Using Smartboards to Support Literacy

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Using Smartboards to Support Literacy Technology has come a long way in the last forty years. We have so many options today to use in classrooms that we should be producing technology savoy students. One of the biggest technology tools to enter the classrooms is the use of Smartboards. At first any teacher can become overwhelmed. I mean a board that is called smart? What can this device do that will make learning to read more fun and engaging and yet be a valid form of learning? Well, with time and refresher after refresher classes, it is now clear. The Smartboard is mounted in the front of the classroom where a white board would have been. A projector is mounted on the ceiling and connections are made to the computer and the board. With a remote control, a teacher can turn the Smartboard on/off. There are also special pens to use on the Smartboard. It also has a tool bar to the side to change the ink colors of the pens as well as many other tools used to make the use of the board fun and engaging. In a special education classroom, a new world has been opened up. For the younger and lower engaged students, we have the online program starfall. This program is uploaded from the computer to the Smartboard. The students can work on vowel sounds, vowel rules and sight words all with radiant animation in color and sound. They see the words and sounds and make a visual connection. We can also use the online program Raz-kids for the student to read a story on their level of instruction. The teacher can also check the students’ comprehension with a quiz that follows each story. It is like being at a picture show. The big screen brings reading to a wonderful and pleasurable level. The program gives the teacher a report that tells what readi... ... middle of paper ... ...vices contributes to the strengthening of students reading skills from phonics to reading fluency to big gains in reading comprehension. When students use any or all of these devices, their world is opened up to an all-new level of learning. Conclusion: Tying the technologies together Where ever you live and whatever grade you teach, technology has made it into the lives of teachers and students. Whether it is an ebook, laptop, iPad, computer, or Smartboard, they all have brought teaching literacy to a new level. These tools are not going to leave our classrooms, if anything they will impact the learning at new and higher levels. There will come a day, and I think it will be soon, that every student will have access to their own technology devices at school and at home. As teachers, we need to embrace technology and try and stay ahead of our students if possible.

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