Showing posts with label SMARTBoard. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Class Entrance Post

Write one thing you've learned and one thing that still confuses you:

I have learned much about the SMART Board and many different resources. I have tried to post a link to any website that I found that I thought was cool, useful, neat, interesting, helpful, awesome, or any other good adjective. So upon reflecting over those, I am kind of shocked by the number of websites that are new to me. No, that's not true, I know that there are a gazillions that I don't know about; I guess what shocks me is the content that is actually helpful. I know that there are things out there--games, articles, tips, resources, etc--it just never was easy for me to navigate before. I guess. Or something like that. That didn't make much sense. I think I'm trying to say that I knew all these things were out there, I just didn't know how to or where to find them and now I've found some places that tell me the answers to these questions so I can actually make use of the resources available. That is exciting to me.

I am still confused by how there can be so much out there! I cannot really think of anything in particular, in this class, that I am confused about. I'll probably come up with it given a little more time...Oh, got it! I want to see the voters in action. I'm not so much confused by them, I just want to actually experience using them.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Week Four: What did you learn about the SMART Board?

Basically, everything is new and exciting when it come to the SMART Board. I love it. I learned that you can lock items in place so that they don't accidentally get moved. You can highlight or magnify certain parts of the screen, and you can move that around so that you don't have to draw it anew every time you what to talk about something different. I learned that you can add sound clips to the art, just like you can add a link to another page. I learned that it really isn't that scary to create your own notebook.

I would really like to learn more about the voting, though. I get the idea, but what I want to see it in action.

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Assignment 2: SMART Board Presentation

I found the base of the assignment on The Smart Exchange, but I filled it in and added the questions (and did a lot of altering to come up with a new document.)

I will incorporate the sliding feature of the SMART Board; different features of the pen, such as high lighting, writing, and erasing; the links within a single notebook; the indefinite cloner; the locking feature; and probably some others... :)


NETS for Students: #3) Communication and Collaboration: Students use the technology to communicate and work together. #5) Digital Citizen: Students practice legal and ethical behavior while using the technology and understand "human, cultural, and societal issues related" to technology. My notebook does these things by having the students use (#5) the SMART Board and work together (#3) to reach the end goal of four in a row.


NETs for Teachers: #2)Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments: Basically, this NET requires that the teacher be able to create or adapt an assignment using the technology and use it to assess the students. My notebook does this by the fact that I, the teacher, adapted it from a previously found notebook to incorporate a specific set of information and assessment by the fact that it is a game that requires correct answers to win.


Instead of simple verbal review, this makes a game out of it. By making it fun, the students are more likely to enjoy and thus recall the information more easily. I went over this lesson with my youth group, and we simply read the questions and answers. I believe they would have learned the information and it would have stuck in their minds. I'm not sure that it did as it is...It also gets the students up and moving, so there are fewer drowsy looks coming your way. Bottom line: by having the students up and moving they connect more with the material and they are more likely to stay awake for longer periods.
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