Gary: I have seen teachers use electronic whiteboards in engaging ways with students, where they are coming up to the board and participating, doing things they could not do with a chalkboard or overhead. I expect that iPhone/iTouch ...

I agree most interactive whiteboards don’t seem to be used effectively in our schools. Some are though, and stories like Kim’s above indicate that the impact of the boards being available CAN be positive in some ways. ...

To your points about whiteboard use, however, I see very little evidence that they are being used well in MOST classrooms. I just don’t think that the handful of teachers using them in “engaging” ways would justify the millions that ...

I completely agree that using an interactive whiteboard well or poorly does not equate to modeling constructivist learning. I agree whiteboards don’t promote pedagogic change. That was one of the original points in my post… ...

Are you suggesting that wasting extra money to get a classroom projector is an acceptable rationale for a white board purchase? If so, why not write about what a bad idea that is and educate school districts? Surely white boards are a ...

One of the most exciting things I saw in my computer lab last year was groups of students gathered around the smart board working to create a script and story board for a movie they were making. Certainly this work could have been done ...

SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday-Why Landing Pages and Linkbait Don't Mix from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo. Let it be known that not all methods discussed are of the fairest shades of habberdashery, but that DOES NOT mean we advocate the dark ...

I think it is only the inexperienced teacher that insists on using the Smartboard as a glorified whiteboard. This is where continuing professional development comes in. No teacher can be expected to suddenly integrate a new tool into ...

The most important upgrade we can give them, however, isn’ta projector or a whiteboard, it’sa laptop in the hands of every student. I know in some 1:1 environments the administrators have decided that LCD projectors are not necessary. ...

I learned today from Josh Pearce that Smart Technologies has changed their whiteboard software installation requirements. For the past few years I’ve been using electronic whiteboard technologies and collecting sources of free as well ...