[blindkid] Fw: [blparent] Smart boards coming to a school near you

Deborah Kent Stein dkent5817 at att.net
Fri Jan 14 18:46:41 UTC 2011


Has anyone had to deal with this in the classroom?

Debbie


----- 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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