SMART+Notebook+Activities

Smart Notebook Reflection: I have developed a one day lesson for my 6th grade students on the Smart Notebook Software developed for SmartBoards. I have placed the standards on my teachers notes as well as the introduction page of the lesson. The lesson was built to refresh the students' memory of their math skills that they already know, so that during the lesson they are ready to use those to learn new procedures in mathematics. The second part of my lesson is made to show on the SmartBoard so that students can take cooperative notes as I fill in the display that they see on the board that matches their handouts. I also have charts that the students should be able to fill out with their learned knowledge of drawing and naming fractions. The intension of the lesson is to show students the equivalence of math written in words and math written in numbers and pictures. Students should be able to see that fractions are related to ratios by seeing the pictures of equivalent parts of shapes.

My lesson meets Colorado Performance Based Standards in section 7 stating that:

Standard Seven: Knowledge of Technology: The teacher is skilled in technology and is knowledgeable about using technology to support instruction and enhance student learning.

This was my first time woking with Smart software and it was very challenging at first. I had to find different tools to help me write fracions and come up with a different activity at the end than the activities that you usually see in a lesson in history English or science. I think that the program is worth the hassle of learning how to work it. The students really do benefit from the SmartBoard technology, and I think it is important for teachers to use all that it offers.

The ideas of using this program to help students review and prepare for tests by playing games and doing activities are really helpful to students and easy for teahers to make. I don't think that I am comfortable enough to use this program in the classroom. I want to be able to practice in the classroom first to insure my confdence.

Below is a link to my first Smart Lesson: