Session 2....

....for most, but session 1 for me.

My SmartBoard is used daily in my room, all day long. This week it was used for vocabulary development. Students worked in groups to create Thinking Maps to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary words. Each Thinking Map contained: their definition, dictionary definition, synonyms, antonyms, a sentence and a picture of each word. Once the work was completed, they would go up to the Smart Board, create their circle maps and share them with the class. Within that single lesson my students used graphic organizers, they compared and contrasted, we integrated technology into the lesson and worked in small groups. Every week is a lesson for me in new ways to use the Smart Board. The kids are learning as quickly as I am, and in many ways they are teaching me as well.