correctly, provides an environment that encourages research-based teaching and learning strategies.

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Northshore School District report is in on the success of its Challenge Project Grant.

The Challenge Project Grant for the Northshore School District in WA has provided district teachers with technology that has revolutionized their classrooms including Promethean ActivBoards, projectors and document cameras. The purpose of the evaluation is to determine the extent to which teachers have implemented the technology provided by the grant into their classrooms and to determine the extent to which the use of the equipment has the potential to positively impact teaching and learning.

Findings from the Challenge Project evaluation include:

1.	Teachers are using the equipment at high rates;
2.	Use of the technology provided as part of this project is largely intuitive and serves as a bridge between old and new technologies;
3.	Teachers are using the equipment at a rate of 6:1 more than the students;
4.	Teachers and evaluators concur that the presence and use of the equipment has 6. positively changed teachers, instructional practices;
5.	Teachers are convinced that the presence and use of the equipment has positively changed the rate and quality of student learning;
6.	Initial hands-on training about how to use the equipment and on-going site-embedded professional development are important in the successful implementation of the project.

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Interactive Teaching & Learning Using the ActivBoard A report by Elizabeth Whiting, Deer Park Elementary Elizabeth Whiting, second grade teacher and masters candidate answers the questions: How does the use of the interactive whiteboard promote interactive teaching and learning? How does the use of the ActivBoard support instructional strategies that lead to the development of literacy, problem-solving, creativity and collaboration skills of students? View PDF The Use of an Interactive Whiteboard in Promoting Interactive Teaching and Learning An research report by Diane D. Painter, Ph. D., Elizabeth Whiting and Brenda Wolters, M.A.T. Indepth report of a field test of the use of Promethean's Collaborative Classroom including the ActivBoard, ActivStudio lesson development software and ActiVote assessment tools. The study looks at various instructional strategies from Brabec, Fisher and Pitler (2004) that prove to be effective in promoting student achievement and how this technology can be used to accomplish them. 1. Similarities and Differences. 2. Summarizing and Note-taking. 3. Reinforce Effort and Recognition. 4. Homework and Practice. 5. Linguistic and Non-linguistic learning. 6. Cooperative Learning. 7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback. 8. Generate and Test Hypotheses. From the report, "What will be the future use of interactive whiteboards at our school? The second grade teachers would like to see one in each of their classrooms. It is evident from what they have learned and the lessons they have used and developed that it would be used on a daily basis in all subject areas. Who knows, when we share this report and demonstrate the lessons to the rest of the faculty, there may be a stampede of teachers on their way to the board room to sign up for its use." View PDF Is your district implementing a "backward designed" curriculum? Professional educators often feel the dichotomy between meeting local, state, and national standards and delivering quality instruction that prepares students for standardized tests. If you struggle with this issue, you may have just found the perfect solution for your classroom. Prepared by Traci Redish, Ph.D. Director, Educational Technology Training Center Kennesaw State University, "Backward Design - Applications using the Promethean Collaborative Teaching System," shows how the Promethean Collaborative Classroom can be used to design and deliver instruction that follows the "backward design" approach. View PDF Further Research Links http://www.cobitz.com/active/index.htm Active Classrooms By Christopher I. Cobitz, Ph.D., Denese Byrd, and Daniel A. Cockman, Ed.D. http://dis.shef.ac.uk/eirg/projects/wboards.htm Interactive Whiteboards in learning and teaching in two Sheffield schools: a developmental study. By Philippa Lev http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A4665.cfm The Journal.com: January 2004, Interactive Whiteboard System Creates 'Active Classrooms' for Rural Georgia School System By Mike Gatlin http://www.readingonline.org/ Reading Online Electronic Classroom Section: February 2004, The Digital Whiteboard: A Tool in Early Literacy Instruction By Pamela A. Solvie http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/mabell.html Teachers.Net Gazette: Why Use an Interactive Whiteboard? A Baker's Dozen Reasons! By Dr. Mary Ann Bell http://www.virtuallearning.org.uk/whiteboards/index.html Virtual Learning: Interactive whiteboards: case studies http://www.ucalgary.ca/7Eiejll/volume6/glover.html The Introduction of Interactive Whiteboards into Schools in the United Kingdom: Leaders, Led, and the Management of Pedagogic and Technological Change. By Derek Glover and David Miller, University of Keele