When I did my field experience I was in a school where all of the classrooms had Promethean boards. I got to hear a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of the boards. They are a really neat learning tool for teachers to use with their students. Really, they are an over head, but instead of writing on a piece of plastic, students and teachers can write directly on the board with an electronic pen, and erase and save however much they want. The other neat thing about the Promethean board is that it is directly connected to your computer, so you can pull up files from your computer to view on the Promethean board and use for a lesson. This saves a lot of paper and a lot of time running to the office to make copies or overhead slides. You can also pull up the internet on the boards, and essentially teach by using a large touch screen computer in front of you. Visit the Promethean World website to view the Promethean boards and learn about the product and the many uses of it.
With these boards being around for a couple of years now, all of the students know how to use them, and in the class I was in at Poyner Elementary, the Promethean board was used a lot. One thing the teachers mentioned that they did not like, was that the board was so bulky and big and the way it was hung, it could not be easily moved. This meant that the whiteboard behind the Promethean board could never be used, because the Promethean board blocked it and could not be moved to one side or the other, or up and down.
Here is a picture of a Promethean board in the classroom
This picture shows a similar set up as the classrooms at Poyner. As you can see the whiteboard behind the board cannot easily be accessed.
Here is a picture of a Promethean board being used.
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