The following article summarizes how to use a Smart Board for fun warm-up activities. A Smart Board is an interactive white board that projects images onto a screen that can be written right on to. The Smart Board is also a touch screen that can have the computer images and online applications. The Whack-A-Mole application used in the article is found on the Smart Exchange website. Teachers can use Whack-A-Mole for review activities, warm-ups, or for participation based group work. It is a great assessment tool to see if the student are meeting the Common Core State Standards and learning objectives. The teacher is able to decide whether to move on to new lessons or to reevaluate old material. It gives the students a change of pace rather than working from the book or worksheets.
Teachers can find many free programs on the Smart Exchange website. The Smart Board comes with colored pens that are used specifically for the technology. The Smart Board has many applications such as graphing calculators, geometrical models, and a variety of mathematical problems for students to work on. Overall the Smart Board technology creates for easier access to resources allowing more time for learning and pedagogy.