EDP 4.1 Assignment

1. Brainstorming tools with
SMART technology
Maggie Boughner

2. Target
Learners:
Grades 1 to 12
Learning to solve key issues or needs

3. SMART technologies
provide alarger variety
ofresourcesforany
backgroundto use.
 Using SMART technologies you are able to find
solutions to many of the problems faced in the day-
to-day lives of educators.
 For example: teaching students how to brainstorm
to find creative solutions to real life and class based
problems.

4. Brainstorming tools
Many tools are on Smartboards that teachers can use in the classroom with their
students to encourage brainstorming, including:
Circle Bases for drawing
out thoughts and to
warm up creativity:
Mind Maps to explore
questions or
problems: (can begin
with blank maps such
as this or more
detailed maps)
Sticky Notes to
run brainstorm
sessions to think
up solutions:
Sections for idea
drawings to
promote quick
thinking:

5. Brainstorming
andUniversal
Design
 Brainstorming promotes UDL because it encourages all
students to bring their creativity and thoughts out without
the fear of the ideas they’re having to be “wrong” or
“stupid”.
 This idea of no wrong answers is in direct correlation with
UDL.

6. Resources:
 https://exchange.smarttech.com/preview/392ce642-b847-4f8d-
ae1b-d2f182c30d74
 https://www.rd.com/advice/work-career/three-little-words-magic-
brainstorming/
 http://clipart-library.com/smart-board-cliparts.html
 https://www.kidspot.com.au/school/primary/learning-and-
behaviour/learning-styles-in-children/news-
story/2c188e7d8ca8d273b2f441fcae6ae1ba
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U05WeXPGlk