When I taught in Brooklyn, we had SMARTboards and tablet PCs as a result of a huge technology grant awarded our school. Teaching in Minnesota, I've seen some districts have the SMARTboards as well, and I've noticed some differences as well.
Their SMARTboards are secured to the wall.
Mine was on a wobbly stand that I secured with ropes to the steel frame windows so no one would knock it over.
Their SMARTboards are lit up by projectors on the ceiling.
Our ceilings were 20 feet high, and so our projection screens were on carts on the floor. Cords needed to be secured and everytime a student bumped the cart, the screen had to be re-calibrated. Not to mention, all loved to play shadow puppetry during the period.
They use Infinite Campus, and so did I - but why was it such a headache when Iused it?
Their students sometimes have laptops with carrying cases.
Ours sometimes dragged their laptops behind them like a dog on a leash, complaining that the 4 lbs tablet was "too heavy".
Okay, maybe that was just one kid named Frankie.
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