SMART Board Interactive whiteboard

SMART board: Interactive Whiteboard: 

SMART board: Interactive Whiteboard Presented by: Karen De Leon Azusa Pacific University EDCO 549 Career Dev.Theories/Techniques Instructor: Dr. Michael Block January 2012 TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATION

Description: 

Description An interactive whiteboard (SMART Board) provides touch control of computer applications. These enhance the experience in the classroom by showing anything that can be on a computer screen. This not only aids in visual learning, but it is interactive so that the students can draw, write, or manipulate images on the interactive whiteboard. The SMART board could be used daily in classroom, offices and businesses settings. In the classroom however, the SMART Board does not give each student the opportunity to interact/participate actively but it also helps them expand their ideas with more visualization on academic subjects (geometry, history, visual arts, etc).

Introduction to Touch Control: 

Introduction to Touch Control The SMART Board interactive whiteboard was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and the ability to write over standard Microsoft Windows applications. Connected to an LCD panel and a computer, the SMART Board interactive whiteboard brought interactive technology to classrooms, meeting rooms and boardrooms.

The SMART Board is composed of several components…: 

The SMART Board is composed of several components… 1. The LCD panel or the actual screen. The images on the LCD panel come directly from the computer.

SMART Board components cont…: 

SMART Board components cont… 2. A computer and a 3. USB cable, which makes the screen become interactive.

SMART Board components cont…: 

SMART Board components cont… 4. The Projector allows the images from the computer to show on the LCD.

SMART Board activities: 

SMART Board activities The interactive SMART boards is a technology that facilitates high school students to actively participate inside the classroom. Students with special needs are also benefited by the advancement of this SMART Board technology. The colored markers on the left can be used to write on the LCD panel during lessons and/or activities. The SMART Board is also a great tool to bringing lecture slides alive! The student serves as the “mouse”, therefore he/she is capable of manipulating (drag) any object on the LCD panel.

The SMART Board at Use: 

The SMART Board at Use The SMART Board does not replace the teacher, but only enhances his/her ability to deliver the curriculum. It makes the curriculum more accessible to students. It also comes with its own software: SMART notebook Version 10. This software provides a range of tools that enhances the learning plans and allows for students to interact inside the classroom. The software comes with its own exclusive lesson activity kit, interactive multimedia, SMART market place in where the teacher can purchase various lessons and activities and a SMART exchange, in where the teacher can exchange lessons/ideas/activities from other teachers that use the SMART board.

SMART Board in the future: 

SMART Board in the future “ When we think of the future, we envision classrooms and meeting rooms where images, applications and information are at everyone's fingertips. We envision students around the world experiencing the rewards of learning, whether they learn best by seeing, hearing or doing. We envision teams collaborating and developing ideas on SMART Board interactive whiteboards, making decisions quickly and communicating with other teams across distances as if everyone was in the same room.” -SMART Board Company

Additional Information: 

Additional Information The SMART Board in the images presented were bought by the school at California Western Visuals. The Model (there are many different types of model, depending on the affordability)is SB680 77’’ board. The SMART boards were $1570 each including the wireless connections before tax. The projectors are about $700 each and the teacher must provide its own laptop and/or computer.

References: 

References Munoz, Gilbert. Special Education Administrator SMART board official website, retrieved from:http://www.smarttech.com/us SMART Board Curriculum Resources, Retrieved from:http://www.scholastic.com/interactivewhiteboards/