{"id":1756,"date":"2012-04-04T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2012-04-04T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T22:00:11","slug":"smart-boards-leaving-chalkboards-in-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/2012\/04\/smart-boards-leaving-chalkboards-in-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Boards Leaving Chalkboards in the Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title<\/span><\/strong>: Smart Boards Leaving Chalkboards in the Dust<\/p>\n

Research Question<\/span><\/strong>: I would like to research how technology has changed what\u2019s going on in classrooms in the United States from the 1950s to today. Particularly, I would like to focus on how and why chalkboards have been replaced by Smart Boards in the United States. In addition I would like to see how teachers and students feel about this. Has this transition improved learning, sparked interest for students, etc? I first thought about Smart Boards replacing chalkboards when I talked to my sister back in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently in her senior year of high school (she goes to a small, all girl, Catholic school). She was telling me how now most of the math teachers are using Smart Boards instead of chalk boards. When I left that school in 2010 I remember a few math teachers using Smart Boards.<\/p>\n

Why<\/span><\/strong>? I think this is important to research about because we are living in an age where technology is taking over. I wanted to see how technology is doing in classrooms. I could have chosen computers, but I feel that I know less about chalkboards and Smart Boards. I want to become a math teacher and so it would be nice to know how the instruments teachers use are changing.<\/p>\n

Research Strategy<\/span><\/strong>: I first went to the Trinity College Library homepage. Then I looked under Trinity Online Resources (TOR) and looked under Educational Studies. Then under the results, I looked under \u201cNews.\u201d I then went to Lexis Nexis Academic and typed in \u201cchalkboards and smartboards in secondary education\u201d in the search box and looked under Newspapers.<\/p>\n

I used Google for the rest of my search. I typed in things like:<\/p>\n

Chalkboards and Smart Boards in the U.S.<\/p>\n

From Chalkboards to Smart Boards<\/p>\n

Books on chalkboards and white boards<\/p>\n

History of chalkboards<\/p>\n

History of Smart Boards<\/p>\n

For the last 2 searches, “History of Chalkboards” and “History of Smart Boards” I went to the Wikipedia page, not with the intention of using Wikipedia as a source, but to look at what sources they cited. I then looked at ones I thought were appropriate.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout Blackboards – Blackboard Technology and Chalkboard History Advances.\u201d Ergo in Demand<\/em>, n.d. http:\/\/www.ergoindemand.com\/about_chalkboards.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(This source talks about the history of chalk boards).<\/p>\n

Baburajan, Rajani. \u201cEducation Technology News: U.S. the Largest Adopter of White Boards: Smart Technologies.\u201d TMCnet.com<\/em>, July 20, 2009. http:\/\/education.tmcnet.com\/topics\/education\/articles\/60232-us-largest-adopter-white-boards-smart-technologies.htm.<\/p>\n

(This source shows an interview with Terry Wason, manager, CEE, Russia and India. This source talks about how Smart Boards are becoming very popular in the United States.)<\/p>\n

Bader, Daniel. \u201cFrom Chalk Boards to SMART Boards: Local Schools 2.0.\u201d Http:\/\/www.uticaod.com<\/em>, February 24, 2012. http:\/\/www.uticaod.com\/business_review\/x1353887340\/From-chalk-boards-to-SMART-boards-Local-schools-2-0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(This source talks about how technology is being used in the classroom.)<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorgia Pacific Newsroom – UPDATE: From Chalkboards to Smartboards.\u201d Georgia-Pacific News<\/em>, December 21, 2011. http:\/\/www.gp.com\/newsroom\/newsarticle.asp?newsid=9460<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(A generous donation was allowed for classrooms in Choctaw County to get Smart Boards. This source talks about how Smart Boards will help students.)<\/p>\n

Kuster, Judith. \u201cNo More Chalkboards: Interactive Whiteboards.\u201d American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)<\/em>, August 30, 2011. http:\/\/www.mnsu.edu\/comdis\/kuster4\/part100.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(This source talks about the benefits professors have in using Smart Boards).<\/p>\n

Liebrecht, Deia. \u201cWest Area Gets Smart With Technology.\u201d TheLedger.com<\/em>, November 27, 2007. http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20071127\/NEWS14\/711270453.<\/p>\n

(This source talks about the benefits Smart Boards have for students.)<\/p>\n

Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy. \u201cWhiteboards\u2019 Impact on Teaching Seen as Uneven.\u201d Digital Directions<\/em>, January 8, 2010. http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/dd\/articles\/2010\/01\/08\/02whiteboards.h03.html.<\/p>\n

(Advocates and a couple critics of Smart Boards talk about how they feel about them).<\/p>\n

Miller, Patty. \u201cLexisNexis\u00ae Academic & Library Solutions.\u201d Lexis Nexis<\/em>, December 20, 2010. http:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/lnacademic\/<\/a>?<\/p>\n

(This is source is about a public school’s transition to using Smart Boards. The procedures of making the change is talked about. The cost is talked about as well.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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