Monday, October 3, 2011
Smartboard
Well, according to research done using the Smartboard increases a student's achievement. One would wonder what all the buzz is about and in actuality the Smartboard seems to be revolutionizing classrooms as well as students minds. But, the Smartboard is not the answer to everything because there were 23% of teachers who did not use the Smartboard in lessons. Even though there were problems encountered they were due in part to not organizing material well, not giving clear directions or not engaging students. So, I conclude that we can still teach with a Smartboard as well as without but we need to ensure that the material given is clearly understood, well organized, carried out at a decent pace and we cannot forget we must engage students.
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From the reading, it seems that there are a number of teachers who use the white boards just to use them without any planning of how to utilize them for maximum growth amongst students.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right about the importance of providing clear directions for students and finding ways to engage them. If the teacher uses the whiteboard and doesn't let the students, that's not a good use of the IWB.
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