Today we discovered how to use a smartboard. I had seen one already but never had an explicit tutorial on one. We saw how to interact with it and how we can use it with students in classes. We discovered how to navigate internet, write on it, and various other applications that come with it.
The board is pretty big but luckily, we can adjust the height and thus make it more accurate, as we saw in class. We can also put it in computer mode, video mode or in another mode which basically allows you to plug in your laptop. It is a mixture of a white board/computer/television.I think that students are going to be more interested in a classroom where a smartboard is available since they will be able to interact with it. Getting students to move and work on the smartboard will increase their motivation and engage them. I have found a short video of a smartboard used in a classroom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t0oZP7tJjA
This new technology equipment fully engages the student and takes learning to a whole new level.Smartboards are fairly recent and thus they are not available in the everyday public classrooms. However, I think that with time, it will make its way into many more classrooms.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Myriam, you need more entries. Try to write more than one entry this month. You may watch the movies that I recommended or some images that I introduced in class and write about them. You may write some aspects of the book chapters you read. I want to read more writings of yours in March.
ReplyDelete