As a future teacher, it is highly beneficial to be knowledgeable in the use of SMART Board and all of the tools it has to offer. In class, we explored the many features of SMART Board and learned from our classmates and our teacher. I worked with Lindsy Geery to create our own SMART Board math lesson on addition and subtraction. The students are able to use the SMART Board as a virtual white board to fill in the missing parts to the number sentence from the word bank provided. This lesson is appropriate for 1st grade and the standards are stated below. 

This project also included exploring sample lessons from SMART Exchange. This website offers useful, pre-made lessons that are available for public viewing. SMART Exchange is great for beginner users of SMART Board to get inspired making their own lessons. The lesson that I chose is called Gumball Math.

1. Creators/Authors of the Media Project

• A user under the name of “gainde123” submitted Gumball Math on SMART Exchange. 

2. Identified Grade Level(s)

• This lesson was designed for Pre-K through 1^st grade.

3. Subject matter: Does integration of subject matters take place? What is the subject matter?

• This is a math lesson on subtraction, addition and graphing.

4. List one or two goals/objectives for this project.

• An objective for this lesson is that the student is able to identify colors and use a bar graph. The student should also be able to demonstrate their ability to use addition and subtraction. In addition to learning mathematics, another objective for the student is that they know how to use SMART Board.  

5. Will this media project encourage use of problem solving skills by the learner? If so, in what ways?

• This media project does in fact encourage the use of problem solving skills by the learner. The students will be given a blank graph and a blank word sentence they will need to solve and complete.

6. Universal Design For Learning (UDL)/Differentiation: explain how you will provide appropriate differentiation in your design to address learner variability so as to meet the needs of learners with different abilities, backgrounds, and motivations who do not meet the illusive criteria for 'average.' In what ways do you foresee this project facilitating kids learning in your classroom?

• To differentiate this lesson for lower-level students, I would have more areas of the bar graph and number sentences filled in so the student would not have complete as much work. For higher-level students, instead of filling out 9 number sentences, I would have them fill out as many as they can to reach their full potential. This lesson will engage students because they will have fun using technology. The students will be actively participating in the lesson by using the SMART Board.

7. The link to the product(s) 

• The link to the Gumball Math lesson is provided below, both in a PDF format as well as a Smart Notebook format.

8. What kind of file 

• The file downloads as a .pdf or a .notebook (Smart Notebook file).