Use of Smart Board to teach ‘Simile’ and ‘Metaphor’

 I used the ‘Smart Board’ to teach figures of speech on Thursday 21/07/2022 in my language class. The Instructional Guide suggested video lessons to teach simile and metaphor. Therefore, I chose the smart board to integrate video lesson and my explanation.  I and my children experienced the following benefits of using the smart board;

1. Interactive Instructional tool.

2. Create more interest amongst the learners.

3. The children were motivated to learn.

4. Relevant, attractive and interesting graphics were displayed.

5. Blended lecture with audio-visual teaching, bringing life to the otherwise monotonous teaching and learning process.

6. Could cater to different learning styles and pace. 

Despite all these advantages, I also had to experience some minor challenges. The smart board in my school isn’t the interactive board, therefore I couldn’t explain the concepts along with the video. I could carry out only one particular activity. I was actually prepared to write, draw and infer by showing the video. However, I had to completely put off the video to provide some examples and to test their understanding of the concept. The second issue that I encountered was the accessibility of the board. The board is placed in our science laboratory and we had to make adjustments with the science experiments and fit in.

Nevertheless, the benefits I reaped overruled the challenges I encountered. Further,

I am motivated and inspired to make use of all the available technologies to enhance my teaching learning process.

 

Challenges of incorporating ICT in my classroom

 Incorporating ICT in my daily teaching and learning has been crucial and has become the need of the hour. However, it is easier said then done. Incorporating ICT has been and is a huge challenge to me owing to quite a number of factors. 

1. Availability of resources is the highest hindrance to me and my classroom. I teach in a school where we lack infrastructures and technologies and the limited number we have isn’t enough to cater to the huge number of children we have.

2. Time- With too many demands from different agencies and with various programs, teaching has no option than becoming monotonous. 

3. Readiness of children.                                                  Maximum of the children in my class come from families where the parents are English illiterate and the children lack guidance and support with resources and other relevant supports.

However, I am encouraged and motivated try and incorporate ICT in my lesson after the mid term. I have already made arrangements with the IT teachers to incorporate ICT in my lessons.