At my visit to Musselburgh Grammar this morning, I spoke to some of the maths department about using Activote. They were enthusiastic about the potential of the technology, but said something like "it looks easy as you stand there and explain it, but we'll forget everything you've said by the time we next come to use it".
So.... to provide a bit of backup, here's a step by step guide to using Activote with your class.
The following assumes that the voting pads have been registered with your PC. If not, chase up IT!
Setting up the User Database
You'll want your pupil names to be stored in the system, so that their names appear at the top of the screen when you run a vote. Here's how....
In East Lothian, we have a problem - we don't have write-access to the place on the C drive where the user database is stored! To get around this, we need to copy the default user database to somewhere that is writeable, then tell ACTIVStudio that we've done so:
In ACTIVS…
...and thank you - your blog is great! Have a great summer. OB
ReplyDeleteHave a great holiday. I never quite made it round to see the interactive white board in action - perhaps this Tue as a few pupils are out on trips? I've enjoyed reading your contributionsand. Cheers, Alan
ReplyDeleteCheers Ollie - you have a good one too.
ReplyDeleteAlways welcome Alan :)
Have a great holiday. I'm not bitter that you have seven weeks off!
ReplyDeleteLOL - cheers Gordon. You stuck in work over the Summer then?
ReplyDeleteHave recently just started to read your blog, which I came to via Ollie Bray's site; noted that you commented on my post about Foinaven;cheers! I have been experimenting with blogs and am trying evolve a look and a philosophy as I go along, taking ideas from excellent sites I have come across. Interested to read your various categories, like "acting" and "buddhism", for example. I think that's what I lie about blogs-the sheer eclecticism of them!
ReplyDeleteHope there will be plenty more cross fertilisation in the blogosphere over the coming months. Enjoy your holiday!
Jim
Hi Jim :) Glad you've found some things of interest here. The holiday is fabulous. Just off to cut the grass as we are enjoying a brief dry spell.
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