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Based in Barcelona it has strategic software and publishing partnerships
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Tsunami Systems and Promethean
Tsunami Systems and Promethean have worked together to produce Illustrated Verbs, an interactive verb display and practice CD-Rom for use on
all interactive whiteboards including Promethean’s Activboards. The flipchart is compatible with both Activstudio and Activprimary software. This CD-Rom
is designed to accompany Tsunami Systems English Verbs book. The CD-ROM features over 100 Interactive verb tables, teacher’s display views and 8
different whole group activities for each one of the verbs. Altogether, there
are many hundreds of views for the English as a Foreign Language Teacher and Student to present, practice and learn English verbs.
About Promethean
Promethean is a global leader in interactive learning and assessment solutions. Its award-winning products enable educators
to prepare better lessons more quickly and more easily, improving learners' attention, motivation and learning. Promethean is
headquartered in the UK; its products are distributed through a
• Activstudio Student Edition (installed automatically if required)
• Shockwave player (installed automatically if required) • Verbots Illustrated Verbs English flipchart
This software is in Promethean flipchart format. If you are an existing user of
Activprimary or Activstudio software, version 2.1 and above for Windows™, these files will open in your software.
In all other circumstances a Student Edition version of the Activsoftware can be installed so that it can be used on interactive whiteboards.
Activstudio Student Edition
Activstudio Student Edition is a “light” version of Promethean’s Activstudio that will “read” all flipcharts created in Activsoftware and allows the user to
view, use and interact with the flipcharts.
Activstudio Student Edition Toolbox
The main toolbox contains a selection of tools for you to create, select and manipulate different types of objects, allowing a dynamic learning environment on
the interactive whiteboard. You can move the toolbox around the screen by clicking on the black area on the
title bar. It floats on top of other opened applications so that it will always be visible on screen.
Menu – Use the Menu button to access key functions of Activstudio such as help, create a new flipchart and save Flipchart. This will work on any flipcharts you create
yourself, however this save function cannot be used on Verbots flipcharts as they are published and therefore the original format remains the unchanged when
closed.
Flipchart – The Flipchart button allows you to show or hide your currently open Flipchart.
Pen Width – Use the Pen Width Selector to select a different size for your eraser, highlighter or pen.
Colour Palette – The Colour Palette allows you select different colours to use with the Pen or Highlighter Tool.
Previous Page and Next Page – Use the Next Page and Previous Page tools to
navigate through the pages in your Flipchart. Select/Marquee Tool – The Select/Marquee tool allows you to select objects on the page, and manipulate them by moving, sizing and rotating them.
Pen – Use the Pen Tool to annotate, write and draw.
Highlighter – Use the Highlighter Tool to draw over annotations, text, images and
other objects with a translucent pen mark. Eraser – The Eraser Tool allows you to remove any mistakes that you may have
made when annotating with the Pen or Highlighter.
Text Tool – Activstudio allows you to add text to your Flipcharts Clear Tool – Use the Clear Tool to remove objects from the page.
Fill Tool – Use the Fill Tool to add colour to your pages.
Camera Tool – Use the Camera Tool to capture an image of your Desktop, Flipchart and paused video frames or animations.
Undo – The Undo Tool reverses the last edit or command action performed in
Activstudio on the active Flipchart. Reveal – The Reveal Tool is designed to work in a similar way to the traditional
method of using a piece of paper to mask off parts of a presentation when using and overhead projector.
There are two options for navigating the Menu table, you can scroll up and
down using the arrows at the bottom left hand corner, or click on the letters at the top of the Menu table to access verbs beginning with that letter.
Click on the Audio symbol next to the verb to hear the infinitive form of the verb and click on the Table symbol to link to go to the Verb table for that
The left hand Reset button will reset the page and bring it back to its original state.
Click on the Audio symbol at the top right hand side of the page to close the Audio on that verb chart, click on the Audio symbol again to turn it back on.
Turning the Audio off allows you to circle or mark the chart with the Pen tool. Click on the Hide/reveal symbol to hide all the verb forms on the Verb table
enabling the students to discuss and complete sections of the table. Use the T - Text tool to type in verb forms and drag them to the appropriate
area. Click on the column headings to reveal the contents of one tense only. The
This page gives the main verb form and an illustration of the verb. On the
right hand side of the screen is a writing area for explanations in either English or the student’s first language to facilitate a clear understanding of
the meaning of the verb.
Activity suggestions
Use this page any way you like.
This is a demonstrating page to focus students' attention on any verb you want. By writing in the writing space you could use it to
introduce a particular verb or to demonstrate sentence construction. Use the top arrows to change the letters and the bottom arrows
to find all the verbs that begin with that letter.
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