REFLECTION OF SMART BOARD LESSON DEVELOPMENT
SMART introduced the first SMART Board interactive whiteboard in 1991. The SMART Board interactive whiteboard is a product of SMART Technologies. It has a touch controlled screen that works with a projector and a computer. The projector puts the computer’s desktop image on interactive whiteboard which acts as monitor and input device. Users can write on the interactive whiteboard with digital ink or use a finger. It is same as control computer applications by pointing, clicking and dragging using mouse.
The SMART Board is a large whiteboard that uses touch technology for detecting user input (e.g. scrolling interaction) that are equivalent to normal PC input devices, such as mice or keyboards. A projector is used to display a computer's video output onto the whiteboard, which then acts as a huge touch screen. The SMART Board usually comes with 4 digital writing utensils that use digital ink replacing the traditional whiteboard markers. The digital ink works by using an active digitizer that controls the PC input information for writing capabilities such as drawing or handwriting. There are also buttons that launch a popup keyboard and a right-mouse-click menu for more input options. The interactive whiteboard is usually mounted on a wall or a floor stand and is used in face-to-face or virtual settings in education, business and government. Note that interactive whiteboard are different from tablet computing which are usually use for education / information request (boardrooms meeting for presentation, classrooms (assisting / enhancing) learning styles rather than tablet which are more common for display and personal assisted technologies (such as graphic tablet, wallpaper, transportation time schedules...etc).The SMART Board interactive whiteboard operates as part of a system that comprises the interactive whiteboard, a computer and a projector. The components are connected wirelessly, or via USB or serial cables. A projector connected to the computer projects the computer desktop image onto the interactive whiteboard. The interactive whiteboard accepts touch input from a finger, pen, and solid objects. Each contact with the board is interpreted by the SMART Board as a left-click from the mouse. SMART Board interactive whiteboards are available as front-projection, rear-projection and flat-panel display (interactive whiteboards that fit over plasma or LCD display panels) models.
For sure, smart board benefits the teachers in many ways. The benefits of using an interactive technology such as a Smart board include: the accommodation of different learning styles, they are usable by students with limited motor skills and pages can automatically be saved, printed, emailed or pasted into a website. The latter option is especially beneficial as many high school and college classes offer class websites which could house the notes given in class each day with the annotations made by the teacher during lecture. Without the use of a Smart board, the teacher would simply post a PowerPoint of the notes, having to omit any notes regarding comments made during class. I would imagine Smart boards are extremely popular in school as students are excited to interact with technology while answering questions. I hope the Smart board will be widely used in every school in our country as soon as possible, regardless the locality and race of the students.
We had discussion on the Learning technologies (interactive whiteboard). Then we had design constructive lesson that integrates interactive whiteboard. Other than that, we had discussed why and when to use interactive whiteboard in teaching and learning and also to appreciate how iWB makes teaching and learning more collaborative and interactive. Our assignment for Smart Board interactive lesson plan is about “Cell Structure and Cell Organisation”. The learning objective for this lesson plan is to understand cell structure and cell organization. By using this interactive Smart Board, students should be able to identify the cellular components of an animal cell and their functions, and state the functions of the cellular components in an animal cell and plant cell.
The SMART Board is a large whiteboard that uses touch technology for detecting user input (e.g. scrolling interaction) that are equivalent to normal PC input devices, such as mice or keyboards. A projector is used to display a computer's video output onto the whiteboard, which then acts as a huge touch screen. The SMART Board usually comes with 4 digital writing utensils that use digital ink replacing the traditional whiteboard markers. The digital ink works by using an active digitizer that controls the PC input information for writing capabilities such as drawing or handwriting. There are also buttons that launch a popup keyboard and a right-mouse-click menu for more input options. The interactive whiteboard is usually mounted on a wall or a floor stand and is used in face-to-face or virtual settings in education, business and government. Note that interactive whiteboard are different from tablet computing which are usually use for education / information request (boardrooms meeting for presentation, classrooms (assisting / enhancing) learning styles rather than tablet which are more common for display and personal assisted technologies (such as graphic tablet, wallpaper, transportation time schedules...etc).The SMART Board interactive whiteboard operates as part of a system that comprises the interactive whiteboard, a computer and a projector. The components are connected wirelessly, or via USB or serial cables. A projector connected to the computer projects the computer desktop image onto the interactive whiteboard. The interactive whiteboard accepts touch input from a finger, pen, and solid objects. Each contact with the board is interpreted by the SMART Board as a left-click from the mouse. SMART Board interactive whiteboards are available as front-projection, rear-projection and flat-panel display (interactive whiteboards that fit over plasma or LCD display panels) models.
For sure, smart board benefits the teachers in many ways. The benefits of using an interactive technology such as a Smart board include: the accommodation of different learning styles, they are usable by students with limited motor skills and pages can automatically be saved, printed, emailed or pasted into a website. The latter option is especially beneficial as many high school and college classes offer class websites which could house the notes given in class each day with the annotations made by the teacher during lecture. Without the use of a Smart board, the teacher would simply post a PowerPoint of the notes, having to omit any notes regarding comments made during class. I would imagine Smart boards are extremely popular in school as students are excited to interact with technology while answering questions. I hope the Smart board will be widely used in every school in our country as soon as possible, regardless the locality and race of the students.
We had discussion on the Learning technologies (interactive whiteboard). Then we had design constructive lesson that integrates interactive whiteboard. Other than that, we had discussed why and when to use interactive whiteboard in teaching and learning and also to appreciate how iWB makes teaching and learning more collaborative and interactive. Our assignment for Smart Board interactive lesson plan is about “Cell Structure and Cell Organisation”. The learning objective for this lesson plan is to understand cell structure and cell organization. By using this interactive Smart Board, students should be able to identify the cellular components of an animal cell and their functions, and state the functions of the cellular components in an animal cell and plant cell.
