SMART BOARDS. Get Smart, Get Interactive.
SMART BOARDS
Thake, L. (2002). Get Smart…Get Interactive. Classroom, 22, 20-21. Retrieved February 26, 2008 from Aplus Education Full Text Database.
GET SMART…GET INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
An interactive approach has been taken to enable teachers to plan lessons to cater for different learning styles in the classroom. According to Thake (2002), SMART boards are a ‘truly inclusive approach to education and a seriously fun learning tool that has allowed us to take a giant leap forward’.
The students at Richardson Primary School in Canberra are extending and motivating their students by incorporating new methodologies that allow their students to be very active learners through technology.The teachers and students have found that the use of the SMART Board within the classroom is an active component of all lessons. Thake (2002), has found that the SMART Board accommodates a range of learning needs such as:
a) Multi Access- students can use the Internet and work on the touch screen.
b) Group Work- the screen enables greater participation.
c) Fingertip Control- students can scan their work into the computer, edit it on the scrn and email work to their parents.
d) Integration- online learning.
e) Independance- record voice promts in lessons.
f) Multi-Use- split screen can display 4 seperate screens.
g) Individualisation- vary the size and the type of text for those with sight impairments.
h) Interaction- the cordless keyboard acts as a normal keyboard or as a pointer from anywhere in the classroom and allows you to override students work if need be.
