1. Facts of Life (SMARTboard) SMART Notebook collaborative learning software has been downloaded in 175 countries around the world.
2. Join a Social Network for Your Professional Development Social networks can be used for much more than just sharing pictures of your kids with you old high school friends. Twitter, Classroom 2.0, and The Educators PLN are great places to connect with other teachers around the world.
3. There’s more than GOOGLE Give students a research assignment and the first place that most of them will go to is Google.com. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but if that's all your students do they're not likely to find the best possible information.
4. It has importance Using computers on a daily basis, helps the students in developing an understanding of the various computer tools and software's. This kind of education prepares the students and makes it easier for them to learn.
5. Be ACTive Active ParticipationWhen students are learning through technology, they are themselves looking for information on the Internet. They make their own decisions regarding the information. They have control over how to use or present this information. Thus, one of the main benefits of using technology for classrooms is that unlike a teacher-led classroom, where students passively receive whatever information the teacher is providing, in tech savvy classrooms, students are active participants.
6. The Use By using the Internet technology, obtaining information on all kinds of subjects has become very easy. A student sitting in his classroom can learn how people in a small village in Africa live life. Thus, Internet is a kind of library which is at the disposal of a student with just a click. A student can acquire in-depth knowledge on any subject using this vast resource.
7. Tools for Personal Growth "Developing personal portfolios incorporates many different technology tools," Bergman told Education World.
8. Online Assesment Online assessment, the use of Web-based quizzes and activities for classroom testing, recently has become an effective teaching tool in today's K-12 classroom.
9. Info to Know In 2009, SMART Board interactive whiteboards led the interactive whiteboard category with a 61% annual share in the United States and 48% globally
10. It really helps The data supports the theory that SMART Boards help students to learn at a faster rate and to increase grade level proficiency.
