Double Entry Journal #2: Bye -Bye Black Board, Hellooooo Smart Board!

Quote:

Teachers can use the smart board to support the students’ learning styles.

Its 2012 and the new blackboard is called a smart board. When reading this article, I was very happy to see that it was giving examples of ways that teachers could incorporate the smart in their classroom. However, it was the specific kind of examples that they gave which really made me appreciate the article much more. The examples given were those that included the students actually interacting with the smart board, not just the teacher. For example, in the article they suggested that an English teacher may write sentences upon the smart board and allow the students to use the smart board tools (colored pens or highlighters) to grammatically correct them. In this case, the student is getting to experience and use the technology while he or she is also learning.

I agree with this quote because I feel that the smart board should be used to support the STUDENT’S learning and learning styles, not just simply the teachers. Many teachers today are known for displaying a ton of notes on the smart board for the students to just merely copy down. Let’s face it, that’s what the black board was used for, people! Let’s use the smart board properly. Let’s get the students interacting with it instead of just looking at it. Let’s try to captivate and intrigue them.

This video is a great example of a way students can interact with the smart board.





Sources:

undefined. (May, 19, 2011). WikiBooks. In Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning Styles. . Retrieved January, 25, 2012, from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies.

Sekolah Tanpa Batas. (Mar 7, 2009). You Tube. In SMART BOARD - ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. Retrieved January 25, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCfmJCSAG70.