Penlight to Help Support Independence May 21, 2008
Posted by anne marie in General, SMART Board, Special Education.Tags: Penlight, SMARTBoard, Special Education
trackback
Often when I am teaching a lesson with the SMARTBoard my students may require some extra support to complete an activity or follow a verbal request. Initially whenever a student was encountering difficulty I found myself gravitating to the SMARTBoard to assist and perhaps, in some instances, giving more assistance than might be required. So in comes the penlight to the rescue! The penlight allows me to highlight specific words, pictures, (perfect for counting activities), etc. on the SMARTBoard to give enough support for students to successfully complete a request without me being with them at the SMARTBoard. This technique helps to eliminate my temptation to give too much support–YEAH! It has definitely increased the indepedent interaction on the SMARTBoard for my students. When reading passages on the SMARTBoard I am now regularly using the penlight to highlight the words we are reading– just another support that has been beneficial.
Penlights are relatively inexpensive (starting at $15) and, in my opinion, well worth the investment! Just remember that the less expensive penlights may not be as powerful and may limit the distance you can be from the SMARTBoard to be seen. So as my students say “Follow the red light”!
Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!)
Comments»
no comments yet - be the first?