Smarter+than+a+SMARTBoard


 * Are you Smarter than a SMARTboard?? **

 Why use an Interactive Whiteboard from SMART, Promethean or Mimio in your classroom to enhance learning, promote participation and engage learners of all abilities?  Didn't that just answer your question?? Well, here are a few others who believe in the use of technology and IWB in an educational setting...

 Maybe this video from Teacher Tube will help...  Guinea Pigs and SMARTBoards

//** Still not convinced?? **// Derrberry (2007) points out that students in today's classrooms are different from their parents when it comes to learning preferences. Digital Native prefer:  1. Receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources;  2. Processing pictures, sounds and video before text;  3. Interacting / networking simultaneously with others;  4. Instant gratification and instant rewards;  5. Learning that is relevant, instantly useful, and fun.

 Education is seeing a shift from a traditional education paradigm to a more project and inquiry based learning environment. This is partially due to the integration of technology.  McGhee and Kozma (2003) wrote a paper New Teacher and Student Roles in the Technology-Supported Classroom"Technology plays a role in this approach by providing students with tools and information that support their problem solving, communication, collaboration and knowledge creation. It also provides teachers with new tools that can transform instructional roles, curricula and practices" (pg. 3).

 Many IWB include software and activities to use clickers or response systems.  In the article Clickers in the Classroom an Active Learning Approach Martin (2007) discusses how the use of responders can cause a higher learning outcome for the students by providing a way for students to participate anonymously, creating a game approach that engages students, assists instructors in checking for student understanding and provides prompt feedback to both students and instructors.

<span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Adrian (2004) did a study Incorporating the SMART Board for Smart Teaching. He cites the effectiveness of the SMART Board on how incorporation of technology improves instruction, increases on-task behavior, is motivating and fun for students when done on a regular basis.

__//**<span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Learning Targets for today's workshop: **//__

<span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 1). Learn key components to using the SMARTBoard <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 2.) Learn how to create a lesson using Notebook 10 Software that will engage and motivate your students. <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 3.) Find lessons created by other educators that are applicable to specific grades and / or curriculum topics as well as where you can share lessons you create. <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 4.) Practice manipulating items in the Notebook 10 Software on the SMARTBoard (hands-on participation)

<span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> You will need the SMART Notebook 10 Software to run this file.

__//**<span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Resources for Lessons and Ideas... **//__ <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> SMART Exchange <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Promethean Planet Teacher Resources <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Harrisville Elementary School Interactive Sites for IWB <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> SMART Board Resources on PB Works <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Mimio Connect Teacher Resources <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Scholastic Resources for IWB <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Teachers Love SMART Boards Blog <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Education Tricks 'n Treats Blog <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> SMART Board Revolution Blog & Forum

//<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%; text-align: left;">Adrian, B. (2008). Incorporating the SMART Board for Smart Teaching. ////<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 63%; text-align: left;"> Derryberry, A. (2007) Serious games: Online games for learning. // //<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 63%; text-align: left;"> Martin, M. (2007) Clickers in the Classroom an Active Learning Approach, EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 30, Num. 2: 71-74. // //<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%; text-align: left;">McGhee, Ray & Kozma, Robert (2003). New Teacher and Student Roles in the Technology-Supported Classroom. //

__//<span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Presented To: //__ <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Menasha Joint School District Media Specialists (December 11, 2009) <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Marian University PDK Members (December 1, 2009) <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Menasha Joint School District Staff Development (February 22, 2010) <span style="color: #20236f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">John C. Reilly Foundation Technology Day, Marian University (August 18, 2011)