Smartboards

(Above photo can be found at langlab.uta.edu/lac/howto/smartboard.html)

Smartboards are an interactive whiteboard that can enhance learning and instruction in our classrooms.
"Smart" is just the name of this tool/company, it is the brand name such as Kleenex is to tissue.

I like Smartboards because they allow students to become actively involved in the lesson, and not just sit there staring at a book.

Smartboards also have interactive websites that can be used in the classroom. You can find these websites at http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm.


The benefits of using a SmartBoard in the classroom are:

1. The interactive electronic whiteboard is great for demonstrations....
2. The interactive electronic whiteboard is a colorful tool. Research indicates that students respond to displays where color is employed...
3. The board can accommodate different learning styles...
4. All ages of students respond favorably to board use...
5. Distance learning is an excellent setting for interactive whiteboard use...
6. One-computer classrooms can maximize the use of limited computer access...
7. The interactive whiteboard is an excellent tool for the constructivist educator...
8. The boards are clean and attractive tools...
9. Students with limited motor skills can enjoy board use...
10. It is interactive...
11. It can interface well with other peripherals....
12. The board is great for meetings are lessons where the participants need printed copies...
13. It is a kid magnet! ...

(Using Electronic Whiteboards in the Classroom:Benefits)