[blindkid] SMARTboard

Wendy Molle wmolle at schoharie.k12.ny.us
Mon Mar 16 19:22:23 UTC 2009


For Mike and anyone else who doesn't know, a SMARTboard is an interactive whiteboard.  It is hooked to a computer and a projector projects the monitor image onto the white board.  It is also an input device because you can touch the SMARTboard and do anything that you would do with the mouse right on the SMARTboard.  You can even touch a button on the frame to have a keyboard appear on the screen to type into a document.  You use special markers (or your finger if you set it up right) to write on the documents with virtual ink that can be saved into the document and even converted to typed text.  There is also an eraser so that you can erase like you would at a whiteboard or chalkboard.  
Because they are large, they are great for introducing computer skills to kids.  They can be used for presentations.  You can set up a lesson to have the kids in a class even move things on the board or write onto the board, etc.  You can show large maps, large math tools, etc. in action.  Kids love them!!
They are not cheap, but more and more schools, universities, and businesses are buying them.
Wendy 



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