Technology Article #1

On of the technologies I chose to research is the smart board. The smart board is a rising technology that is being found in classrooms across the country. Smart boards are an interactive technology tool that allows students and teachers real-time interaction with educational web sites. Combining a whiteboard with the power of a computer, Smart Board interactive whiteboards have been engaging students around the country. “I have never seen anything in my 21 years have an impact on teaching like this technology,” said Clinton-Massie administrator. Through Smart Boards, students get hands-on technology “for meaningful, relevant purposes.” Smart boards are becoming a popular addition to school classrooms as well as to office meeting spaces. The interactivity that a smart board provides allows teachers or professional presenters to let their audience collaborate, draw, and interact with information on the screen. Lessons and activities in a classroom setting become more engrossing for students and increase overall retention of the lesson content. Research that has been done shows clearly that teachers that use smart boards see greater improvement from their students compared to classrooms that do not use smart boards enriched classroom content. The technology allows students to "take more responsibility for their learning as teachers move from being the sage on stage to the guide on the side, the concept is not about learning to use technology. It's about using technology to learn."
I feel that as a teacher a smart board would add immensely to the classroom. It would draw the students into concepts and then would become engaged in the lesson. The smart board can offer great things to teachers and to students. Research show that those students using a smart board in a classroom score higher on test, as to compared to a classroom with out a smart board.