Designing+lessons+using+Interactive+Tools

Frances Newsom-Lang, NYCDoE, OIT Queens
===Integrating technology into the classroom is essential in educating our students to become 21 Century learners. Interactive whiteboards, also called SMARTBoards, are powerful teaching tools in helping us reach our students learn through multiple modalities. It is particularly powerful in reaching kinesthetic (movement), and tactile (touching) learners, as well as visual/auditory learners.=== ===This guide will help you create your own six-slide lesson using the SmartBoard Notebook software. The lesson you will create will fit in one 45 minute teaching period. It adheres to the Columbia University Teachers’ College Balanced Literacy Workshop Model (Introduction: 5 min, Group Work: 20 min, Share: 10 min). It also follows “Understanding by Design” theory and enables you to create a lesson that specifically meets an academic weakness in your students.===