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Welcome to ActiveTeach Software for the Interactive Whiteboard

This software has been designed to use the content of Wonderland Junior A and B Pupils’ Books and Activity Books in an interactive way that increases student motivation and saves you time. It is very simple to navigate and to use in the classroom.

Hundreds of new interactive activities for

Wonderland with check-answers,plus

videos, songs, festival worksheets, Disney

story cards and digital posters.

Get all the new and existing digital

materials on one disc!

What’s on the disc and how to access it

•   ActiveTeach Software (2013)

•   Disney Resource Bank (2008)

•   Pupils’ CD-ROM with interactive games (2005)

Remember to check the Technical Specifications document for full info on your computer’s requirements to run the different software above.

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Insert the disc in your computer’s DVD-ROM drive. PC: to view the files on the disc go to My Computer,

right click on the DVD icon and choose Explore. MAC: click on the DVD icon and view the files.

If the ActiveTeach doesn’t open automatically, click on the icon for Junior A, or for Junior B.

To use the older software follow these instructions:

Double Click on Disney_Resource_Bank folder and select the Install.exe icon (for PC) or CD_OSX (for Mac).

Double Click on JuniorA_CDROM folder and select the runme icon. (runme_windows.exe for PC, runme_mac_OSX for mac)

Inside Wonderland ActiveTeach

On the main menu page, touch or click on a unit tab to see the page spreads. Then touch or click on the page image of your choice to go to that page.

There are also tabs for the... •   Introduction section (Alphabet, Numbers, Colours) •   Revision sections •   Endmatter (Festivals, End-of-Year Play, Picture Dictionary) •   Activity Book •   Resources (Audios, Videos, extra Songs & Festivals materials, Flashcards, Wonderland Extra Booklet, Disney Story Cards, Teacher’s Extra Resources, Posters)

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Inside Wonderland ActiveTeach

Navigate the units of the ActiveTeach software for Interactive Whiteboards and access all of the Pupils’ Book and Activity Book pages.

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How to navigate the software

These buttons at the bottom of each exercise screen will help you navigate through the tasks:

back to main menu

back to full unit page

back to previous exercise or page

forward to next exercise or next page

show more: see related text, information or picture

The buttons show as purple when they are active for a particular task and grey when they are inactive. Touch or click on the purple buttons to use them.

Any area on the interactive whiteboard can be zoomed or annotated, using the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

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Check answers

reset exercise to do it again

Show answers

print the exercise

Any area on the interactive whiteboard can be zoomed or annotated, using the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. These buttons at the bottom of each exercise screen will help you navigate through the tasks:

Notes exist on this page

hide the toolbar

mouse tool: revert to mouse from other tools

pen tool: selection of colour and thickness

highlighter tool: selection of colour and thickness

add text: type into text box anywhere on page

eraser tool: selection of thickness

undo

redo

zoom tool: select an area and choose to zoom in, zoom out, or to select a

specific area on the page. Revert back to the mouse tool to stop zooming.

Making the best use of the tools available

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hide part of screen

show part of screen

clear notes

customise page

save customization

open customization

show toolbar

Once the spread is open, touch the moving icon next to an exercise and a new screen showing an interactive task will appear.

The audio from Wonderland Class CDs is included and can be accessed directly from the page. For audio tasks the audio player will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Control the audio using the play, pause and stop buttons, and use the scroll bar to rewind and fast forward.

To view the answers in an interactive task click this icon. To view the answer key of a non-interactive task click this icon.

Teach your class through the software

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Stories with audio and interactive activities

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Click the moving icon next to the story to view it and hear the audio. Use the zoom tool to focus on a specific area. Move from one frame to the next using the swift transition arrows.

Do the interactive comprehension activity at the end of the story with your students.

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Teach your class through the software

In the story section, use this icon on the bottom left corner

to hide the text while the audio is playing or help your students act it out.

A wide variety of interactive activities...

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in the Pupils’ Book and in the Activity Book

So many extras!

Click on the Video section for extra language input by skilled actors combined with Disney animated cartoons. Get full access to all Wonderland audio materials as well as PDFs of the Extra Booklet, Posters and Flashcards.

Download/print lots of worksheets for extra practice in class or at home.

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