Today in class Jason, Kelsey, and I led discussion on chapter 6. We then discussed some SMARTboard tips and tricks. Locking objects is a very important thing to do when creating a SMARTboard lesson; locking objects prevents students from accidentally messing up the page and moving things that are not meant to be moved. If you did not lock objects in place, that were not meant to be moved, some students may get embarrassed or flustered if they accidentally moved the object. I think that as educators we must look out for our students and try to create environments that do not embarrass our students; we need to plan ahead and think about some unwanted things that could occur, we then need to change these unwanted things so that they will not occur. We also discussed how to group objects, infinitely clone objects, and position objects. Something to keep in mind, is that we should never have smaller text than size 36 on a SMARTboard lesson; there should also never be more than 36 words on a page unless the situation appropriately calls for more than 36 words.
We discussed the SWOT analysis for our Cool Tool Screencast. We must analyze our tool and make a listing of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the tool. While we are showing the different aspects of our tool, we need to share the SWOT analysis. (A potential threat could be an issue with student's privacy or if the website would be blocked, perhaps if it is like a game.)
Lastly, we filled out a mid-semester course evaluation survey.
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