subject: Why A Dry Erase Whiteboard Has Replaced The Trusty Blackboard In My Daughters Classroom [print this page] I walked into my daughters classroom on her first day of school. Along with other parents, I was happily looking at the various posters and art work plastered onto the walls when I suddenly stopped in my tracks and realized, Theres no blackboard! I made a 360 degree turn. A blackboard is nowhere to be found. Instead, in its place at the front of the classroom was a huge white slab, shiny and smooth a dry erase whiteboard. I have seen dry erase whiteboards in offices and work areas, but never before in a classroom. A classroom without a blackboard? That was unheard of in my time. Where would the teacher jot down her lectures? How would the kids be able to copy information onto their notebooks? How will they learn to add, subtract, draw shapes and write sentences?
Blackboards and chalks used to be teachers vital aids in everyday school life. Students spend about half of their time in school staring at blackboards, reading, trying to understand, copying or writing on it themselves. However, even since then, students and teachers alike have been complaining about blackboards and chalks. Not only are they messy, but they also pose hazards to the respiratory system. Chalk is made up of a kind of powder. Every time erasures are done on the blackboard, powder and dust fly off in all directions. Dry erase whiteboards have come to the rescue. A dry erase whiteboard can counter all of the qualms that people have had over blackboards.
Dry erase whiteboards have indeed replaced blackboards in modern classrooms. A dry erase whiteboard is more sanitary and convenient to use. None of those powdery hands anymore from erasing writings off of the blackboard. With a dry erase whiteboard, the writings can be easily and neatly wiped off. Dry erase whiteboards can be used for jotting down lectures, plotting graphs, illustrating graphs, making diagrams and sketches, etc. Along with multi-colored markers, dry erase whiteboards can make the learning and teaching process more interesting, appealing and attention-grabbing.
Dry erase whiteboards are also versatile. Aside from the purposes mentioned above, a dry erase whiteboard can also function as a viewing post for informative slides and educational videos. Because of their smooth, shiny and white surfaces, dry erase whiteboards afford the perfect spot for effectively enhancing and diversifying the learning process. Dry erase whiteboards are also portable. Some come in frames with wheels. These can be easily transported from one place to another whenever the need arises.
On my daughters first day of school, I was surprised by the popularity and proliferation of dry erase whiteboards all over the campus. I found them not only in classrooms, but also in lecture halls, laboratories, hallways, conference rooms, libraries, and even at the gymnasium. A dry erase whiteboard is now a teachers perfect tool in sharing the gift of knowledge to his/her students. Students these days are lucky for being able to enjoy the learning process better with the aid of dry erase whiteboards and colorful board markers.
