When I copresented the Smart materials during our previous class, I hadn't thought of how it would go exactly. I had a lingering expectation that everything would go well, with a little space left for failure, but I don't think it was a failure. Rather, it seemed that everyone got the idea of making a lesson using then Smart notebook, with questions only on relatively minor things, such as including text, particular equations, and enlarging objects.
One place which I KNOW I could have improved was in preparation. I hadn't known that the notebook on the computers in our classroom didn't already have the math tools application, but I could have gone beforehand to find that out. I also could have planned it better so that the time used to download the application wasn't filled with attempts to FILL time.
It was a challenging task, presenting the Smart applications, but In think overall it went well, and that my co-teaching partner Meghin and I learned a lot about the Smart technologies.
Preparation is key and often you end up in an environment that doesn't have what you expected. It is a learning experience and I'm sure you will improve with each time you teach. Thanks for working at the board for the lesson.
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