To create this project, I used a program called SMART Notebook. It is a program designed to work with SMART Board, an interactive whiteboard that has become a staple in some classrooms. It has incredible and versatile capabilities ranging from classroom management tools to instructional supplements. Teachers have the opportunity to incorporate interactive activities into their lessons, making their students feel active and involved in the lessons. Like ActivInspire, SMART Board helps students work together, encourages the development of critical thinking skills, and helps with maintaining a healthy classroom environment.
I centered my SMART Notebook around a kindergarten math standard that aims to teach students to understand the relationship between numbers and quantities. When learning numbers, it's essential that children make the connection between the word "two," the number 2, and two objects. In order to create this foundation, which is essential to future progress and growth, I made up four activities that would solidify these skills. The first activity is a "snowball fight," where students must choose a
number and drag it to the white box on their "friend." Next, they have to drag enough copies of the snowballs
located in the right hand corner to match the number on their friend. The second activity requires the kids to spin the wheel to get a number, written in word form. They must circle the number of Christmas trees in correspondence to the number they got. The third activity asks the students to drag and drop the appropriate number of candy canes to a row with a number at the end. And the final activity prompts them to draw a line to match the word version of the number with the numerical representation of that number.
Like many of the other projects that I've done in this class, this is a great program to implement in any classroom. Although I really like the interactivity that this board provides, I think that the classroom management tools that I've seen on SMART Exchange, the online resource for SMART Notebook, would be most useful in my future classroom. There are tools that manage the noise level and clearly display daily tasks and schedules with the option to "check off" completed activities. I think this would be a great way to keep students both informed and engaged. If they are aware of the structure of the day and the schedule ahead of them, they may show more discipline throughout the day. I think that these tools, combined with the potential interactivity thanks to the SMART Notebook program, the SMART Board is a great addition to any classroom environment. 
