March+12

Today will be spent reflecting on our PD sessions this year. Use the discussion thread to discuss your biggest take-aways from the SMART Board PD we have all experienced. What have you learned? What was difficult for you? What lesson are you most proud of designing and why? Feel free to upload some sample lessons to this wiki. Steve, Beth, and I can work you through that process if you don't remember.

Some advanced tools: Model this using Atomic Learning []
 * Scrolling Text
 * SMART Video Recorder
 * Using Active Alignment
 * Adding Sound (PC)

Reflections:

Start here!

What I liked the best was that we were not given too much information to absorb. Often I feel overwhelmed with the amount of content we are suppose to learn. What we were exposed to, we were allowed time to experiment with and apply to our classroom content. I liked having the time to practice. I enjoyed the time we were given to "play" with the new information that we were given. Oftentimes, we get so much info at these meetings and then we don;t get a chance to practice the applications..

I would like to thank our Smartboard teachers this school year. I have gained experience in creating Smartboard lessons and using interactive tools. I especially have appreciated Andrea and her relaxed environment when training our level in Smartboard usage. Her learning environment was nonthreatening and she was continually open to answer any questions we may have had. Having had the opportunity to divide into levels provided me with a great foundation in which to start using lessons with my students.

Thanks for all the useful examples you guys shared with us and for giving us time to work!