Saturday, March 12, 2011

Math Scores Soar with SMART Response




I think the SMART Response is a great way for teachers to get students engaged in the classroom lessons. Most kids today know how to use a cell phone and are text messaging to friends all day long so for them to use this device would not be hard at all. With the SMART Response students only have to press a letter e.g., A, B, C, D, for multiple choice questions or they can text answers that are not multiple choice. Students and teachers get their results immediately on a display screen. With the SMART Response student participation is 100% because the response of each student is displayed on a screen, but students do not know each other responses thus, taking away the fear of embarrassment for saying the wrong answer.

I am doing weather for my unit plan and my age group is kindergarten. I think this would be a great tool for quizzing them on the types of clouds. I could name the characteristics and have them press the letter to the cloud the matches that characteristic.
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  1. CarrieMarch 13, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Amy,
    I really like the idea of the SMART Response. Immediate feedback is essential when teaching and learning. At first I thought that the children were actively engaged but that they were not working collaboratively but then she called them to the board and they discussed the math problem. Even when giving an assessment in the classroom it is not immediate so the students have to regroup when you try to go back to work on a skill from the past.
    Children love computers and video games and this technology is very much like that. It is true that when students are engaged not only are they learning, they are not misbehaving. Bad behavior often robs the student’s time of learning so that is an added bonus.

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  2. angieMarch 15, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    I am doing weather as well. But through the NC standards it is taught in 2nd and 5th grade. Are we not to choose to from that? Maybe I'm missing something.

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  3. Peaches ThurstonApril 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Amy, in doing this activity, won't the other children still know who clicked the wrong answer?

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