[LM_NET] SMART BOARDS

["DiGregorio, David" <ddigregorio@TENAFLY.K12.NJ.US>]

There is no doubt that "Smart" boards are a rather mediocre presentation
and projection device.  They can help hold some students attention as
sitting a child in front of a television or computer can do to keep them
quiet.  And students can tap on it and do things with it like a video
game - these also keep children transfixed.  The unfortunate medications
administered by psychiatric establishment to our very young can have
similar result on how children react.  My instincts tell me that
something may be amiss with these devices regularly used and overused.
Students get excited over the interactivity of tapping the board - but
are they really seeing more meaning in the subject itself? Are we not
looking at this type of instruction critically enough?  Are these
devices creating a less social classroom environment?  Are there other
means to present to classes with higher resolution and more vivid image
when needed?  I think this subject is very interesting and is worthy of
a deeper discussion.  This will enable us to make better purchasing
decisions and be less influenced by potent marketing machines.  

 

Also something more - are the terms "Visual Learners" and the like
really useful?  Do they pigeon hole us into thinking in a fixed way
about ourselves and others?  Do they place a limit on what the mind is
capable of?   

   

 

David Di Gregorio 

ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us   
Supervisor Library Media Services

Tenafly High School's 

Lalor Library Media Center

www.librarymedia.net <http://www.librarymedia.net/> 

19 Columbus Drive

Tenafly, NJ 07670

CELL: 201-696-8062

Office: 201.816.6617

Fax: 201-871-8509

 


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