IWB Reflection

How much effort did you exert designing the lesson?

As I designed my Interactive White Board I exerted a lot of effort into designing my lesson. My lesson required prior thinking, meaning that I had to think of what I would actually teach before providing my lesson. I decided that my IWB wasn’t actually a lesson, but an IWB that would enhance the student’s learning from a lesson prior to the IWB. I made sure there were few errors and always double checked to make sure everything was where it was suppose to bed. I also accepted my constructive feedback from peers and will make adjustments to better my IWB. Another thing that I did prior to submitting my “work in progress” IWB, I made sure that I had the right Wisconsin Standard and made sure it was suitable for second grade.
            I spent a lot of hours in making my IWB to the best of my ability. Even though I did not know how to work a lot of the Smart Board features, I took time to explore certain features obtaining to my IWB. I also looked on Smart Exchange to further my ideas for my Interactive White Board. I believe I exerted a lot of effort in designing my IWB.

How does designing and sharing your IWB lesson impact your future teaching?

            Designing my own IWB lesson impacts my future teaching by allowing me to be more aware of the Smart Board features. By getting a head start with the IWB if you will, will allow me to be more prepared for my future lessons that are interactive with the white board. It also allowed me to see that it does require time. As a future teacher, I would hope it would only take an hour to prepare an IWB for my future students due to all the prior practice I had.

            Sharing my IWB lesson also impacted my future teaching. Sharing my IWB allowed me to see that having others review my work will allow me to make better changes in bettering that specific lesson. Sharing my lesson also allowed others to obtain ideas from my IWB. Also through sharing my lesson, I was able to obtain advice which helped me not only correct mistakes, but made my IWB friendlier for second graders. In reviewing my peers work, I was also able to gain ideas that I could use for the future if needed. Overall, designing and sharing my IWB lesson impacted my future teaching for the best.