RCSD SMART Project Perceptions
1. So far parents seem really positive about having the SMART board in the room. A couple parents even stated that they think EVERY classroom should have one; and I quote,”Most companies have SMART boards and that’s just adults, we should be doing more for our kids”.
2. The students are incredibly excited to have a SMART board in the classroom. I have noticed that even with the most mundane lessons like in Grammar (Daily Oral Language), students are excited to share or make corrections to sentences and paragraphs on the SMART board. They also say that they feel extremely fortunate that I made the effort to apply for the SMART board… and that all the other students in the other classrooms are jealous. ;-)
3. The SMART board has definitely enhanced the teaching of new curriculum in my classroom. Students are definitely more interested and involved in the lessons. I found that having the SMART board is like having access to many textbooks and videos all at once, plus they are all up-to-date. In many ways, because the new curricula is extremely outcome oriented and inquiry focused, having access to a huge variety of media is beneficial. The students have demonstrated interest in more inquiry based lessons by offering me ideas on what we should research or sites that are applicable to our lesson. Integrating the SMART board with new curriculum has been pretty much seamless.
As a side note...Another inadvertent skill that I noticed the students have developed with the SMART board is their navigation abilities on the internet as well as their level of comfort on the Notebook software. I have even found that having the SMART board has even influenced the teaching practices and the integration of technology for the other teachers who come into my classroom to teach. It has almost been like an “inadvertent technology P.D.”
4. Challenges... As everyone has stated previous to me time is also my greatest challenge. I just need time to figure things out.
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