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Promoting 21st Century Skills and Thinking with Classroom Technology
Original SMART Board Activity
Assignment 6.6
INSTRUCTIONS: In this assignment you will create an original SMART Board activity. This will help you learn to use all the tools in the SMART Notebook software. First, consider a topic from your academic content standards that you will teach in your future classroom. If needed, research the topic to find information that you can use to create the SMART Board activity. You have two options for creating the activity. 1. You can create an activity that you will use as an instructional tool. This activity must require student participation and collaboration between two or more students, between small groups of students, or between you and the whole class where individual students will participate in portions of the lesson. 2. If students are capable and they have 1:1 laptops with SMART Notebook software available, you can let students create a lesson. In this case, you will create your original activity as if you were a student in your future classroom. If you create the activity as a student, that will be participation enough. However, you must consider how you will let students present their completed work and collaborate with others after the activity has been created. Perhaps, students will exchange completed activities with classmates requiring classmates to do some research or a lesson from the Lesson Activity Toolkit. How will you be graded? Review the Technical and Other Requirements and SMART Board Activity rubric below as these will explain exactly what you must include in your activity. You also might find it helpful to refer to the Classroom Ideas in chapter 2 before beginning your activity. * How Do I Use the Lesson Activity Toolkit?
1. Click the Gallery tab on the sidebar of the SMART Notebook software. 2. Click Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0 and then Activities. 3. Select two of the activities in the Lesson Activity Toolkit to include in your lesson. Each activity is self-explanatory. 4. Click on the question mark to see a description of the activity. 5. Click on Edit to begin creating your own activity. 6. These activities can be used to introduce a topic, review a topic, or assess student learning on a topic.
Promoting 21st Century Skills and Thinking with Classroom Technology
Technical Requirements for Original SMART Board Activity:
1. Minimum of 10 pages 2. Page 1: A title page including: Title of the project Subject area Grade level Your name Academic content standard(s) 3. All other pages must be originals that you create. Absolutely NO templates allowed. Use the SMART Notebook tools and gallery media to create the pages. You can search the Internet or SMART Exchange for other media if needed. 4. Two activities from the Lesson Activity Toolkit or Activity Builder. 5. One page that includes the Internet Browser plug in pinned with a website related to your content area. 6. An animated object. 7. Sufficient pictures and other media to make the lesson appealing and engaging for students.
Other Requirements:
1. Type a paragraph on a word processing document explaining how this lesson will be used in your future classroom. Address the following questions: How you will ensure student participation and collaboration? How will you make the lesson available to students? What do you think will be the most beneficial learning outcome of doing a lesson like this? 2. Attach the explanation document to your SMART Board lesson in the Attachments tab. (See sample explanation in the Frogs in the Pond sample activity > Attachment tab.)
Promoting 21st Century Skills and Thinking with Classroom Technology
SMART Board Activity Rubric
Points CRITERIA TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS (50 pts.) Page 1: Title Page Title of Project Subject Area Grade Level Your Name Academic Content Standard(s) Pages 2-10: Originally-created pages (NO Templates Allowed!) (2 pts. each). These pages must include the following: Two Activities from the Lesson Activity Toolkit or Activity Builder One page with the Internet Browser plug in pinned with a website related to your topic An animated object using the Object Animation tools Explanation typed on an MS Word document attached in the attachments tab of the project OTHER REQUIREMENTS (50 pts.) QUALITY OF LESSON: Sufficient evidence that time was spent creating a professional-quality SMART Board lesson that includes enough media to make the lesson appealing and engaging PROJECT EXPLANATION: Addresses the following: How students will participate and collaborate How the lesson will be made available to students The most beneficial learning outcomes of using the SMART Board lesson for students Final Grade on SMART Board Activity 100 5 5 5 35 2 5 5 10 5 18 5 Possible Points Earned
