Welcome to Promethean Planet

Welcome to
Promethean Planet
The World’s Largest Interactive Whiteboard Community
www.PrometheanPlanet.com

About Planet
With more than 600,000 teacher members worldwide,
Promethean Planet is the world’s largest interactive
whiteboard community. It is free to join, fun to use and
offers more than 20,000 free teacher-generated
lesson resources.
We are behind you 100% of the way.
Planet is designed to support teachers of all curriculum subjects
and school ages. Join Planet for inspiration, training, support,
access to low-cost Publisher Created Resources and connection
to a global community of educators unlike any other.
Why Planet
Five reasons to choose Promethean Planet.
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Free lesson & resources downloads
Community support
Time-saving Publisher Created Resources
Lesson tips, tricks and training
www.PrometheanPlanet.com

Members
Together we’re connected — find inspiration, support and advice in
the Planet Community, forums and blog. With members from over
150 countries connecting and sharing experiences in 12 languages,
there’s no need to take your ActivClassroom journey alone.
Customize your Community page to get relevant news that interests you.
Create or join a User Group to exchange ideas with like minded educators,
or apply for a Planet Private Group for you and your selected friends
where you can exchange your news, views and files discreetly.
Planet Private Groups available on application only.
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/Groups
ActivEducators in Action
Getting up to speed with new technology can be daunting. Find out how
other educators have adopted interactive technology, engaged their learners
and improved learning standards in their classrooms.
Learn from teachers just like you — watch their Teacher Feature videos and
download their Flipcharts at www.PrometheanPlanet.com/TeacherFeature
James Keady Brooklyn, New York-Automotive High
Jeanne Wright Port Orange, Florida-Cypress Creek Elementary
Jeremy Cook Orlando, Florida-Audubon Park Elementary
Judy Christopher Richmond, Virginia-Henry D. Ward Elementary
Katie King Millersville, Maryland-Millersville Elementary
Laura Burney Sudbury, Massachusetts-Loring Elementary
Lurlene Gerard St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands-Gladys A.
Abraham Elementary
Tracie Skoglund Pueblo, Colorado-Cedar Ridge Elementary

Sharing Free Resources
Promethean Planet features more than 20,000 free, teacher-generated
lessons for use in ActivInspire.
ActivInspire software is a powerful, easy to use platform for lesson creation and
a serious time-saver for teachers. Fully integrated with all ActivClassroom
products (including our Learner Response Systems), ActivInspire includes real
working math tools, vast graphics and template libraries and a limitless world
of teacher created resources available on Promethean Planet.
ActivInspire Professional and Personal editions are available for download at
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/ActivInspire
20k+
Free Resources
1gb
Online Storage
8m
Downloads
Save time with teacher-generated resources
All lesson resources are searchable by resource type, age range,
alignment to state standard and subject areas. Resources can be
downloaded instantly and fully customized to your class needs.
Store your lessons online
As a member, you will receive 1 GB of free file storage so you can
access your lessons anywhere, anytime.
Submit your own lesson
Share your resources with other teachers and inspire someone else
in their ActivClassroom.
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/Resources
*Promethean Planet is the world’s largest interactive whiteboard community, with more than
600,000 members and 20,000-plus free teacher resources available. www.PrometheanPlanet.com
served its 8 millionth download in May 2010

Planet Store
We work with leading education publishers to bring you engaging, quality-assured
and curriculum-aligned ActivPacks and ActivLessons; all Publisher Created Resources
are ready to teach and easy to tailor to your students’ needs.
Publisher Created Resources are high-quality, low-cost and available for as little as $2 each
in single user licenses, or as whole school site licenses. Purchase and download in one easy
transaction from the Planet Store and use them instantly. Training, selected accessories and
spares, and software can also be purchased from the Planet Store.
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/Store
Why purchase Publisher Created Resources
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Ready-made material
Save time and effort in lesson preparation. These high-quality resources
are ready to teach straight from download.
Customizable
Tailor content to fully personalize it for each lesson or individual
learner’s requirements.
Interactive content
These resources are specifically designed for use on interactive whiteboards
and include interactive activities for the whole class to enjoy.
Core Components
Content contains both assessment opportunities and comprehensive
teaching notes to help you teach with the content effectively.

Publisher Created Resources
Fifty titles from this much-loved and indeed‚ world’s best-selling non-fiction series in print is
brought to you exclusively in the form of ActivPacks, ActivLessons and Image ActivPacks.
Take the images you know and love, add in comprehensive teaching activities and bring one
of the biggest names in science to your interactive whiteboard.
ActivPack and ActivLesson start at $3.99 ActivLesson start at $7.95
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/DKEyewitness
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/NationalGeographicExplorer

Publisher Created Resources
Waterford Early Learning individualizes three years of complete Reading, Math and
Science to meet each child’s unique learning needs.
Ladybird books are known and loved the world over. For millions of people, they bring back the
golden days of childhood – learning to read, discovering the magic of books and growing up.
ActivLesson start at $3.99 ActivLesson start at $3.99
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/WaterfordInstitute
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/Ladybird

Promethean Developer Network
Offers teachers, publishers and developers the tools to
create new products and content to interface with the
ActivClassroom.
Publisher Created Apps
Software Developer Toolkit (SDK) offers support to innovative
developer partners, producing ever-evolving content for users.
Download our SDK at Promethean Planet.
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/PDN
Race Game AfL offers instant assessment data for teachers, and challenges students with
15,000 math-related questions for Grades 2 through 12.
www.PrometheanWorld.com/RobertPowell

ActivLearning, available at Promethean Planet, offers teachers
ActivClassroom training designed to work with their lives and
schedules. Some classes are free. Many are available online, 24/7.
Most can be taught at a teacher’s school, or an ActivClassroom
facility. All are available to Promethean Planet members.
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/ActivLearning
Courses include:
Introduction to ActivInspire–Free
Migrating to ActivInspire–Free
Core Skills–$29
Advanced Skills Workshop–$29
Curriculum Developer–$150
You can also access bite-sized ‘ActivTips’, which may be
readily used to help prepare lessons. Download them to
Podcast and keep them handy for future reference.
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/ActivTips

Support
Training, support and professional development are essential to
classroom success. Promethean Planet offers a number of ways for
teachers to connect with experts and each other to make the most of
the ActivClassroom, including ongoing technical support, access to our
technical knowledgebase, and connecting to other ActivClassroom
users on the Planet forum. Get access to all your ActivClassroom
product documentation, user guides and software upgrades in one
easily accessible location.
www.PrometheanPlanet.com/Support
1.888.652.2848 option 3
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