MTT

While observing in one of my two classrooms, the one room has a SMART Podium which sits on her desk in the back of the classroom.  I thought it was neat because she basically uses it as a SMART board and has students come and write solutions out on it.  The reason I mainly liked it was because everyone could see the screen at all times because no one was up at the board writing but instead in the back of the room.  Another advantage is that if a student misses class you have the notes electronically so you can send them via email or post them right on the web.  One disadvantage I thought of was that you are not able to see students reactions to the different concepts you are teaching; therefore, it may be difficult to see if they just are not getting something.  Here is one website that shows the different models.