Developing Teaching and Learning by using SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard is one of challenging assignment for us. Alhamdulillah this is a group assignment, so we can share ideas, skills and cooperate to each other in order to complete this task. Our groups consist of 3 members included me. Our objective is to produce an interactive and attractive lesson for Form 4 Biology students. We chose the topic “Cell Structure and Cell Organisations”. In this lesson we have to develop 3 phases of teaching and learning by applying the Smart Board technologies.
In the Enhancing phase, we have decided to choose three interactive activities. There are Keyword Match Activity, Image Match Activity and Multiple Choice Activity. For the first Keyword Match Activity, students will be asked to match the cell organelles with their correct description. Secondly on the Image Match Activity, teacher will ask students to make correct matching between the image of organelles and their name. Lastly on the Multiple Choice Activity, students are given four multiple choice questions to be complete. It is a fruitful session that benefits both teacher and students.
Generally, SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard is an interactive whiteboard developed by SMART Technologies. When introduced in 1991, it was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and annotation over standard Microsoft Windows applications.
In the Enhancing phase, we have decided to choose three interactive activities. There are Keyword Match Activity, Image Match Activity and Multiple Choice Activity. For the first Keyword Match Activity, students will be asked to match the cell organelles with their correct description. Secondly on the Image Match Activity, teacher will ask students to make correct matching between the image of organelles and their name. Lastly on the Multiple Choice Activity, students are given four multiple choice questions to be complete. It is a fruitful session that benefits both teacher and students.
Generally, SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard is an interactive whiteboard developed by SMART Technologies. When introduced in 1991, it was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and annotation over standard Microsoft Windows applications.
The SMART Board interactive whiteboard is a large interactive whiteboard that uses touch technology to detect user input example scrolling, right mouse-click and in the same way normal PC input devices, such as a mouse or keyboard detect input. A projector is used to display a computer’s video output on the whiteboard, which then acts as a large touch screen. The SMART Board typically comes with 4 digital pens, which use digital ink and replace traditional whiteboard markers. The SMART Board digital ink operates by using an active digitizer that controls the PC input for writing capabilities such as drawing or handwriting.
The use of an interactive whiteboard is different from tablet computing. Tablet computing is more commonly used for display and as personal assisted technologies in examples graphic tablet, wallpaper, transportation time schedules, etc. Meanwhile Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) are commonly used in education such as in classrooms to facilitate differentiated learning – and corporate settings – e.g. boardrooms for meetings, web conferencing or presentations.
SMART Board Tools include spotlight, screen shade, magnifier, floating tools, on-screen keyboard, video player and recorder. A camera function allows the user to capture an image – from a website or other document – and apply it to the SMART Board page. The handwriting recognition feature allows the user to write on the board with a pen and highlight the print to convert it to computer-recognized font. SMART Notebook software also offers a gallery of educational images or flash graphics that can be inserted into the page.
Picture 1 : Smart Board Pen Tray
What Is Smart Board?
SMART BoardTM interactive whiteboard is an interactive whiteboard developed by SMART Technologies. When introduced in 1991,it was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and annotation over standard Microsoft Windows applications.
Technology
The SMART Board interactive whiteboard is a large interactive whiteboard that uses touch technology to detect user input – e.g. scrolling, right mouse-click – in the same way normal PC input devices, such as a mouse or keyboard detect input. A projector is used to display a computer’s video output on the whiteboard, which then acts as a large touchscreen. The SMART Board typically comes with 4 digital pens, which use digital ink and replace traditional whiteboard markers. The SMART Board digital ink operates by using an active digitizer that controls the PC input for writing capabilities such as drawing or handwriting.
Use of an interactive whiteboard is different from tablet computing. While tablet computing is more commonly used for display and as personal assisted technologies – i.e. graphic tablet, wallpaper, transportation time schedules, etc., – interactive whiteboards (IWBs) are commonly used in education – e.g. in classrooms to facilitate differentiated learning – and corporate settings – e.g. boardrooms for meetings, web conferencing or presentations.
The SMART Board interactive whiteboard operates as part of a system that includes the interactive whiteboard, a computer, a projector and whiteboard software. The components are connected wirelessly or via USB or serial cables. A projector connected to the computer displays the computer’s desktop image on the interactive whiteboard. The interactive whiteboard accepts touch input from a finger, pen or other solid object. Each contact with the SMART Board is interpreted as a left-click from the mouse. SMART Board interactive whiteboards are also available as a front-projection flat-panel display – interactive surfaces that fit over plasma or LCD display panels
Applications
The SMART Board interactive whiteboard works with any program loaded or available on the host computer. Some applications commonly used with the SMART Board interactive whiteboard are Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word and AutoCad.
SMART Board: Practical Uses in the Classroom
The interactive nature of the SMART Board provides many practical uses for the classroom. Using SMART Notebook software, teachers can record each step of a lesson for students to review. The flexibility of use in the classroom, including the multiple ways in which teachers can display information (interactive text, images, sound and video files), has been shown to facilitate ESL instruction and support both differentiated learning and universal design for learning (UDL). Research indicates that use of an interactive whiteboard in the classroom can be an effective means of decreasing teacher stress. Recent research also suggests that the direct interaction with a touch-sensitive display makes use of natural, intuitive movements which allows students as young as preschool to easily use a SMART Board. Furthermore, the size of the display screen has been shown to assist in the education of visually impaired students while the addition of a classroom amplification system has been proven to benefit deaf and hard of hearing students.
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