Re: SmartBoards VS. LCD Projectors

Fred

Posted on 11/14/09

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On 11/13/09, Daniel Hanson (high school Spanish teacher)
wrote:
> (I don't know if this is the right chatboard to post this
> message. There are a few tech chatboards.)
>
> Katherine,
>
> Your description of your SmartBoard makes me wonder again
> whether I should be looking for a LCD projector or a
> SmartBoard for my classroom *WHEN*/*IF* I can find a grant
> or something. My school district is having extreme money
> problems this year. I posed the question a couple of years
> ago when some of the math teachers at my school started
> using SmartBoards. They look really cool and I love the
> interactive part of them. I can totally see how great they
> would be for equations in Math and in Science classes. But
> some people argued that LCD projectors were better for the
> FL classroom (Bill Heller and some others).
>
> Here are the pros and cons I can think of at the moment:
>
> LCD: Big screen, can show movies, PowerPoint presentations;
> NOT interactive, can't write notes on the screen and maybe
> save them for future reference, bulbs are expensive to
> replace
>
> SmartBoard: Screen may be smaller for viewing, LCD might(?)
> be able to show more programs, don't know what the
> replacement supplies cost; great for danging and
> interactive stuff; can save writing on the board (and I
> think I could do presentations that go step by step on the
> screen so students can see the process).
>
> What would your advice be (or anyone's advice)? (I fully
> admit that I'm envious of your SmartBoard and what you are
> able to do with it.)
>
> I dream of creating interview PowerPoints to teach
> vocabulary in authentic contexts with lots of visual and
> oral stimuli. I would be able to incorporate videoclips as
> well as microphone clips into the presentations to create
> vocabulary development activities instead of using the
> textbook materials so heavily. (And I don't have to keep
> using my voice to present the vocabulary 5 times per day.)
>
> (Now the problem is trying to find money to get a LCD
> projector or a SmartBoard....)
>
> Thanks for sharing,
>
> Daniel Hanson
> High School Spanish Instructor/Teacher
> Modesto, California, USA
>
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:14:27 -0500, Katherine Resch
> wrote:
>>We use the Smart Notebook software, which is designed to
> pair with the Smart
>>Board. It also includes a great gallery of interactive
> items (like the timer
>>someone mentioned, and I just did an activity using a
> virtual paper doll for
>>clothing items), and a great teacher's resource to share
> with the Smart
>>Board community.
>>
>>Katherine

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