Software:

Easiteach Lynx  

 

Easiteach

Easiteach is a flexible whole-class teaching tool enabling any interactive whiteboard. and offers a set of generic tools at the core of each of the subject specific teaching tools. It is powerful and flexible software that allows you to manipulate objects in use and edit mode. You can create resources that incorporate text, clipart, animations, videos, flash files, sound, hyperlinks, databases and spreadsheets. It includes all the essential tools that you need to create interactive lessons for use throughout the curriculum e.g. draw, edit text, change colour, enlarge, rotate, cut, copy, paste, animate plus a multimedia bank.

Additional subject-specific tools are inspired by teachers and teaching experts and are ideal for creating exciting and engaging lessons. These tools are easy to use, flexible software equivalents of familiar teaching tools that you already use in the classroom, for example place-value cards for Maths, sentence builder cards for Literacy, map building tools for Geography and stopwatch and timer tools for Science.

Easiteach Content Packs include ready-made lesson activities for use with your interactive whiteboard. Each activity has comprehensive teaching notes, curriculum objectives and suggestions for further work. These resources have been developed with teaching experts and are suitable for a range of learning styles. They are highly visual, easy to modify and update to suit your needs.

Check out the Easiteach Resource Centre for user hints and for free downloadable lesson resources.

     
2Touch interactive whiteboards come bundled with the powerful Easiteach Starter interactive whiteboard software. For just a little more, you can order it with the full suite of powerful add-on subject specific tools:

Geography
Finding your way made easier
You and your class will create, analyse and manipulate maps on screen as well as interact with a whole range of resources, from building maps to referencing grids.

Literacy
Brings words to life
Support the teaching of literacy at word, sentence and text level in a whole-class or group-teaching environment.
Maths
Adds a whole new dimension to class.
Explain maths concepts more easily with all the images and resources you need, including number lines and grids, place value cards, function machine and graphs.

Science
For interactive and engaging science lessons
Use devices such as digital and web cameras, electronic microscopes and desktop visualisers to project and edit images for the whole-class to see.

 

 

Lynx Interactive Whiteboard Software

Lynx software can be used on any interactive whiteboard.  Either create your own lesson plans or use the plans provided on the Lynx website.

Edit lessons and group objects together. Use the video streaming facility to maximise teaching support.

Use the large variety of clipart, maps, plans and backgrounds to develop your lesson and see your pages displayed as a storyboard for ease of reference.

  • Edit your lessons by using the multifunctional drag and drop facility.
  • Group objects together and overlay shapes, images and text onto lesson plans
  • Use the screen grab facility and cut and paste, to maximise teaching support.
  • Use the spotlight facility to highlight important areas, change the background brightness and magnify the selected area.
     

 

2Touch interactive whiteboards can be specified with a school-wide Lynx software license.