That is one Smart looking board if you ask me!
As you may have guessed this weeks blog rant is on the topic of Smartboards, and how they may be used in the classroom. I'm from southern Alberta, and a very large number of K-12 classrooms received these devices over the past few years. It just appears to be a whiteboard, with a projector attached, but it is really much more than that. The computer software that comes with the board is a platform for teachers to create lessons in a whole new way.
As our assignment last week we were tasked with creating a very short (7 minute) Smartboard activity that had to do with one of the SLO's from the curriculum in a specific subject area. Me and my partner decided to do the Grade 6 Sky Science, and explore our solar system with some smart board technology. I am not ashamed to admit that I was pretty excited at the notion of making some fun Smartboard activities come to life, and I LOVE the solar system! I think the rest of the class was just as excited, because I saw most of them playing with the software before the lecture was half over.
So anyways, after class my partner and I got to work right away conceptualizing how an interactive activity on the solar system would work. It was great fun just sifting through the possibilities, but we eventually settled on (what we think is) a very fun activity where students get to learn about the basic appearance of the 8 planets and Pluto. They then get to drag the actual planets into a line after the sun, putting them in order as given by the slides leading up to it. I think it will be great fun and am very excited to try it out!
Until then....
As our assignment last week we were tasked with creating a very short (7 minute) Smartboard activity that had to do with one of the SLO's from the curriculum in a specific subject area. Me and my partner decided to do the Grade 6 Sky Science, and explore our solar system with some smart board technology. I am not ashamed to admit that I was pretty excited at the notion of making some fun Smartboard activities come to life, and I LOVE the solar system! I think the rest of the class was just as excited, because I saw most of them playing with the software before the lecture was half over.
So anyways, after class my partner and I got to work right away conceptualizing how an interactive activity on the solar system would work. It was great fun just sifting through the possibilities, but we eventually settled on (what we think is) a very fun activity where students get to learn about the basic appearance of the 8 planets and Pluto. They then get to drag the actual planets into a line after the sun, putting them in order as given by the slides leading up to it. I think it will be great fun and am very excited to try it out!
Until then....
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