Information on SMART boards and how to implement lesson plans using this tool. Examples of lessons that can be used using SMART boards that can be effective are given.

1. BENEFITS OF SMART
BOARDS
Danielle Northcutt

2. PURPOSES OF SMART BOARDS:
 Accommodates various learning styles of students
 Helps students brain storm within the classroom and during
lessons
 Gives students a clear visual of the materials they are learning
(examples)
 Allows students to play games during down time in between
lessons (sharing/cooperation)
 Gives students experience with different forms of media, tools
and software
 Gives teachers creative ways to effectively introduce and teach
lessons to increase understanding
 Keeps teaching methods and ways or learning modern (increase
technology use)

3. SMART BOARD LESSON PLANS
 Smart Boards are great tools for young children in preschool and up
 One lesson that is extremely easy and effective for young children
(preschool-kindergarten especially) is using the morning calendar lesson.
 This allows students to learn cross-circular materials (one or more
subjects covered in one).
 Students learn the months of the year, addition, days of the week,
attendance, weather, number words, place value, graphing and shape-
recognition.
 This lesson plan helps students identify and recognize base skills in
literacy, language arts, math/patterning, spelling and science.
 This lesson plan can be done everyday with students to help develop
skills needed for kindergarten and success.
 Lesson Plan Example:
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=a6ac0d96-4bd3-4125-
a616-2ae6677ea4fa

4. SMART BOARD
LESSON PLANS
 Another lesson plan that is important for
young children is introducing rhyming
words (Pre-k to 3rd)
 This gives children the opportunity to
recognize different words, word family
and rhyming words.
 Children are able to interact with each
other and have hands on experiences by
creating rhyming words and writing on
the board.
 Students gain knowledge in
English/language arts.
 This lesson allows teachers to adapt the
material to the learning level the student
is at.
 Lesson example:
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.
html?id=b183a24d-bcc6-44c4-a0fd-

5. HOW TO
IMPLEMENT
LESSONS USING
SMART BOARDS:
 Students learn through different
learning styles: Audio, visual,
hands-on and social interaction.
 This supports UDL in the form that
it teaches students which is
teaching in multiple ways and
providing many resources for
teaching students effectively.
 This can be used everyday or how
often it seems fit within the
classroom.
 Smart boards can be used during
group activities, morning work,
introducing new materials and
small groups.

6. HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE:
These lesson plans can be used to teach and increase
students understanding in mathematics, language
arts, Spelling, English and word recognition. This tool
can teach students how to use modern technology
and how to think outside the box which in result can
lead to problem solving. Smart boards are supportive
to universal design due to the various ways of
delivering materials which is very important because
instruction is changing in schools and students learn
so differently.