My level 1 teaching experience was the first time I had ever seen a SMART board in person. The teacher that had it in his classroom loved it and used it all the time. It wasn't until I looked at the Florida School of the Deaf and Blind website that I saw all the advantages to having a SMART board in the classroom. SMART boards are a way to show students anything that is on a computer's desktop. I think the biggest advantage to having a SMART board in the classroom is that you, as a teacher, have the ability to record the instruction or lesson and post the material. By being able to record instruction gives students the opportunity to see the material again, which is very beneficial for those students that learn best by repetition as well as for struggling learners. I am minoring in Special Education so I thought the best feature of a SMART board is that no digital pen is used, so the SMART board doesn't interferer with the signing a teacher does for deaf students.
Below is a teacher talking about SMART boards in her classroom. Also, click here to find more information on SMART boards.
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