Reflection 4

WHAT?                                                                                                                       
Sometimes teachers get so caught up in the fun experience of the SMART Board that they forget to let students have interaction with it. I observed a third grade classroom where the teacher had a very exciting lesson on the SMART Board. She was so into the lesson; however, as I looked at the students in her classroom, I noticed that they were very disengaged. Even while using this fun technology of the SMART Board, students were still uninterested in learning.
SO WHAT?                                                                                                                 
The SMART Board cannot be used as an easy substitute for getting students engaged in learning. Even with the use of technology, it is still the teacher's responsibility to connect the students with the material in the lesson. The teacher should have involved her students with hands-on learning through the SMART Board rather than using the SMART Board as a presentation.
NOW WHAT?                                                                                                             
We, as teachers, constantly need to be mindful of our students and how they best learn. Sometimes we rely on technology to do the teaching for us. It is still our job to get students up out of their seats to engage in active learning through the SMART Board. The interactive boards are not just for us, as teachers, but it is more so for the students' benefit of learning in this new age.