Making the Most of a Smart

Classroom

Henderson 1303
Amanda Hedrick, Department of Writing & Linguistics
Georgia Southern University
Pull up our workshop resources
here:

http://tinyurl.com/TEALclassroomdemo2
http://tinyurl.com/TEALclassroomdemo2
Take a look at your Table # and find your table’s
task for today on our resources document.

Once you understand your task, work on it with

your tablemates for the next ten minutes.

Please ask questions as they come to you!

Use the next 60 seconds to find a
pause point for your table’s work
on your task.

It’s alright if you don’t finish!

Let’s discuss:

How could something like this

work in your classroom?
We’ll come back to these tasks,
but for now, let’s look at…
 Four tips for
impactful use of
a smart classroom
Tip 1:
Content first -- tech as it helps.
My subject area is
writing, so I plan a
writing focused
class. If we’re
researching our
audiences and they
could find
information by
googling on their
phones, we will!

If it helps students
focus to use the
collaborative
screens at their
tables, we will! Tech
only comes in if it
helps.
If students want to take a picture of the board, let them!
Let them show you how their tech can be helpful.
Tip 2:
The person doing the work is
doing the learning.
Tip 2:
The person doing the work is
doing the learning.

(Table 2: This is your moment! Hit play! )

 vs.

Instead of telling students the

attendance policy (me working), I
asked them to share it. This student
wrote and recorded a song for tiktok
(them working!) that had the whole
class laughing. Much more fun,
much more memorable.
Tip 3:
Re-use tech for you and your
students’ comfort and mastery.
Using one tool
consistently
helps students
build a skill.

We have Google
suite; why not
help students
become
proficient with it?
Tip 4:
Do the task yourself first, finding
the points where students may
need help or troubleshooting.
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. There
are already so many tutorials online for the
common issues students may run into!
Four tips at a glance

1. Content first -- tech as it helps.

2. The person doing the work is doing the learning.

3. Re-use tech for you and your students’ comfort and

proficiency.

4. Do the task yourself first, finding the points where

students may need help or troubleshooting.
Let’s debrief! With your tablemates, jot down some ideas
about what is a plus, a minus, or interesting about teaching in
a Smart classroom. Don’t forget your table tasks: what did you
like about those?

PLUS MINUS INTERESTING

Let’s debrief! What did you come up with?

PLUS MINUS INTERESTING

Q+A

ahedrick@georgiasouthern.edu

(Reach out anytime! I love talking about this stuff and helping
people harness the power of these tools, no matter the subject
matter!)
Google Doc with board notes

http://tinyurl.com/TEALclassroomdemo2