Tuesday, August 12, 2008

SMARTBOARD-Surely smart

On last Wednesday, Ms. Fenny greeted and welcomed with her warm smile to learn the use of Interactive SmartBoard. Ms. Fenny who we were familiar with, did not feel exhausted to share her previous knowledge with us on the integration of SmartBoard into the process of classroom teaching and learning. Through the three hours lecture, i have gained a lot of information on the usage of this interactive board. Due to this, we are required to create a 5 slides activities for primary pupils using SmartBoard tools. First, during the process of creating these activities, I learn to drag a word text or picture from one place to another. Besides that, I also have learned to match from one point of idea to another when a designing a matching activity. Furthermore, I learn on how to group a word text and a basic shape so that they move together. I also learn on how to use fancy lines to beautify a slide.This tool can be used, for instance,when pupils are required to create a birthday card. During the lecture, I had the opportunity to learn on how to clone a picture to several copies. I definitely agree that SmartBoard can make the learning language fun and interesting as it involves colorful and motion pictures. Besides that, SmartBoard allows teachers to bring the outside world into the classroom. Therefore, SmartBoard is a beneficial gadget for teachers to work with.