Although they are fun and interactive, it can give the teacher added pressure because they can do so much. However there is an entire community devoted to giving teachers ideas and resources so the do not have to reinvent the wheel for every lesson. Rather they can look at what has been done or take it and use in their own context. The SMART Exchange has thousands of presentations designed to help teachers who use SMART Boards.
I reviewed a presentation on William Shakespeare. This presentation's goal was to take students on an interactive tour of what is known about Shakespeare's early life as well as the culture in which Shakespeare wrote. The good: this presentation had multiple links to videos and webpages that gave students information. This allowed the teacher to share information with students by showing them and not telling them. The presentation flowed nicely and gave clear information. The content was great and very clear. In fact, I personally learned a lot about Shakespeare's early life. The presentation ended with a creative group project that required students to collaborate and create a book, newsletter or travel brochure to demonstrate learning.
The bad: The opening video was fun, but some content seemed a little risque. I know the content of Shakespeare is often explicit, but it is confined to words, not images. The pictures and images were very clipart like and not that interesting. This presentation seemed to be a web quest that the students could have done on their own rather than a teacher led presentation.
Overall, this interactive and fun presentation had a goal of giving students information about Shakespeare's early life and culture, and motivate them to undertake a group project. I think this was successful in reaching it's goal.
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