How smart can a board be?

How smart can a board actually be? Well apparently quite clever indeed!

On the 23rd of October, Christina and Louise gave a presentation about Electronic Whiteboards or Smart Boards as they are also known. I found this presentation very beneficial to my own learning, as it further developed my understanding of how Whiteboards actually work and can be used effectively in the classroom. These Whiteboards, developed by Smart Technologies act as an interactive touch screen that is connected to a projector screen. This technology encourages teachers to interactively educate and communicate with their students and present a range of new and different ideas through the wide range of SmartBoard resources that are offered by a range of people and companies.

Using SmartBoards in the classroom allows teachers to make their lessons student directed and encourages students to buld their own knowledge from a range of different SmartBoard programs. This presentation on SmartBoards in our University classroom greatly motivated and engaged me…imagine its potential for younger minds! Young children will be amazed by this technology as it will encourage them to take control of their own learning and participate in something that is fun to do.

I believe SmartBoards is a technology that should be implemented in all classrooms today, however due to cost I understand that this is only a vision and not what can happen in the real world. I hope in the future, I will get the opportunity to use a SmartBoard in the schools I teach, because I believe it is such a valuable program which children can learn and gain so much knowledge from. I consider SmartBoards to provide a different way for children to learn new and interesting things.

With SmartBoards and hands on classroom activities, children can learn in a range of different contexts and situations, allowing their abilities to develop to great lengths.