What Can Smart Boards do for You?

In recent years many school have been making the transition from the traditional white board or the chalk board to the interactive whiteboard. There are many different brands out there now that make these interactive white boards. SMART Board, ActivBoard, eBeam, and Mimio are a few examples of the companies that produce them. There are so many benefits to using these boards compared to the contemporary ways of the past. When using these boards teachers have many different choices for what they can do to instruct the students. They can take notes on the board and they will transfer directly into PowerPoint. Also some of the boards have preloaded maps and activities. Or if there is something important that the teacher wants to emphasize they can use the highlighter feature.

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When using one of these interactive boards teachers can actually records the instruction that was given that day. This is a benefit that will allow them to present the information to students that were absent, that have learning disabilities and need to view the info again, or just for student that needed a second look.