The Smart ClassroomThe classroom is a place that constantly seeks to be improved for the betterment of students' education. New methods of teaching and improving the environment are constantly being researched; However, recently, research on technology in the classroom has flourished. The Smart Classroom contains these technological advances and stimulates them to improve student learning. Classrooms of the past never really took into account the fact that all students learned differently, so one teaching method was used. This method consisted of oral lectures on which students had to take notes, followed by long exams. Only later did educators realize that not all students are capable of learning and understanding lessons in this way and researched different ways to improve teaching. For example, Howard Gardner came to the conclusion that each person is one of seven intelligences. : If a student likes reading or writing stories and doing puzzles, then he or she has linguistic intelligence. Students who are attracted to strategic and logical games are said to belong to logical-mathematical intelligence. Students who are very active in both a sporting and artistic activity, such as dance, are said to belong to bodily-kinetic intelligence. Spatial students learn with images, they need to see things to understand, they are attracted to drawing and building with blocks. Musical intelligences are learners attracted to music, they have the ability to learn by listening and many times they can hear things that others are unable to hear. Students who thrive on being leaders and being responsible to their peers have interpersonal intelligence, these types of...... middle of paper ...... Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http:// www .classrooms.com/Smart Classrooms Educational multimedia services. (April 3, 2003). Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http://www.humboldt.edu/~ims/smart/smartrms.htmSmart Classrooms. (2002). Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/its/smart_classrooms.htmSmart Classrooms, Huntingdon College. (2003). Retrieved April 11, 2005, from http://www.huntingdon.edu/academics/smart_classroomsDomermuth, David. (2005). Creating a smart classroom. Technical Directions, 64(6), 21-22. Retrieved April 12, 2005, from the Teacher Reference Center/EBSCO database. Carlson, Scott. (2002). Wired to the hilt. Chronicle of Higher Education, 48, A33-A35. Retrieved April 12, 2005, from the ERIC/EBSCO database. Human Intelligence, Howard Gardner. (2004). Retrieved May 3, 2005, from www.indiana.edu/~intell/gardner.shtml