Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Chalkboards Face Erasure as Longtime Classroom Staple

Stephen Downes

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When I first encountered whiteboards in the classroom, I hated them (I'm a technophobe in so many ways). The markers were harder to read than the thicker chalk. They were frequently dried out. They were more expensive. They stank. Today, I would almost always use a whiteboard over a chalkboard... and according to this article, the days of the chalkboard are numbered. It also describes some mnore novel uses of computerized whiteboards (already familiar to many educators) that can be used as smart projection screens, screen capture devices, and more. Slowly (too slowly for a technophile like me) the classroom display is changing.

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