Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Using a SmartBoard

Interactive Boards are very common in today's classrooms and a lot of teachers are using them. I have used multiple smartboards during my teaching career, and they have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:
  • You can create your own lessons with the software.
  • You can find thousands of lesson plans on their website.
  • You can involve students in your teaching by allowing them to touch the screen.
  • You can use it with other files/documents where you can write on them.
  • You can save your work to use in another class.
Disadvantages:
  • You have to be in front of the class all the time which takes the power from you. 
  • You might have technical difficulties any time, so you need to come up with a backup plan.
  • Some smart boards do not allow you to write with more than one marker at a time.
  • Some smart boards need to be mounted on the wall and hard to remove somewhere else.
If you are more interested in using an interactive board, here is a good website for beginners:
Benefits of Smart Boards

Here I have listed the most popular interactive board companies:

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