Kinesthetic activities require the students to actively complete a physical activity. Possible kinesthetic SmartBoard activities include the students completing a pre-created chart or table, participating in an interactive game available online or created by the teacher, or compiling their own investigative study via the SmartBoard. These type of activities give students an opportunity to participate in their education in a "hands-on" way.
Visual activities are a more observational form of learning, requiring students to watch a presentation or video clip hosted on the SmartBoard. Examples of visual activities include videos and movies that interrelate with the course of study. Other visual activities include presenting students with sample flipcharts, diagrams, maps and visual aids.
Auditory activities present students with an opportunity to interact with information by listening. Such activities require students to activate a different arena of information processing and include such lessons as audio clips such as study-related music or informational lecture.
After categorization, activities are clarified by instructional method: demonstration (example of project), direction instruction (teacher led), problem-based (teacher presented and student solved), and discovery learning (teacher-lead finding of information). Defining instructional method is completed by the teacher as needed within the classroom. This definition is generally prescribed by the educator's typical teaching method but can be dependent upon the given lesson. Incorporating the above listed activities in the sociology classroom can be done through the variety of examples listed. Various video clips, charts and diagrams, and interactive games are available and can be easily created by teachers.