Smart Notebook

Tonight in class we learned all the in's and out's of using the SmartBoard and Smart Notebook. I had a little bit of prior knowledge when it comes to using SmartBoard because we had them in almost all of the classrooms in my highschool. A majority of my teachers would put their lessons up on the SmartBoard and would allow my classmates and I to go up and solve problems or write things on the board. However, learning about how to make lessons on Smart Notebook was completely new to me. Learning everything we did tonight I feel as though my teachers in highschool did not take full advantage of the program. For example, I had no idea you could link pictures to websites on the internet or embed games into the slides of your presentation. Being able to include all of these things into one presentation could save so much time and effort while teaching in the classroom and leave the students more interested and time for any questions they may have. I really feel as though this lesson was extremely helpful and beneficial and I could definitely see myself using Smart Notebook in my future classroom. In my opinion, I feel as though SmartBoards are becoming more and more common within classrooms and I feel as though it would be beneficial for all teachers to learn about all the neat and helpful things the program can bring into a classroom setting. I know when I was young and in school I was always excited about going up and writing on the board; Smart Notebook creates a whole new spin on that excitement and will probably help to get more students involved and up working to solve things out on the board.