Bringing Educational Content to Life: SMART boards (a modern overhead projector) and the use of clickers and smartphones are popular ways teachers are using technology in their classrooms to make difficult concepts easier to understand. Research from SMART Technologies shows that teachers who pair the frequent use of technology with best practices in the classroom are over 340% more likely to achieve success.‡ Clickers and smartphones are often used so teachers can quickly assess how students are grasping content—through answers to polls, quizzes, and drawing prompts. Smartphones can also be used to create podcasts of lessons so students can access the content as needed.
