Week 7 Blog

Discuss your impression of the SMARTboard or Notebook technology and/or Geogebra.

I loved using the SMARTboard during Tuesday's class. It is a really nice piece of technology, and I think it has a lot of potential. The way that we were able to pick up the eraser and pen and be able to use it without much instruction is another great thing about this. Students would love using this almost as much as I did. I think it could be a little more distracting than just using a normal dry erase board because it's new and something that the students do not get to experience everyday.

Another thing that I liked about the SMARTboard was the interactive graphs and thermometer that we looked at before class was over. I think there could be many more of these interactive programs that could benefit students in math. Graphs that look at different functions other than linear ones, or maybe a program that helps students with a visual representation of derivatives and how it matches up with the area under graphs. Things like this could be a resource for students that have a tough time learning by taking notes.

I did not like the way the shadows of the user gets in the way of the board. It was somewhat hard to see what was going on when people were using it. I think that this could take away from the overall presentation because it blocks half the screen. After using it more, I am sure I could find a better way to not block the screen