smartboard AND smartnotebook
Smartboard is the most common type of interactive whiteboard. With this tool, the user is able to project information onto the board, mark on the board, add content to a slide by handwriting, or create entire interactive lessons for the board, as would be the case if smartnotebook was used. In the case of using interactive lessons, the smartboard essentially takes on the capabilities of any tablet, except that it can be used by and for the entire classroom at the same time.
Smart notebook is a program designed to run on a smartboard. The function of this program is to create interactive content that the student or teacher can click through in a presentation, similar to powerpoint. The main difference between the two, however, is that smart notebook is designed so that links and other interactive features can be added to the slides in order to enhance the lesson.
The level that i created a lesson for is an eighth grade science class, in their unit on physics, specifically forms of energy. This presentation fits under the augmentation branch of the samr model of technology, as it performs the same basic function as a slideshow, but with different interactive features, such as click to reveals and matching games inserted to enhance this function.
In this presentation, the students are learning about types of energy. As each slide comes up, they have the opportunity to read a definition and a vocabulary term, then they can click on a large black box to reveal a graphic of the term and definition that they just went over on the slide. At the end of the presentation, once all of the terms have been learned, there is a matching sort of review section for the students to take part in, as they drag each term with their fingers, over to the proper definition.
Smartnotebook offers so many different options and interactive tools that it would be quite possible to make a unique, creative piece, catering to each learner, so that as many students' learning needs can be fulfilled at the same time, as possible. Many of these features were easy to find and understand; however, there are vast numbers of more features that i would be able to incorporate next time, given more time, and understanding of how the program works. Next time i would also add more slides to the presentation, and more vibrancy and life to each slide, in addition to more interactive features.
This program relates to foundations of teaching and educational psychology, as both courses teach about reaching all learners with every kind of gardner's multiple intelligences. The smartboard, through smartnotebook makes reaching these students much easier, and more efficient to reach multiple types of learners all at the same time, through differing types of games, quizzes, and enhanced interactive features embedded within the lesson.
Link to notebook file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b37jsz0sczuvu2wtcmywtdk4d0e/view?usp=sharing