A Smartboard is basically a large touch screen that allows interaction with a computer video output. The screen is large so the whole class can see it and interact with the computer directly on the large screen. A Smartboard lesson can be extremely interactive with the students touching the board to move objects on the screen and writing their answers directly on the screen. The instructor using the Smartboard can quickly jump from the Smartboard lesson to the Internet to show a video or display a map while using the Smartboard and then go back to their lesson. The Smartboard is definitely an incredible tool to use to enhance teaching and learning.
The technology to use the Smartboard was extremely easy to use. The hardest part for me was to develop the lesson. Once the lesson was developed, it was simple to incorporate the lesson into the Smartboard software.
There are some pros and cons to installing the Smartboard in a classroom. One pro for the Smartboard is that it allows the instructor and the students to interact with a computer in front of the whole class instead of behind a computer. Another great feature of the Smartboard is that it allows one to write on the board and then convert the handwriting into text and save it to the file. One con to the Smartboard would be the price of installing this application in all classrooms.
I have not written lesson plans in the past; however, it appears that many lesson plans could incorporate the Smartboard into the teaching. Many examples of Smartboard lessons were given on the Internet. They were quite interactive and appeared to boost the learning experience.
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