SMART Boards and the SMART Classroom

Rather than going into loads of detail about the full product range, here we would like to outline something about our approach to getting you a really SMART classroom.

What is the best way to delivery SMARTs integrated tools without compromising your ability to use other technology?

Choosing the SMART board to fit your physical environment and budget is the easy part, its how you work with it to deliver the curriculum that needs more thought. How much time do you invest in developing materials that make the most of the technology? Do you build an assessment strategy built around SMART response? Do you bother setting up lessons that involve visual touch response, or input by hand through a tablet? Does all of this take me down a single road technology wise?

The smartest SMART classroom we can advise at the moment is combining the SMART board with the Fizzbook Spin. This total classroom solution gives you not only SMART technology at the front of the classroom, but as the Fizzbook Spin comes with SMART Notebook SE, SMART Sync and SMART Response as standard you have a classroom with all of these features:

  • All the lesson delivery features you would expect from a SMART board at the front of the classroom. However, with the latest generation board you have touch and pen input from two users at one time.
  • All students with access to a fully featured mini laptop, designed for and to survive being used by children.
  • A good reason to invest in making in-depth lesson and homework materials in the SMART notebook software, as the students can utilise them on their Fizzbook Spins during and after the lesson.
  • The ability to build assessment right into the lesson material, receiving feedback at a whole class level and tracking individual progress.
  • The ability to take the individual assessment and set personalised learning goal that students can undertake on their own Fizzbook Spins.
  • Full control over all of the computers in the room, including the ability to lock or monitor screens. Making the technology all about the lesson, not the laptop.
  • The ability to integrate technology across the curriculum in a way that leaves the teacher in control and makes it worth their while to invest their time and effort in adopting new technology.

To find out more about how SMART and Solutions House can benefit your organisation please ring 01928 515 600 or email contact@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

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