IWB Instructions

InstructionsSoftware forInteractive Whiteboards

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InstructionsSoftware for Interactive Whiteboards

ContentsLets start 2

General Navigation 3

Tools bar 4

Presentations 6

Video button 8

Vocabulary 10

Flashcard mode 11

Vocabulary index 12

Activities 13

Listening comprehension 14

Justification 15

Notes 16

General tips 17

The contents screen is very easy to use and navigate. The only thing that you have to do is to choose the module you want to go to and simply press on it with the stylus.

Instructions

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Lets start

Press on a module to choose it

Press on a lesson to choose it

At the bottom of the screenyoucanfindall the buttons you will need for navigation and the main functions.

General Navigation

1. Contents button

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Software for Interactive Whiteboards

2. Notes button3. Tools button4. Previous page and Next page button

5. Vocabulary button6. Show Text button7. Play Animation/Video button8. Play/Pause and Stop button

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Listen button

Justi cation button

Vocabulary index button

(We will talk about these tools later)

Grammar button

Instructions

Rotate button

Close button

The Tools bar is movable to any place on the screen. You can grab it from its TOOLS title and drag it wherever it suits for you. You can also rotate the bar by pressing on the rotate button.

With any tool (except the eraser) you can press on a line, rectangle or circle and while you keep pressing it, you can move it to another place on the screen.

Press the F1 button on the PCs keyboard or the Close button on the Tools bar to hide the tools.4

Tools Bar


PenPress on the pen tool to write or draw lines on the screen. You can write anywhere you want.

Pen widthPress on the pen width tool to choose from three different sizes for the pen and the outlines of boxes and circles.

ColourPress on the colour tool to choose the colour that you will use for the pen, the box or the circle. Choose between black, blue and red or pick up yellow to make your pen a transparent marker.

ErasePress on the eraser tool to choose between the eraser and the recycle bin. When you have the eraser you can press on anything that you created with the Tools bar on the screen and delete it. Choose the recycle bin to erase everything in just one stroke.

Magni erPressonthemagnifiertool and then somewhere on the screen to magnify that area. Press again onthemagnifiertooltoreturn to normal view.

ScreenPress the screen tool to hide everything on the screen. You can press on this white screen and drag it left, right, up or down to reveal part of the whiteboard content.

RectanglePress the rectangle tool and choose between a transparent rectangle andafilledrectangle.Then press and drag to create the rectangle.

CirclePress the circle tool and choose between a transparent circle and a filledcircle.Thenpressand drag to create the circle.

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The presentations appear with no text as there needs to be an analysis of the pictures and a discussion with the Ss in order to ensure that they have a clear understanding of the story. Ss could be asked to guess and write what the characters may be thinking.

Press on the play button to hear the recording of the presentation without seeing the text. This way studentscanbenefitfromlistening to the text without having to write or read.

Presentations

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Instructions

Press the show text button for the text to appear.

The sentences / bubbles are highlighted the moment they are heard. When you are reading the text you have the option of hearing a particular sentence orwordbypressingonthatspecificpart.

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Video button

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When you watch an animation or video clip, you can pause the action with the pause button on the left side at the bottom.

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In some series, the functionality differs. For example in Channel your English you can read the dialogue while watching the video.

If you press the show text button you can see the text of the video, and while the video is being played the text scrolls in sync with it.

You can press on the duration bar while playing the clip or in pause mode to move to any part of the animation or the video clip.

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Instructions

Vocabulary

When the vocabulary of each lesson appears, all text is hidden. Press on the show text button to reveal it and press on the same button again to hide all text.

Press the listen button next to each picture to listen to the correct pronunciation of the word or press on the picture to go to Flashcard mode.

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Under the picture there is an empty space for students to write the word. There is no need to open the Tools bar and pick up thepen.Theashcardiswaitingforyourstudents with a blue pen ready for writing. Press on the eraser on the right to clean the writing area.

Whenyouhavefinished,youcanpressonthereturn button and go back to the vocabulary of thelessontopickupanotherashcard.

Press on the play button to listen to the correct pronunciation of the word. Press on the show text button to reveal the text and press on the same button again to hide it.

Flashcard mode

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If you want to use the fulldeckofashcardsfor practice, press on the vocabulary index button to choose any word you like from the complete wordlist.

Vocabulary Index

Sometimes, the answers to activities need to be provided by the teacher.

There is usually a small sign on the bottom right hand corner in this case.

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All the activities include answers. To display the answers, press on the area where the answer should be. If you press on an answer again, it will hide itself. The answer can be a text, a shape, like a circle, or a symbol.

Activities

Instructions

When it takes a while to listen to the phrase, a bar is displayed over the navigation buttons. You can pause the sound or choose to listen to just a part of the phrase by pressing on the bar.

Listening comprehension

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In some activities, you will see a button with a question mark next to the space for each answer. Thisisthejustificationbutton. Press on it and a pop up box will appear containing part of the text andthejustificationofthe answer highlighted for the students.

You can press on this box and drag it wherever you want on the screen or just press anywhere outside the box to close it.

Justification

For some listening comprehension activities, thejustificationboxhasaplay button attached for immediate replay.

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You can also use the interactive whiteboard as a normal whiteboard in order to write notes, tips, ideas or whatever else you want for your students.

Press the Notes button on the whiteboard or the F2 button on the PCs keyboard and the white screen will appear.

Notes

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Instructions

You can also use your whiteboard to:

General Tips

Execute effective listening activities, etc

Play songs or videos

Encourage Ss participation by allowing them to write what they have learned

Complete charts

Use the highlighter tool to highlight parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, etc

Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites

Take notes

Brainstorm

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