Smart Notebook
Smart Notebook is a program that allows teachers to create activities on smart boards. These smart boards are also called interactive whiteboards. They allow individuals to touch the board, interacting with the images on the screen. It engages students because it allows them to interact with the smartboard and learn from it. While it may seem similar to PowerPoint, it is different in that it can have students play interactive activities that are put in the lesson. Using technology, there are many tools in which a teacher can integrate this in, to expose their students to new and exciting learning.
I created a Smart Notebook on a first grade English class, teaching sight words. This fits into standard 1.1.1.C : use increasingly robust vocabulary in oral and written language. Looking at the SAMR model, it fits in augmentation because it brings new activities to learning. If there was not an interactive whiteboard, students would use paper to read from or look at it written on the board. The Smart Notebook brings the new element of presenting the information in a more engaging way; trying to find the words, going through each word, playing a matching game to see how to use the word, and then spelling the words.
I created a Smart Notebook on a first grade English class, teaching sight words. This fits into standard 1.1.1.C : use increasingly robust vocabulary in oral and written language. Looking at the SAMR model, it fits in augmentation because it brings new activities to learning. If there was not an interactive whiteboard, students would use paper to read from or look at it written on the board. The Smart Notebook brings the new element of presenting the information in a more engaging way; trying to find the words, going through each word, playing a matching game to see how to use the word, and then spelling the words.
sight_words.notebook | |
File Size: | 5372 kb |
File Type: | notebook |
The First slide gives information on what the Smart Notebook is. Following that is the slide that lets you pick which word list you would like to learn. The tabs on the right should link to the purple, blue, or green list of sight words. There are eight words in each list. I thought it would be nice to break them down into different colors so students will not feel overwhelmed. If you wanted to learn the purple word sight word list, you would click it. It brings you to a purple page with a magnifying glass. Just as the directions say, the student moves the magnifying glass to find a word. There are eight words hidden on the slide. This is a fun way to introduce the words. The next slide shows the list of sight words by clicking the tiles. As a teacher, if you want to go over a word, you can show just one word, or you can introduce all of them so the students can see. After that slide comes the activity where students can come up and match the sight words to the sentence. After the students match them up, they can check their answers and see how they did. The final slide of the purple words is a game. It helps students spell these sight words. Using the same sentences from the previous slide, the students must spell out the correct word to go onto the next question. Once they are done this last activity, it will bring them back to the second slide. There, they can click the tabs to learn the blue and green word list.
I enjoyed creating a Smart Notebook presentation. I thought the activities, tools, and features were helpful and fun. I liked how I split the words up, breaking the 24 sight words into three groups. While working in Smart Notebook though, I found it a bit frustrating and difficult when it would freeze on me, or it would not do what I wanted it to do. When it came to the activities that can be edited, when I would reopen my file, it took a while to load and work normally. Other than that, I did like using this tech tool; if I have a whiteboard in my future classroom, I will use Smart Notebook to engage the students in learning.
In my educational psychology class, we learned about various ways students learn. In my foundations of teaching class, we also discussed how students learn better in different ways. Using an interactive whiteboard can be very helpful to some students when it comes to learning. They may learn better with visuals and interacting with images whereas some students like to take notes. Either way, Smart Notebook is a great tool to get everyone involved in learning.
In my educational psychology class, we learned about various ways students learn. In my foundations of teaching class, we also discussed how students learn better in different ways. Using an interactive whiteboard can be very helpful to some students when it comes to learning. They may learn better with visuals and interacting with images whereas some students like to take notes. Either way, Smart Notebook is a great tool to get everyone involved in learning.