[blparent] Smart boards coming to a school near you

[Veronica Smith]

I guess kind of like flash cards, you see, then the message is taken away
and then flashed again and then you have to determine what it said and where
it was on the board.  Maybe this is just one game, but it was quite
confusing to me.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 1:11 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Smart boards coming to a school near you

Hello:

     One useful feature of a smartboard is that if it is set up to print, a 
Tiger embosser can be used to create a raised diagram of what is on the 
board. Of course, the quality of the output depends on what's on the board.

Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karla Hudson" <HudsonKC at msu.edu>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:21 PM
Subject: [blparent] Smart boards coming to a school near you


> Hi group,
>
> A little off topic here. However, I am wondering if anyone knows anything
> about ways blind kids are coping with the invention of the "smart board."
> They are all the rage in my daughters classroom. She is sighted so this is

> a
> great educational tool for her. I sit and watch this technology 
> demonstrated
> by her teacher just the other day and started thinking about myself being 
> a
> blind child in this very sighted technical environment. If you have not 
> seen
> a "smart board" the device allows the teacher to do various activities on
> this large piece of technology board in the front of the classroom. The
> children can touch various aspects on the board and make items change. 
> They
> can use clickers to make selections as well as use dry erase markers on 
> the
> device. The teacher can move and change items with their hand as well as
> circle items and color change various portions of the board. This is 
> really
> a virtual chalk board. So where does the blind child find themselves in 
> all
> of this technology? I am worried for them. Again, great device for the
> sighted kid.
>
> Karla
>
>
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