My 20% Project Driving Question
I had a hard time coming up with my driving question for m 20% Project. This entire EDIT class is devoted to teaching how to use technology in a classroom, and since I want to be a teacher, this class perfectly fits my interests and needs. So when trying to come up with a topic for my driving question, I basically wanted to do a project summarizing everything we are going to learn this semester. I had a hard time narrowing my interests in classroom technology into something specific. I considered doing something sports related because I love sports. However, I decided that it was best if I use this project to my best advantage and choose something that I can actually refer to later in my career and use in the future. I thought about how I could narrow down researching technology in the classroom, and then decided that I needed to pick one specific type of technology that was in a classroom and try and go from there. I chose a SmartBoard because I think it will be the type of technology I will use most in my classroom (if there is one in my class). Then, to get even more specific, I thought about what I could research in order to find out more about a SmartBoard and its use in the classroom. So finally I decided that my driving question will be:
What are some advantages and disadvantages of using a SmartBoard in the classroom?
When I researched "SmartBoard," many different things came up. Most of them were positive things, like lesson plans using a SmartBoard or how to use a SmartBoard in a bunch of different ways. I did find a few articles about disadvantages of SmartBoards, but even these articles contained some sort of positive information about SmartBoards in a classroom.
I like your driving question a lot because I think smartboards are really useful in a classroom. In my high school we used them a lot and it enhanced our learning experience. I would like to see you explain why you think you will use it the most in your class. Something else you could look at is https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/using-smart-boards-in-the-classroom/
ReplyDeleteBrooke, I like your driving question because I think technology in the classroom is a broad topic and narrowing it down to smart boards only will make your project more in-depth. Like Juliana, I would also like to see how you plan on using the smart board in your classroom. I think you may find this link interesting. http://fltechshare.pbworks.com/f/NJAET_Outline_SMARTBoard.pdf
ReplyDeleteGood job on explaining your reasoning on the development of your question. I think you could expand your second paragraph about the articles you found. You should look at sources about how to use a smartboard in a classroom since you want to be a teacher.
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