SMART+Board+Lesson

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My lesson contains 16 slides. I created several pages that were interactive with immediate response to see how many questions they answered correctly. My lesson plan was not designed to grade the students knowledge but rather to help them learn through questions. This was a fact based lesson and not one that needed them to contemplate context. I deigned it for middle-school students (7th - 8th grade) who have a good knowledge of history but might not have learned all the facts presented in the lesson. I designed this lesson to be a starting point to further lessons; start with the facts in this lesson and build in to more concept based lessons.

My lesson plan meets several of the CO-PBST in technology, civics, and history. The interactive lesson engages students and helps them learn through a vibrant, fun lesson.

I found SMART notebook somewhat difficult to use at times but that was mostly due to inexperience. Building an interesting, engaging lesson takes much more time then I expected. While I enjoy the ability for students to interact with the lesson, it would be very time consuming to build several lessons for students. I found that History/Social Studies is a little more limited to the use of some of the games and activities because of the concept side of the studies. However, I thoroughly enjoyed creating a lesson that can be fun, active, and educational for my future students.

I think SMART notebook can be best implemented in a classroom environment where the students need to be constantly engaged. A middle-school classroom, in my opinion, is a great place to keep the kids somewhat active but mentally engaged through the different activities available in SMART Notebook.

I feel confindent about my skills to create a lesson using this program. I know I need more practice but I do not feel lost when using SMART Notebook