Smartboards!

One of this week’s readings was about how to buy and use an interactive white board. In high school many of my classrooms, including the music technology class, had interactive whiteboards (smartboards). In the classroom using the smartboard was one of the most fun experiences during class. In fact, one of my teachers even made a point to let every student get up to the smart board and use it for notes once a day. In my AP Music Theory class, the smartboard not only served as a projector, but also an interactive whiteboard. Our end of the year project was to arrange a song and put it into finale 2009. Many of the students did not know how to use finale, and our teacher could show the entire class all at once by using the smart board. Also, when we presented, we could show the class what parts of the song were most difficult to arrange, what were are favorites, ect. We could also watch the score as we were listening to the piece. Overall, the smartboard was one of the best resources our AP Music Theory class had, and can be a great resource for any classroom, even a non-music setting.