<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td valign='top' style='font: inherit;'>Could the local situation be a desire by some to give us the finger? (-:<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 2/7/08, Warren McCullough <i><warren@wazmac.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Warren McCullough <warren@wazmac.com><br>Subject: [Maced] IWB - Stylus or Finger?<br>To: "Macs in Education" <maced@zeus.as.edu.au><br>Received: Wednesday, 2 July, 2008, 6:56 AM<br><br><pre>Hi all,<br><br>A colleague visiting London schools reports that nearly all the IWBs <br>he has seen there are Promethian boards - "hard" boards used with a <br>stylus.<br><br>There are some Smart boards ("soft" boards, used with your finger), <br>but not many.<br><br>Asking about this he was advised that local educators found that the <br>"soft" boards were not very durable, and were easily
damaged. (If the<br> <br>board is knocked heavily the 2 layers apparently make a permanent <br>connection, rendering the board useless.) In some schools the life <br>expectancy of the "soft" boards was about 3 years, while the only <br>complaint about the "hard" boards was that the styli could be lost.<br><br>With so many local schools now making decisions about how to spend <br>considerable sums of money on similar equipment, I would be interested <br>to hear about any local experiences, pros or cons, regarding each type <br>of board.<br><br>At the moment the popular local option seems to be the "soft" board, <br><br>due to the finger-driven control.<br><br>Given that the poms have had these for a while now, should we be <br>learning any lessons from them, or has the newer technology changed <br>things at all?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Warren<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Maced mailing
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