In this article, you will learn about the 800 series SMART Board and its many features that can aid teaching of difficult math concepts. The SMART Board, an electronic white board, comes with access to countless pre-designed lesson plans that are easy to access and ready to use. These lesson plans are very organized and presentable, allowing teachers to efficiently plan to teach mathematical understanding, plan to support various students’ needs, and use knowledge of students to inform teaching and learning by integrating technology in the mathematics curriculum.
Specifically, the article describes how a teacher can use the SMART Boar to demonstrate how to create a system of equations by graphing two intersecting lines on the board’s graph and then creating the equations for the two lines. SMART boards are a great way for teachers to clearly demonstrate how they want their students to reach the learning tasks. The integration of this technology will spark students’ interest simply because they are using technology, so they are more willing to participate and therefore reach the learning targets.
