Promethean Planet
Encyclopedia
Promethean Planet is a free online community for educators developed by Promethean Ltd
. It was originally launched in September 2006 and had a major redesign for June 2008.
It currently hosts over 1,000,000 teacher accounts from 140 countries
The purpose of Promethean Planet is to support teachers in using technology effectively. Teachers are encouraged to interact with each other using online tools such as forums, blogs and conferencing.
A Promethean Planet Apple iPhone
and iPod touch application allows teachers to access and search for resources on those devices as well as access forums and video podcasts to support their professional development.
The main content that is shared on Promethean Planet are flipcharts - interactive presentations designed for use with Promethean's Activstudio
& Activprimary
software for use on Promethean's Activboard Interactive Whiteboard. Free Viewer software enables any teacher to use the flipchart content without owning Promethean equipment.
New features and functionality, include:
A large number of Promethean Planet video files and teacher guidance materials can also be found federated in iTunes
, YouTube
and TeacherTube
.
Promethean Ltd
Promethean World plc is based in Blackburn in Lancashire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index...
. It was originally launched in September 2006 and had a major redesign for June 2008.
It currently hosts over 1,000,000 teacher accounts from 140 countries
The purpose of Promethean Planet is to support teachers in using technology effectively. Teachers are encouraged to interact with each other using online tools such as forums, blogs and conferencing.
Promethean Planet Services
Services provided by Promethean Planet include:- Lesson planLesson planA lesson plan is a teacher's detailed description of the course of instruction for one class. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class instruction. Details will vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the need and/or curiosity of children...
exchange including over 32,000 lesson downloads in over 22 languages - Free image, sound and video resources mapped to national and state education standards
- Forum and Discussion areas
- Professional Development materials
- Free software downloads
- An EdublogEdublogAn edublog is a blog written by someone in education. Examples might include blogs written by or for teachers, blogs maintained for the purpose of classroom instruction, or blogs written about educational policy. The collection of these blogs is called the edublogosphere by some, in keeping with...
A Promethean Planet Apple iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
and iPod touch application allows teachers to access and search for resources on those devices as well as access forums and video podcasts to support their professional development.
The main content that is shared on Promethean Planet are flipcharts - interactive presentations designed for use with Promethean's Activstudio
Activstudio
Activstudio is a software application designed specifically for teachers and presenters who use an Activboard Interactive Whiteboard, Promethean's interactive whiteboard...
& Activprimary
Activprimary
Activprimary is a software application designed specifically for teachers and children in the primary education sector who use an Activboard Interactive Whiteboard, Promethean's Interactive Whiteboard. Activprimary was designed and implemented by together with a software development team at...
software for use on Promethean's Activboard Interactive Whiteboard. Free Viewer software enables any teacher to use the flipchart content without owning Promethean equipment.
Promethean Planet June 2008 Update
This major release delivered a new Best Practice section, spot-lighting top educational thought-leaders, and an enhanced Resources section.New features and functionality, include:
- The option for users to preview flipchart lesson plans online
- Improved search facilities
- Events calendars
- Video teacher features with practitioners
- Activtips area, containing bite-sized professional development
Promethean Planet content in other popular online tools and services
Promethean Planet has a number of arrangements with other educational content repositories including Nettrekker and the European Schoolnet MELT portal Melt Portal Homepage, which is exploring the use of folksonomies as a method of enabling resource discovery over large, multi-language educator networks.A large number of Promethean Planet video files and teacher guidance materials can also be found federated in iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and TeacherTube
TeacherTube
TeacherTube is a video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching...
.
Awards and recognition
- Promethean Planet, Promethean's Web 2.0 user community won the WorldDidac award in 2008
- Best Education Community Solution, 2011 CODiE Awards
- Best Non Traditional Education Solution, 2011 CODiE Awards