History of my technology

Chalk boards were at first just small squares of slate, framed with wood to keep them from breaking, and marked on with other shards of slate. In the early 19th century America started using chalkboards because anything else was too expensive. The first chalk board to actually be on the wall was invented by a geography teacher in Scotland who decided to get the slates off the student’s laps and up onto the wall. The earliest record in America shows instructors using them in academic military schools, such as WestPoint, in 1801. (Wise GEEK) Teachers didn’t have to spend as long as time writing down individual problems and lessons could be taught on a single student’s slate, but could speak to an entire class where everyone had the benefit of seeing the board. The chalk board became a little more modernized by it having a steel sheet enameled with porcelain. Also some pieces of slate were replaced by chalk. And the rag erasers they had been using were no more and they started using block of felt that could erase chalk marks without creating as much airborne dust. But later in the 1990’s, concern over student’s allergies and other health risks created by chalk dust prompted the replacement of the chalk boards with white boards.

The History of the Smart Board is all thanks to 2 people and their brilliant company. In 1986 David Martin and Nancy Knowlton were driving through upstate New York when David had described an idea he’d been working on to Nancy. A year later, SMART was founded. The company originally was the Canadian distributor for a United States Projector company. The product David had first been talking about was the SMART Board interactive whiteboard. It was able to provide touch screen control of computer apps and the ability to write over standard Microsoft Windows applications. It’s connected to an LCD panel and a computer, which brought interactive whiteboards to life and put them in classrooms, meeting rooms, boardrooms, etc… Back when they were first being invented no one knew about interactive whiteboards. (Smart Technologies) It took no effort to inform people about the products and its’ benefits. Teachers who needed to give lectures at a distance were the first to “jump on” these products. Although, the early operating systems were often unstable, slow and offered few to no graphics capabilities. But they were able to progress through and over time educators around the world came to appreciate the new ways that they could teach by using the SMART board. At first David and Nancy were unsure on how their product would be able to work and develop. Luckily they made an intelligent move in 1992 as they formed an alliance with the Intel Corporation, which resulted in joined product development. With an alliance and many investments enabled SMART’s hardware and software to develop into something incredible. The combined forces were able to come up with and interactive whiteboard that you are able to touch and do a lot more in which we call a Smart Board.

Advantages and Disadvantages of today's classroom technology

Advantages:

1. One major advantage of today's technology in classrooms is that it allows the teacher to teach like never before.
2. It can enable to the students to have better understanding of what is being taught.
3. Students are able to interact with the teacher in more ways.
4. It's allows students to be taught from different perspectives.
5. It greater enhances the ability for teacher to display work and write on it.


Disadvantages:

1. The main disadvantage is that technology is infamous for breaking down.
2. Eventually whatever that one thing you have will have to be replaced.
3. Technology can distract from the proper learning environment that students need.
4. Students may run into problems such as internet issues, download issues, compatability issues, etc...
5. Technology can cause frustration with both the teacher and students.
6. It will most likely have to be repaired if you want it to be in good condition.

Today's and Yesterday's Technology

Some similarities between the Smart Board and the chalk board are that they both have the same purpose meaning that they both allow the students to view the notes that the teacher has written. The main idea in which both of these things work is fairly similar besides the fact one’s newer technology. They both are similar in the way they mainly function, but are different in the way they can be used. Now you’re probably thinking that the only differences between the smart board and the chalk board are that the Smart Board is newer technology and it has more features. Well you’re right, the only difference is that the smart board has a lot more features meaning you can do a lot more things with it. So besides the fact that they are used for nearly the same thing they are also very different. The Smart Board requires no literal writing on it while the chalk board requires a teacher to have to stand right next to it and write on the board and then eventually will have to erase their work. The Smart Board has a simple one touch and done system where all you have to do is press the cute little trash can and your work disappears. The great thing about the smart board is that you don’t have to work about erasing all the work you’ve written down and you don’t have to worry about breathing in all that chalk.

Resources

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=710934

New Blog?

Blog Ideas:

Name: Import Stance, The Nismo Flush, C Stance, Ikonic Rides, Ikonic Cars, Import Exotica

Main Theme: Cars

What to talk about: Cars of course; parts of an engine, how the engine works what each part does, I could compare cars with one another (maybe two battling car companies with competing cars), Talk about aftermarket parts (upgrades to boost performance), Talk about different body styles on cars (what's hot and what's not), talk about what most car enthusiast's in california like to do to their cars, Talk about the cool way to "set up" your car or "stance" your car. Cool body kits, shoutouts to some of the best car websites for the best aftermarket parts, and the best apparel. Talk about car terms such as: stance and flush (and also what certain things mean; a breakdown of how cars work) And last but probably not least also talk about imported cars (from japan, sweden, britain) and also what cars are popular in each region. And also how fast cars are and what little things you can do to make it even faster.

Blog Review (Part 3)

Poverty:

As I said before this blog needs to change their main title and the header.
Yes it answers some of the questions.

Lizz's Blog:

No it does not answer most of these questions.

History of Christmas:

Yes it answers most of these questions except for the follow by email.

Blog Reviews (Part 2)

Labradoodles:

1. The blog was well maintained and it was original.
2. A bad part was that my computer started lagging when i tried to scroll down. I am unaware if this is just the computer's fault or if it the fault of the blog itself.
3. I would probably not revisit this blog just because it deals with a certain group of dogs and because it's too much of a hassle to even scroll down on the blog.

History of Hershey's Chocolate:

1. The great thing about this blog is that it is set up well. It's easy to go through and look at anything dealing with what has been posted.
2. As far as technical issues are, I have noticed none in this blog so that is a very good thing.
3. The real disappointment in this blog is that it is really to short. It's sort of like you start to intrigue them and then you just tease them and stop relaying information.

Tiffany & Co.:

1. I honestly didn't even read the blog because the title has put no interest in my mind to even skim it.
2. This blog certainly applies to a certain type of group and I am not apart of that group.
3. Although I didn't even bother reading 1 word besides the title of this blog the one thing I did see is how easy it was to go throughout the site. In my opinion the site was well set up the theme went with the title and the main idea and it was pretty organized.

Tess' Blog for Vegetarianism:

1. As of looking at this blog it appears to be very well setup with the color scheme and all.
2. I would suggest that you dont put white on green for your quote just because some people may not be able to read it.
3. And also for only 2 posts I wouldnt have such small font. If I had done this blog about vegetarianism I probably would've kept the color scheme changed up the color for that quote and spiced it up a little. It need more eye drawing attention. And also it needs to have font big enough for everyone who wants to read it can read it.