Promethean boards in the classroom.

    “They’re smarter than a smart board” I once heard a teacher describe her Promethean board. So what can this board do that makes it so smart? It acts like a whiteboard, a computer and front projection. The Promethean boards engage students into learning. I have been in classrooms where the students are enthralled by the boards.  The students are able to have wireless clickers which allow the teacher to ask questions on the board and the students will click in the answer they think is correct. This helps the students know where they stand on the information and the teachers can gather which students understand, which are not, and what materials need to be touched on again.

       The Promethean Board has another tool that helps students learn by having audio tools.  The teacher wears a wireless microphone which is hooked up to speakers in the room. This tool helps the teacher’s voice be heard no matter where they are in the classroom; it also helps cut out the extra noise of fans, other classrooms, or the lawn mower that seems to go by the window about a hundred times. When students can hear their instructor clearly more learning can go on. I know that when I was going through school I didn’t always catch everything the teacher said because I could not hear them and missed small ,yet important details, I feel like this will certainly benefit the classrooms which it is used in.

                I feel that the Promethean Boards are a positive addition to the classroom because it is enhancing the students learning and a tool to observe the students knowledge by collecting data with the clickers.  I feel that some technology helps the classroom look very advanced ,but does not really do much for the students but that is certainly not the Promethean Board.

I found information about the Promethean Boards at a site called Promethean world it not only tells you about the boards but you can learn out to purchase them, and share what you have done and read what other teachers have done with their boards.

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