Play the video clip to see a visual of installing Resources into the "Shared" folder.

Documents from the "Promethean ACTIVboard for Beginners" workshop can be downloaded by clicking the links below.

Activstudio Quicksheet (the handout most of you received)
Epson 400W projector - cleaning the filter (we discussed this, but here is a document with pics)

Some teachers have Activotes to use in conjunction with the Promethean Activboard. However, we have fielded several requests to help get the votes working properly. In order to provide assistance we must understand some of the technical basics regarding your set of Activotes.

IDENTIFY your model of Activote .
Take a voter from the suitcase and look at the bottom side to locate the Model No.

A. The most current Activotes are model: PRM-AV03-01.
This model must be used with the ActivHUB that is located in the suitcase.

B. If your votes were issued prior to November of 07/08 school year, they are model PRM-AV02-01. This model has an ActivHUB in the suitcase, but you don't need to use it.

Other jargon that a teacher might encounter includes the frequency the votes utilize for communication. The PRM-AV03-01 system operates on a 2.4Ghz frequency and the PRM-AV02-01 system operates on the 915MHz or 866MHz frequency.

The next update will include more specifics, such as registration and re-naming of the votes.

If your Promethean ACTIVboard has been recently installed and utilizes the new EPSON (white in color) projector, then this article might be useful to you now or in the future.

Hooking things up:
You only need to plug in a couple of cables to your laptop and you'll be ready to go.
Locate the jumble of cables hanging from the wall box (by the way, a custom wallplate is on order and will greatly tidy-up those cables) look for the blue ended video cable & the white USB cable. You should have a minimum of six feet of each cable extending from the box.

Links for ActivBoard users:

*ActivPrimary 3 tutorials at Atomic Learning
*Free Flipcharts & other resources at Promethean Planet
(to download the free stuff you will need to create an account)
*Projector Troubleshooting Tips
*ActivStudio 3 tutorials at Atomic Learning (not all are free to view)

Johnny's del.icio.us list of ActivBoard links (e-mail me if you find other interesting sites and I will add them to this ever-growing list)