{"id":85,"date":"2014-02-12T18:07:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T18:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=85"},"modified":"2014-02-12T18:07:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T18:07:30","slug":"you-can-have-my-chalk-when-you-pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"You can have my chalk when you pry it from my cold dead hands!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will there ever be another educational technology that lasts as long as the chalkboard? According to wikipedia<\/a>, we’re going on close to 500 years. 500! If it’s still in use in 100 years, go ahead and kill me. Again.<\/p>\n

While reading\u00a0The Talk Tech With Me Daily<\/a>\u00a0curated by Katie Ritter<\/a>, I stumbled upon an article about 8 education tools going away<\/a>. Chalkboards are number 3 on the list.<\/p>\n

Blackboards gave way to whiteboards, and now, those have been replaced by Smartscreens. They\u2019re interactive, touch-sensitive, can be saved or erased with a touch.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s no chalk dust.<\/p>\n

Face it. When was the last time you saw a chalkboard?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When was the last time I saw one? 20 minutes ago. We have them in every one of the 80+ classrooms in this building. They’re pervasive in higher ed. About 8 years ago we built a new science building and installed white boards. Within a few months faculty revolted and they were removed and replaced with chalkboards. (At what I can only imagine must have been great expense.)<\/p>\n

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I hate chalkboards They’re dusty, dirty, look bad at the end of the day and it’s hard to capture video of them and make it legible.<\/p>\n

That being said, they are\u00a0about 1000 times better than whiteboards for the classroom and they’re the least bad alternative. (Again, least bad.)<\/p>\n