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Chalkboards With Brains

Posted by Zonk on from the i-hate-chalk dept.

theodp writes "Third graders at Columbia University's elementary school may never know the sound of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. All across the country, dust-covered chalkboards are being ditched in favor of interactive whiteboards that allow students and teachers to share assignments, surf the web and edit video using their fingers as pens." From the article: "Bang uses the board to display a wide range of learning materials on her computer, from web pages to video clips. It is also used as a lunch-time reward for students: The children watched Black Beauty on the same screen that was used earlier for geography."

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  1. Potential for abuse by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder just what the modern equivalent of "Teacher sux!" would be?

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    1. Re:Potential for abuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      how about a hack and some pr0n up on da screen... O_o

    2. Re:Potential for abuse by One+Childish+N00b · · Score: 5, Funny

      Waay ahead of you - at my old college they had an overhead projector in my Media Studies class and my Media teacher had a love for putting everything in PowerPoint slideshows and a very weak password.

      A 10x10ft Goatse on the far wall 30 seconds into the first presentation of monday morning was a sight to behold, as were the reactions of my classmates. Maybe it was my maniacal laughter while the rest of the class was trying not to vomit that gave me away and got me frogmarched down to the principal's office, I don't know...

      Still, I got a week's holid... suspension out of it, so it wasn't too bad.

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  2. Detention by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would make detention fun , you could write your 100 lines on the blackboard with a simple script then surf the net till the teacher returns

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  3. shudder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... the sound of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard.

    Ewwww!
    Don't do that! You might as well have included hello.jpg in the story!

    Now, think of your breathing.

  4. I think I'd prefer... by Brass+Cannon · · Score: 2, Funny

    What will the kids throw instead of chalkboard erasers? Batteries?

    In this case change is bad.