The exciting news in my classroom this month is that we got a SMART board! Since my goal was to grow and develop professionally, learning all of this new technology fits in perfectly. So far what I've been doing is just "dabbling". I've been borrowing things from staffshare (thank you professional network!) and taking things off of the smart notebook exchange website. I haven't made anything too fancy on my own yet but I'm super-excited about what an impact it has had on my classroom!
Behavior has been better because all of the kids know if they want to come up and use the SMART board, they have to be quiet and listening. Also, I get through things so much faster! It's much easier to have to up and ready to go than messing around with writing it on the whiteboard. One fun thing I started doing is recording myself writing in cursive and having the kids play it for themselves to see how I wrote the letters. It's so cool!
I feel like I'm on a pretty steep learning curve right now but at least I feel excited about it! Does anyone have any ideas for other fun ways I can use the board or places to find resources? Doug Keddie has been a god-send but the more information the better!
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