Michelle

Lesson Plan Information Lesson Plan Title: Using Interactive Whiteboards Effectively in the Classroom Grade Level - All Intended Audience - Teachers Essential Question - How can technology facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity? Subsidiary Question - How can using interactive whiteboards facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity? Overview of Lesson - The lesson is planned for two- four hour sessions with teachers. The lesson is broken down into the following sections with practice time on the smartboard built in. Day One 1. Introduction 2. Getting Started 3. Ink Aware 4. Notebook Software 5. Objects in Notebook 6. Exploring the Possibilities Day Two 1. Introduction 2. Creating Interactive Lessons 3. Lesson Design 4. Independent Work Time 5. Presentations The learners will be engaging in a lot of hands-on-activities during the lesson. They will be shown techniques using the SMART Notebook software and then be able to get into groups and practice the skills hands-on. These techniques are all outlined in their SMART Board Learner Workbook. They will take their workbooks with them and follow the hands-on-practice pages for the specific section we have been working in. They will be able to engage in discussions with their small groups and in the whole group setting. After returning from each hands-on-activity, the participants will fill out short review sheets or be asked randomly ( by using SMART tools) to demonstrate for the group how to do specific functions on the board. 5/12/2010 Reflection - I feel a lot better about the tools and I like being able to see the examples. It was nice to have time to practice with the tools.