Assignment #3

The SMARTBoard activity I chose is a super fun Christmas Language Arts lesson. It can be found here

This lesson meets the NETS standards for students by:

-applying existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes

-understand and use technology systems

-select and use applications effectively and productively

-transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

The lesson meets these student standards because the parts of speech, spelling, etc that are shown is all based on prior knowledge. In a 4th grade classroom, the Language Arts covered in the lesson would all be review, however, by putting the information into a SMARTBoard lesson, it's presenting old information in a new way. Students would be required to transfer current knowledge and apply it in a different setting. Students, in order to participate, would also have to become familiar with the use of a SMARTBoard and apply their LA knowledge accordingly.

This lesson meets the NETS standards for teachers by:

-promoting, supporting, and modeling creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

-promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes

-model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments

-demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations

This lesson meets these teacher standards because the teacher is integrating learning material with technology to promote student learning. The teacher is asking the students to apply current knowledge in a new and creative way. The teacher is also modeling an effective use of technology in a classroom and demonstrating technological fluency.