Interactive Flip Charts

The majority of class this week was spent working on our flip charts for the Interactive White Board assignment. I find the project extremely useful because many classrooms today have Smartboards or Promethean boards. There is definitely a learning curve trying to figure out how to work the software and get the flip chart to do exactly what you want. I've found that as I have gone along and gotten better with the different aspects of the program I've had to tweak the outline of my flip chart. One thing I don't like is that while ActivInspire can be used on my home laptop, it doesn't seem to cooperate as well as it does in the classroom. This is more likely a problem with my laptop itself as opposed to the software, but it is nonetheless frustrating. Thankfully there have been plenty of hours where the lab is open and can be used. This is probably one of the more fun assignments that we've done in the class and I'm excited to learn more about Promethean and ActivInspire as time goes on to perfect use in the classroom.