I usually feel that Smartboards, like ereaders, are a technology that appeals to decison-makers; not, necessarily, to kids. I am invariably shot down by the observation kids love SmartBoards but I feel that so of a nobrainer AND misleading.

The SMARTBoard is sort of the one piece of technology we let students touch — so of course they “love it”. Students appreciate those areas where we share and get over the ‘keep out’ tendencies of our system.

One of my major concerns is that the main appeal of SMARTBoards is the bundled professional development provided by the vendor. And, to a some extend the proliferation of pretty ‘curricularly cheap’ tools that suit the medium. Who will remain nameless….