Being a technology and education course, I can think of no better topic to discuss this week than my soon-to-be arriving classroom smartboard. After quietly hinting to my Administration how much I would appreciate a smartboard, I got the news a few weeks ago that one had been ordered and would arrive in early May.
For my students, this means the early retirement of my LCD projector which has been a daily staple of math class throughout the year. I credit the projector with improving my instruction as well as my students' engagement. I have consistently used powerpoint presentations for lessons, photos and graphics for motivation and video for teaching aides. That said, the smartboard will offer an update in every sense and hopeful push my instruction to the next level of effectiveness.
In addition to improving the presentation of the resources I currently use, I look forward to the flexibility and multi-faceted effectiveness of a smartboard. For example, I plan to keep daily classwork scores on the board's screen so my students have the ability to understand how I am assessing them and if they need to improve their work.
I hope, although it remains to be seen, the students of KGIA will share in my enthusiasm for the multimedia math connections that can be utilized with a smartboard. I look forward to investigating new ways to use the technology to draw my students closer to the content. Most of all, I would like to use the next six weeks to master the operation and features of the board ahead of a full year of use in 2009-2010.
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