Can I just say that I love technology? So does my husband. It's our greatest weakness as far as out budget goes. It is no different for me in the classroom. I love new technology that can help me better engage my students. For a while now, the piece of classroom technology that I have been lusting after the most is an interactive whiteboard. It is so cool! So when I was exploring my newly set up Google Reader for Thing 5, and I came across an entry on the Tech Learning blog called Erase Unnecessary Costs by Getting Smart about Interactive Whiteboards by Lisa Nielsen, I had to read it.
Lisa's basic premise is that while interactive whiteboards are cool, you can perform the same function with a projector and tablet combo that would save you over $3000. That amount of money could purchase 9 netbooks or ipod touches or a variety of other technology. As an economics teacher I know all about opportunity cost so I can really see her point. To be honest, I still want an interactive whiteboard in my classroom. It is just all kinds of awesome. However, I do think that we need to be efficient with our resources, so I will settle for a projector and tablet. Now I just gotta convince some one in charge to buy it for me!
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