Melissa+Smith

Hi everyone, my name is Melissa Smith and I am a year 1 teacher at Collingwood Park State School in South East Queensland. I have been teaching for 5 years and in that time I have seen some dramatic changes in curriculum content and delivery. Just under 12 months ago our school was fitted out with Smartboards and we have had limited training on how to use them. It has been a process of trial of error for my colleagues, students and me. I thoroughly enjoy using this new technology and experimenting with the amazing things you can do with it. I have entered this competition as a way to share my new found knowledge while gaining knowledge and learning from other professionals in a similar situation to myself. It would also be a great way to gain knowledge and resources which I can share with my colleagues, especially those who are struggling with this new technology.

At present our school is involved in the QSA Literacy and Numeracy Supported Trial and we are completing a shopping mini unit as part of the assessment process and I aim to address each challenge in such a way that these resources will be able to be used during this unit of work.

Good Luck to everyone and I hope you all have a wonderful time and enjoy this learning process. I look forward to seeing what everyone else is doing with their IWBs and how I can improve my skills and ability to deliver curriculum using them.

Thanks Melissa.

CHALLENGE PROGRESS - VIDEO AND SCREENSHOTS PENDING **CHALLENGE 1 - Adding voice** (2 options for the use of this skill) To address the challenge students also decided that we were going to do a sequencing and retell activity associated with a shopping text we had read. Each student was given a printed image depicting an event from the book and students were asked to stand in a line displaying the order in which the events occurred. These same images were then ordered (one per notebook page) and each student in turn recorded an audio using Audacity to be attached to their image. The finished product then served as a class retell of a familiar story. **CHALLENGE 2 - Cloning** **CHALLENGE 3 - Using Transparency** **CHALLENGE 4 - Record, Capture and Extend Thinking** ﻿I can't wait to try this out, I have created a voice thread account so I am ready to try it out. Something I didn't even know existed. Thanks for the heads up. **CHALLENGE 5 - Containers** ﻿In this challenge I have used a template from the SMART gallery. To activate students' prior knowledge and understanding we brainstormed things that we might buy when we went shopping. We then went further and looked at food items which we might buy when we go grocery shopping. Students were very interested in particular in the fact that there are specialty shops such as bakeries, butchers and fruit shops. Going with this we decided to discuss items which we could purchase from a fruit shop and those we could not. This was done in two separate groups as I had students with learning difficulties and special needs who need visuals to be able to express and demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. This challenge demonstrates the ability to use the vortex template in two different ways, one with words and the other with images. The vortex gives immediate feedback when classifying. Should you place an image/word in the wrong vortex it will return to its original position. Take a look at the video below to see how it works. (For the purpose of this task my daughter will demonstrate how the task works)
 * CHALLENGE 6 - Capturing Reflections**

**CHALLENGE 7 - Switch your IWB off**

**CHALLENGE 8 - Magical Answers** **CHALLENGE 9 - Students Teaching Students** **CHALLENGE 10 - Magnifying Glass Trick** **CHALLENGE 11 - A Challenge For Students By Students** **CHALLENGE 12 - Adding Value**