Smartboards

I know a good deal about them, but i have never actually used one.

for those of you that use them in the classroom (especially math) any pointers on what to talk about in an interview?

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keeps kids attention, very interactive and kids can be involved, integrates technology into curriculum areas.

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There are lots of fun websites with math games that can be very interactive with a whole class. I am an ESL teacher but when we were preparing for the 4th grade math test I used it a lot. There are also many things in the gallery that could be used for measuring like rulers and protractors.

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You can use it like a chalkboard if you want. The kids love using it.

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I think they are totally cool from the schools I've seen them in, but I've also heard of stories about schools who bought them but then didn't have $ in the budget for bulbs when they burnt out.

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In math you could probably do graphs if you use MS works. I have that done in a conference. It was cool. You fill out the data in a spread sheet and it automatically creates graphs.