SmartBoard+Instructional+Activity

__**Description of assignment:**__ Candidates will identify or create a lesson that aligns with a Smart Board or whiteboard. Use the instructional template to complete a lesson that aligns with standards. Candidates will search the internet to find a Smartboard lesson. Once you have found a lesson you will complete the instruction template. Be sure to include all supporting materials and the location you found the lesson. The reflection portion of the instructional template should include why you chose this lesson, what are the highlights of the lesson and what how you think students will react to the lesson. Components of the Projects • Submit Instructional Plan and supporting files/material. • Instructional Plan and link to web site used for lesson will be published on the Wiki

[| Smartboard Instructional Plan] [|Interactive Website 1: Illuminations] [|Interactive Website 2: BrainPop]

__**Reflection:**__ Creating an interactive lesson takes a lot of planning. Before even starting the actual lesson, I needed to find a website that would be most beneficial. When I pick a website, I need to decide if I want to entire class involved at once and if not how can I keep everyone else involved. In this case, I chose to have 2 students up to the board at a time and the class participating with a corresponding worksheet at their desks. The second website I used it a favorite, BrainPop. Here the cartoons serve as a review or intro and there is an interactive quiz at the end that we do as a class by voting on the correct answer. I learned that interactive lessons are more than just a website the students can play on but they don't have to be much more complicated than that. The students get a lot out of being able to be up at the board. The hands-on aspect peaks interest of the students as well as creates a different learning method option for some students. Sometimes a student doesn't completely grasp the concept until they can do it physically and interactive math sites helps make that possible for topics that are just about numerical operations. The Smartboard is in my room and has become more a part of my teaching since the start of this technology class.