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If a whiteboard can be accurately captured digitally, I'd say that it's better. However, I'm not sure a basic whiteboard is any better than a chalkboard. I als
by ssharp 11y ago
If a whiteboard can be accurately captured digitally, I'd say that it's better.
However, I'm not sure a basic whiteboard is any better than a chalkboard. I also found it amusing at how often the whiteboard pens in a classroom did not work. That certainly isn't a problem with chalk. I also prefer the contrast of light writing on a dark surface over the opposite.
- detaro 11y agoWhiteboard + pen tracking might actually be great, yes, but I've yet to see that in practice. the projection-based "smart boards" are not that great.
- baldfat 11y agoThe boards that are 50" HD TVs are much better with a touch matrix in front of them. Brighter, cleaner and no burnt out bulbs. Black boards are still better for certain uses. Most "Smart Boards" are just Power Point players.
- protomyth 11y agoChalk is a bigger pain than markers. The dust can cause reactions with some folks and chalk breaks and runs out too (its just a little more obvious). We have some smart boards and they do pretty well. People do go a bit wild with color and shapes though, much like people in the 80's using every font in a document when they got a Mac.
- dubya 11y agoChalk is more economical for sure. In elementary schools, I believe teachers are now required to provide their own markers, so parents are asked to bring in a pack of Expo markers as additional supplies. I prefer chalkboards when I teach because no one else disposes of their empty whiteboard markers, so the tray slowly fills with useless hunks of plastic that look identical to the marker you set down. And whiteboard erasers get disgusting pretty quickly.
- strmpnk 11y agoThe chalk allergy is real but quite overstated. There are many people with reactions to the chemicals in whiteboard markers and the cleaner that many whiteboards require is even worse. I still see no mention of those, even though I've had problems with it myself.
- tjl 11y agoI know a bunch of people who prefer chalk because of the dust from whiteboard markers. They found it more of a pain than chalk dust. At least it cleans up pretty easily.
- enh470 11y agore: a digital capture of a whiteboard, I encourage you to take a look at SMART kapp. SMART's been working hard to solve a number of the key problems mentioned in this thread around dead simple whiteboard capture, note saving, and real time sharing with students. Full disclosure - I work at SMART.