You can move the vertical slider at the right and show variable h approaching zero. For example, this simple Tangent animation which I use for the introduction to differentiation was very successful. This saves me having to jump around the room clumsily attempting to mime some dynamic mathematical concept or entreating students to imagine this or that. (A "Notebook" is the SMARTBoard application that allows the user to create geometric objects, and to integrate these with images and text into a lesson.) It is easy to embed dynamic visualisations into the Notebook pages. Jacky describes the asymptotes on her SMARTBoard (b) Dynamic Visualisations I can superimpose graphs on graphs and then move one of them around to demonstrate for example, phase shift of a trig graph or the effect of adding a constant to the equation of a parabola. I use fx-Draw3 and paste the graphs onto the Notebook pages. Students have commented very favourably about the graphing work and their own graphs are noticeably better because they are always exposed to the correct shapes. I can present beautifully drawn, clear and accurate graphs. There are 5 main reasons why I think IWBs are a great tool for teaching mathematics. Why did they "work" better than an ordinary whiteboard lesson? (2) Tell us about some of the things you've done with your IWB. I keep discovering new angles, new problems, better ways of doing things and new areas of interest. I could go on and on with this question but I'll settle on one last reason that is very important to me - I have very rarely been bored by my job. I have seen some truly amazing transformations with students growing in confidence, in charge of their Mathematics (not scared by it), and starting to feel some of the beauty and excitement of the subject. Thirdly, it is very satisfying to me to 'turn around' the often negative attitudes I find in students towards Mathematics. Mathematics is the perfect subject for that and my use of the SMARTboard this year has been very exciting for me for that reason. Secondly, I am fascinated by communication in general and, in particular by the process of how to successfully communicate a complex and abstract idea to someone else.Firstly, I think teaching is ' giving back' to the society that supports me in so many other ways so I feel good about that.I really love what I do for many reasons. I teach mathematics at Taylors College Waterloo, which is a large international school in Sydney, Australia. (1) Please tell us where you teach - and why you teach. Using the SMARTboard has been an engrossing, new and exciting experience for me. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about my use of the interactive whiteboard, specifically the SMARTboard, which I began using in February 2009. Jacky Gruszka in action with the SMARTBoard.
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