Instructions: Make plans to visit a school and document all of the technology the teacher used and how the students responded to it?
I visited a 6th grade math class at Dunbar Middle School and recorded the different technologies the teacher used. The only technology that was used that particular day was a Smartboard. It was used to start the students off with a bell ringer and also to teach the lesson of the day which was surface area of prisms. The students reacted well to it, I suppose, but it was obviously something they use on a regular basis because the class seemed calm and just went on with their studies as I would expect them to.
To be honest, I'm not a real big fan of SMARTboards. They're like cars. Each SMARTboard has its own annoying quirk. I much prefer whiteboards myself. But, good post. I do recommend that you put a little space between the instructions and the actual post though.
ReplyDeleteA SMARTboard lesson can become mundane very quickly, just like any other lesson that is repeatedly used in the classroom. I think in a middle school classroom the children are made to sit and listen rather than interact with the SMARTboard like they do in the lower grades. I think as M.C.P.S.S. integrates more B.Y.O.D., interacting with lessons may become more frequent.
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