Smart Board in the Smart Board in the ClassroomClassroom

Mrs. Beckstead’s 3Mrs. Beckstead’s 3rdrd grade grade classroomclassroom

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

• Students will be able to define and Students will be able to define and distinguish between a right angle, an distinguish between a right angle, an acute angle, and an obtuse angle.acute angle, and an obtuse angle.

• Students will understand the Students will understand the concept of perpendicular lines.concept of perpendicular lines.

• Students will be able to find Students will be able to find examples of these angles in everyday examples of these angles in everyday life.life.

Student Use of Student Use of TechnologyTechnology• When I taught my presentation I started out by reviewing lines When I taught my presentation I started out by reviewing lines

and line segments (what we had learned the previous day).and line segments (what we had learned the previous day).• I had them draw examples of a dot, a line, a line segment and a I had them draw examples of a dot, a line, a line segment and a

ray using the Smart Board.ray using the Smart Board.• Student ACTIVELY learn by using technology! The student is Student ACTIVELY learn by using technology! The student is

doing the learning!doing the learning!

• I had students find examples of points, lines, line segments, intersecting I had students find examples of points, lines, line segments, intersecting lines and parallel lines in a picture of train tracks. Students got to come lines and parallel lines in a picture of train tracks. Students got to come up one at a time to write with the Smart Board marker and track over up one at a time to write with the Smart Board marker and track over parallel or intersecting lines. This student has found intersecting lines.parallel or intersecting lines. This student has found intersecting lines.

• Using technology for this lesson really enhanced their understanding Using technology for this lesson really enhanced their understanding because the students were intrigued by the Smart Board and they all because the students were intrigued by the Smart Board and they all wanted to come up and write on it.wanted to come up and write on it.

• After teaching the difference between right angles, acute angles, After teaching the difference between right angles, acute angles, obtuse angles, and perpendicular lines, I had students trace over obtuse angles, and perpendicular lines, I had students trace over examples of these in the picture. examples of these in the picture.

• This student has found an obtuse angle in the ParthenonThis student has found an obtuse angle in the Parthenon

Technology use is Technology use is EssentialEssential

• Technology in this lesson was essential because I had created a Technology in this lesson was essential because I had created a PowerPoint to teach the concepts. If I had not used to Smart PowerPoint to teach the concepts. If I had not used to Smart Board students would not have been able to show me that they Board students would not have been able to show me that they understood the concepts I was teaching.understood the concepts I was teaching.

• This technology was not just an add-on to the learning because the This technology was not just an add-on to the learning because the learning was being done through the technology. The lesson would have learning was being done through the technology. The lesson would have had to be completely different if I hadn’t used technologyhad to be completely different if I hadn’t used technology

Focus on Learning TaskFocus on Learning Task

• This technology was being used as a tool to This technology was being used as a tool to help teach the concepts that needed to be help teach the concepts that needed to be learned. My focus when teaching was learned. My focus when teaching was angles: students learning was enhanced by angles: students learning was enhanced by using the technology to find these angles.using the technology to find these angles.

• This was an effective way to teach angles This was an effective way to teach angles because it is visual. It was much more because it is visual. It was much more engaging than filling out a worksheet of engaging than filling out a worksheet of angles.angles.

• It did not take very much time for the It did not take very much time for the students to learn technology (using it did not students to learn technology (using it did not take away from the lesson, it improved it).take away from the lesson, it improved it).

Added ValueAdded Value

• I think that students learned the I think that students learned the concept of angles so much better concept of angles so much better than they could have through a than they could have through a worksheet.worksheet.

• I actually think it would NOT have I actually think it would NOT have been easier to do using technology. been easier to do using technology.

Things that went wellThings that went well

• One thing that really went well was One thing that really went well was student’s understand because of how student’s understand because of how concrete the information was. Because concrete the information was. Because students were physically tracing real students were physically tracing real life examples of acute and obtuse life examples of acute and obtuse angles, the information became more angles, the information became more concreteconcrete

• Also, students were excited about the Also, students were excited about the Smart Board and thus were engaged in Smart Board and thus were engaged in the experience, at least when they the experience, at least when they were the ones up writing on the Smart were the ones up writing on the Smart BoardBoard

Things to do differentlyThings to do differently

• The one thing that was a problem with using The one thing that was a problem with using Smart Board was that only one student could Smart Board was that only one student could come up at a time and the rest of the students come up at a time and the rest of the students who were not writing on the Smart Board who were not writing on the Smart Board were more likely to start talking or stop were more likely to start talking or stop paying attention.paying attention.

• What I could do next time to make sure that What I could do next time to make sure that doesn’t happen again, is have students draw doesn’t happen again, is have students draw their answers on a worksheet or a white board their answers on a worksheet or a white board for the same problem that the student is for the same problem that the student is drawing on the Smart Board so that everyone drawing on the Smart Board so that everyone is engaged and learning along with the is engaged and learning along with the student who is actually using the technology.student who is actually using the technology.