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There are also a variety of different assess- ogy plays in students’ lives these days (Martin, Shaw,

ments that can be made with the smart board. As pre- & Daughenbaugh, 2014). One teacher said, “They are

viously mentioned, the teacher can get all of the infor- phenomenal and powerful instruction tools. They pro-

mation of the students and how they answered with the vide ways to show my students anything which can be

new assessment feature. They have many different presented on a computer desktop-educational software

templates of tests that they can take, and there is a fea- -websites and others. It involved my students in learn-

ture that shows all of their scores on an excel sheet. ing with technology and accommodates different

This will make it easier for teachers so they don’t have learning styles. They are interactive but more im-

to spend hours grading tests and then putting it into a portantly a KID MAGNET!” (Martin, Shaw, &

score sheet. There is also a way to collaborate with Daughenbaugh, 2014). The article continued to talk

the teacher’s computer so that they can make their les- about the many different positive experiences they had

son plans anywhere. They can easily find it on their in the classroom. Many children became more excited

smart board as well when needed. When a teacher is to learn, did better on tests, and gained new interests

making a lesson with PowerPoint or notes, there is a and curiosity in many subjects. When educators teach

way that they can add YouTube videos, pictures, and to their specific students’ needs in the way that will

look things up with the internet. This is all done with a help them best, then they will learn how to learn, and

kid friendly search bar that only allows PG things to gain an education that will help them all their lives.

appear and be added. There are some people who are still a little

A final feature that is often enjoyed is the way skeptical of using smart boards and other technology

that the smart board can hook up with a teacher’s iPad in the classroom because of the price, and they think

so that they can write notes on the iPad or show Pow- that it will distract the students. There are many people

erPoints, and everything seen on the iPad will pop up who sneak their electronic devices to be able to go on-

on the smart board. This will allow the teacher to to social media and to text their friends. However,

move around the classroom while teaching and not when a teacher knows how to effectively use technolo-

have to stop the class at any time. gy in the classroom, many students will not even be

In the journal of TechTrends: Linking Research & tempted to go onto their electronic devices for person-

Practice to Improve Learning, they interviewed 183 al use. In the journal of American Medical Associa-

teachers to see if they used smart boards to introduce tion, or The Star, there is an article that talks about

a new topic in their classrooms. More than half of the need to adapt to fit to the learning style of the

them responded positively that they used smart boards twenty-first century learners. Tim Wease, the CCS Di-

and loved it because of the immense role that technol- rector of technology said, “I view technology as a tool

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