Very neat tool. I tried to record a comment but I don't see it, I'm hoping its just awaiting approval and it didn't get eaten by the internet.

In the last few months I have heard a lot about using the smart board in writing for editing purposes, however not a lot for math and science. I watched the video and really commend you for taking the time to redo lessons in a way that is reflective of how students learn. I am very interesting in using this in math and physics if our school approves our request this summer. I hate using overheads and then washing them off between classes and I also do not have a ton of room to even write on a white board. Any other post on how you use SMART board would be great.

Lastly, do you see a change in student involvement with the “dry” lessons? I love physics and this is my first year teaching it and I am looking for new ways to make it exciting.

@Kate Looking forward to hearing your thoughts in the VoiceThread. ;-)

@Erin I hope to do a series of posts similar to this. I chose this one as the first because I thought it one of the most dry and painful lessons I teach.

An interesting thing about this particular lesson happened towards the end. When we reviewed all the previous work and explanations contributed by the students and contrasted it with the approach I took, they were really engaged and focused.

The end of the lesson is usually where they are least engaged. I was struck by their level of attentiveness at that point in the class. I think we needed to drag ourselves through all that came before to arrive at that point. The seeds I planted in this lesson bore fruit in future classes.

Hey Darren I couldn't sleep so I decided to share how I use my smartboard to broadcast lessons on ustream.

how I boradcast on a Smartboard
Hope the code is done right for the link. Great post.