SMART Board Group Demonstration

We were assigned to work in groups to organize a demonstration on SMART Board usage and how it could be effective in the classroom.  My group consisted of myself, Chelsea Krail, and Christina Dunnam, and our topic was Books vs. Movies: The Importance of Reading.  We also were paired with another group that we shared our survey with and we watched each others' presentations.  The subject of theirs was a Social Studies Presentation on our first president, George Washington, with features like interactive trivia and patriotic music.

This is a summary of the responses we received:

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How many reading assignments have you had that you watched the movie instead?
	None 1 33% 1-5 2 67% 5+ 0 0% All 0 0%

Why watch the movie instead of reading?
	The book was too long. 1 33% The book was boring. 0 0% I don't like reading. 1 33% I'm more of a visual person. 1 33% I didn't have time. 2 67% I read the books. 1 33% People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Choose a movie from the list below that you read the book first.
	The Lovely Bones 1 33% Twilight 1 33% Alice in Wonderland 1 33% Gulliver's Travels 0 0% Harry Potter 0 0% The Notebook 0 0% Journey to the Center of the Earth 0 0%

After reading a book and watching the movie on a scale of 1 to 5. Did the movie fulfill expectations of the book?
Poorly Satisfactory	1 - Poorly 0 0% 2 2 67% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 - Satisfactory 1 33%

When comparing the book versus the movie, were important parts you wanted to see on screen left out of the movie?
	yes 1 33% no 2 67%

Have you ever preferred the movie to the book?
	yes 2 67% no 1 33%

If yes to the previous question, please list the title of the book.

Havent read many books in general. James and the giant peach.The Count of Monte Cristo

In opinion, how important is reading the book verus watching the movie?
Not Important Extremely Important	1 - Not Important 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 5 - Extremely Important 1 33%

Have you ever watched the movie but not read the book for an assignment and suffered for it?
	yes 3 100% no 0 0%

Did you find this lesson effective in demonstrating the importance of reading books?
	yes 3 100% no 0 0%

Do you feel information needs to be added in order to strengthen the purpose?
	yes 0 0% no 2 67% It is strong but could be stronger 1 33%

Please give suggestions to improve this lesson.

There is nothing that I can think of other than the issues that arose with the SmartBoard and the pen

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Here is the video of our presentation: