Electronic WhiteBoards?!?!?

Question

I've been hearing about Electronic white boards. I hear there getting popular. What exactly are they used for and how are they efficient?

Answer 1

Electronic whiteboards -- often referred to by such brand names as Smartboard or Mimio Board -- look very similar to the traditional whiteboards or chalkboards teachers use to display information to their students. The electronic versions, however, have capabilities far beyond those of their low-tech predecessors; in addition to simply displaying information, they also allow teachers to save what they have written or drawn and send it to students' computers; to navigate computer files and Web sites; and to interact with online information with a touch of the finger.

Whiteboard users can use a finger or a special electronic "marker" to interact with the information displayed on the screen. Thus, brainstorming "doodles" can be saved for later review. Math and science students can graph and display problems that are difficult to represent using ordinary software programs. Teachers can remain in front of the class when moving from one computer application, file, or Web site to another, keeping students' attention and preventing off task behavior.