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SmartBoards in Secondary Education 6th-8th Grade Social Studies

By: Theresa Bahre, Abbey Krusen, and Genevieve Skinner

 

Integrating Smartboards in a Middle School classroom allows students to actively engage with content material (lectures and activities). The use of Smartboards creates an engaging classroom and learning experience for all students to participate and use technology to further understanding of essential concepts.

 

 

 

About Smartboards:

 

An interactive classroom tool, Smartboards are a wonderful device which is similar to the projector yet more advanced and engaging. Similar to the projector, Smartboards project images onto a whiteboard resembling the computer screen; however, the Smartboard allows the user to manipulate the information much more effectively through touch detection, digital ink pens--replacing dry erase markers-digital clickers, and a wireless slate which is connected to a Smartboard.  Smartboard has been rapidly advancing since it was launched in 1991; now, Smartboards can detect two simultaneous touches on the screen allowing students to play more interactive games and be involved in more interesting lectures--since more than one student can participate at a time. Having more options on how to present material allows students and educators to become more actively involved in the learning process--making learning more fun! The purpose of the Smartboard is to make material interesting and accessible for the students.

 

  

How to use a Smartboard:

Using a Smartboard is user-friendly which is why after being launched in 1991 by SMART Technologies, the Smartboard has now been integrated in over 600,000 classrooms across the United States and is now used in over 100 countries. 

 

Using the Smartboard

1.) Orient Smartboard grid with projection

     Press center of blinking red target to align 

2.) Use finger as mouse

     Get used to how the Smartboard reacts to your touch

3.) Open Control Menu

     Printers and other Hardware

     Help Menu

4.) Start Menu

     My Computer

     Open own folders

 

Using these four steps will help orient the user on how to manipulate and integrate Smartboards in the classroom.

 

The link below--from TDC-- provides a step-by-step guide on how the Smartboard works. Although using the basics on Smartboard are relatively simple, using the technology to its full potential can become more confusing and time consuming to figure out.

The main goal of Smartboard is to use technology in a way that excites students and gives them a full engaging learning opportunity.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwla8E6jz4g

 

 

Why to use a Smartboard:

 

Fun activities for the Smartboard:

 

Smartboard provides unique activities that can be used in the Social Studies classroom. 

 

Jeopardy can be used to facilitate exam reviews

Videos can be played in High Definition to enhance interest in lessons

Interactive quizzes with clickers provides the students and teachers a quick grading option

Map Games allows students to manipulate and participate in a learning experience

Slideshows and PowerPoints on Smartboard allows students to become more actively engaged

 

Note: Smartboards makes transitioning from one activity to another easy and smooth for the class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bottom line: History presents unique challenges. Paramount among them, students often feel History is memorization and recitation; however, Smartboard offers more opportunities for student engagement.

 

 

Sources/Resources:

http://www.squidoo.com/social-studies-smartboard-lessons?utm_source=google&utm_medium=imgres&utm_campaign=framebuster

http://www.google.com/imgres?=Smartboard+for+history&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=0cOqFM37bpfZuM:&imgrefurl=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/melrose/2009/05/melrose_hs_gets_smart_upgrade.html&docid=IPllgDGKVt8jLM&imgurl=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/teacher.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=6hi3TpnWNOq02gXn1sDNDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1005&vpy=337&dur=1435&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=171&ty=146&sig=105546442205890699707&page=2&tbnh=125&tbnw=167&start=21&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:20,s:21

http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?&sbj=his&p=3

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Teachers+Hub/default.htm

http://sstevenson.wordpress.com/smart-board-technology-coming-to-mtp/

http://stusupport.curry.edu/SMARTBoardTutorials.html

http://smartboardresources.pbworks.com/

http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/  

 

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