OK, I'm feeling left out here. I need some defintions:

Promethean
Inspire
Activestudio
Activprimary

Sounds interesting but related to a different type of interactive =
display
board from my Smartboard. I'm intrigued by making displays of recorders =
and
fingerings. Although I've got a project making "Recorder Dude" for =
display
in my room so it might not matter too much. Still I like to stay close =
to
the curve.

Thanks for the input. I find these messages stimulating.=20


James W Estes
8952 SE Retreat Drive=20
Hobe Sound, FL 33455
772-419-8704
jameswestes@comcast.net

-----Original Message-----
From: list@recorderclassroom.com [mailto:list@recorderclassroom.com] On
Behalf Of Tami Mangusso
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:45 PM
To: Recorder_Classroom
Subject: Re: [RECL]IWB's and recorders


I'll agree that it's getting confusing with Promethean and all the =
different
software versions. I do believe that in due time, Inspire will be =
replacing
the Activstudio and Activprimary software. Right now Inspire is too new =
and
has a lot of glitches. They will be releasing the first update of =
Inspire
on April 1st. I am hoping that it will cut down on the number of =
crashes
that I encounter in a day. I do like how Inspire has the ability to =
switch
the view from "studio" view to "primary" view with just a few clicks. I
also like how Inspire will open up flipcharts that are made in the older
versions. However the older versions cannot open up flipcharts made in
Inspire and the older version will not accept any resource packs that =
are
made in Inspire. Because of this I still use Activstudio to make my
resource packs. I also am using Activstudio whenever I want to use my
Activotes. I am not ready to try the Activotes in Inspire.

I have made a bunch of my own resource packs and one of them has =
recorder
fingerings and a blank recorder (holes are not colored in). I have the
students come up and color in the holes using the pencil tool. I make =
the
font big enough to fit the holes. Then all the student needs to do is =
tap
the hole and it will fill in the hole. =20

When were first learning a song I usually scan in the music or use the =
PDF
file from Recorder Classroom Magazine. The first thing we do before we =
play
the song is we look at what is in the music. I will have students come =
up
to the board to either highlight or circle things in the music (e.g =
circle
the time signature, circle all the B's in the first line of music, =
highlight
measure 5, read the rhythm in measure 2, etc.) Then I will turn the =
page on
my flipchart (Promethean Board) and the next page has the same music, =
but it
now has all the letter names. Then I play the music for them and they =
just
finger along (no playing). Then I have them play without the music
accompaniment. After we play it once, I will have a student come up and
cover up all the letter B's or whatever letter they want to cover up =
(once
again I make the font on the pen tool big enough to cover up the letter =
with
just one tap of the pen). Then we play the song again and after we're =
done
playing I have another student cover up another letter. We continue =
this
process until all the letters are covered up.=20

Tami Mangusso
Aurora, Colorado
--- On Sun, 3/29/09, M Stanley wrote:

> From: M Stanley
> Subject: Re: [RECL]IWB's and recorders
> To: "Recorder_Classroom"
> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 1:28 PM
> Sigh.... the Smart (board) SITE, not
> sight...... I can spell, honestly!
>=20
> Apparently you can also download the Activboard software, but it may=20
> be only the flipchart viewer. There seems to be some confusion in =
my=A0=20
> head about that.
> Activ now has three types of downloads available:=A0 the =
"professional"
> Activstudio, the "primary" Activprimary, and the new one Inspire that=20
> is a combination of both plus it's supposed to be easier to use=20
> notebooks in as well.
>=20
> I design my slides in Activstudio cuz it has more features and it's=20
> easier for me to manipulate, I display the flipcharts during class=20
> with Activprimary cuz the icons are easier to see and that's what=20
> other teachers in school use, and I'm verrry curious about Inspire.
> I've not downloaded it
> yet cuz I'm still learning the other two, since I only got my board in =

> January - but I sure do use the heck out of it!!
>=20
> With recorders - I have a magic tunnel activity for note and pitch=20
> recognition;=A0 I have an "empty" recorder template and I have the =
kids=20
> drag circles to the holes to create fingerings (there are more of=20
> those in my brain but I haven't done them yet);=A0 I really like the=20
> idea of having the kids come up and write the counting numbers up=20
> there and I'm gonna start doing that.=A0 Since I haven't switched them =

> totally to counting numbers, away from the ta titi syllables, I will=20
> have some transitioning to do with them.
> The more I teach recorders, the more I like starting with syllables=20
> and then in mid-3rd grade, moving toward numbers.=A0 Even if 1e&a is a =

> pain to say......
>=20
>=20
> Martha Stanley, NBCT
> www.marthabeesmusic.com
> The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas first!
>=20
>=20
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:24 PM, M Stanley
> wrote:
>=20
> > Try http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/default.htm
> for
> > Smart downloads.
> >
> > The Smart sight is smarttech.com.=A0 If you just
> type smart.com, you get to
> > see those teeny tiny cars.....
> >
> > I guess you could download the software for notebook
> and then download
> > sample ideas, but the kids would have to use the
> computer screen to see what
> > was going on........ sigh.
> >
> > Ellie, you have such a physically demanding job.
> Your positive attitude is
> > inspiring.
> >
> > Martha Stanley, NBCT
> > www.marthabeesmusic.com
> > The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of
> ideas first!
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Smart Board Notebook software.=A0 This software
> got wiped out when my
> >> computer
> >> crashed so maybe I could get this to happen if I
> made a point of it at one
> >> of my schools. Ellie
> >>
> >>
> >
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