Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Smartboard's in the Classroom?

Ever wonder what it would be like to be an elementary school teacher? A middle school teacher? Even a high school or college professor? Imagine being one of these types of teachers. When most people think of school teachers, the things that usually come to mind are children, learning, responsibilty and guidance. But what else comes with being a teacher? How about long hours, hard decisions, lesson plans, test making, paper grading and organizing? There is a lot more to the teaching profession than what appears on the surface! And now imagine what it would be like to have to compose a school year for each new class that comes in-- always having to plan, organize, decide, make lessons and tests, and to also grade things day in and day out. A little harder, isnt it? Lucky for teachers in today's society though, there are tools of technology that can help alleviate these pains. One new source of advanced technology that can do just that is Smartboard.
To utilize technology in classrooms, would be to lighten the load of teachers everywhere. With the use of Smartboard elements, teachers are able to better organize their classroom components, grade more easily, test quicker with instant results and even make hands on activities for younger children (promoting independent study). For example, there is a unit of Smartboard where you can make an excercise for a young child in the classroom. It is called "image arrange" and all you have to do is search it within the program, and then search pictures that, let's say, correspond with a letter in the alphabet. After you finish making the excercise, the child gets to play. He or she just has to put the pictures in order, according to the letters of the alphebet--that is A goes in spot number one, the picture being an apple. B, who's picture is a banana, goes right after apple in spot two! And so on...
So with the inclusion of today's best technology, such as Smartboard technology, the teaching profession can be refined and alleviated of enhanced trouble. :)

1 comment:

  1. This post would make me want to read up on smart boards myself if I already did not know the information that I did know about them.

    Smart Boards do have alot of fun games for students to play. Your example would be great for little kids. :)

    Great post

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