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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also wish teachers went back to blackboard and chalk instead of PowerPoint, smart boards and dry erase boards.  The contrast of the blackboard and chalk is easier to view and it is multi sensorial.  This is an interesting article about the education benefits of a chalkboard- while I wouldn’t have been able to articulate this myself, it makes perfect sense to how I feel about it.  While it’s geared toward college students- I think it is relevant to elementary as well

https://compasspubindonesia.com/blogs/2025/11/17/why-teaching-with-chalk-and-blackboard-is-more-effective/

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Totally agree. There was also a study about how college students that took notes with own and paper instead of a laptop learned more.

Reducing edtech in schools is an important fight. No parent should have to worry about their kid being exposed to porn at school from another kid's school issued device, not to mention being forced to constantly use a distracting Internet connected device when they are supposed to be learning. Parents should not give up.[/quote]

Teacher here and I am not sure why a dry erase board is worse than a chalkboard. I use my tv as a digital chalkboard. I have an iPad that I write that is screen mirrored to the tv. As I write all the kindergartners can see proper letter formation as I write without my body blocking their view. I can also always face the kids and correct their hand writing as we go because I don’t turn my back on them. I don’t use it for slide decks, books or any other tech except movement videos/ brain breaks. Can you explain why this isn’t an improvement over a chalk board.[/quote]

It is pretty clear after you bother to do some basic research, which you are clearly not interested in given you didn't even bother to read the article[/quote]

Did you read it? The first picture under the title is a kid on a dry erase board. The article never mentions dry erase boards va chalk boards. Only you did that. So you can continue to yell that no one is reading the article, but you aren’t understanding much about your position or the article.

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Chalkboards are have an advantage over whiteboards because there is more contrast so it is easier on people's eyes.

Not having the screen in the classroom is better than having it in the classroom because it means kids aren't watching videos (like the "brain breaks") at schools every day. Screens are addictive, kids know what they can do, and that is distracting. It sounds like it barely adds any value to your classroom anyway. Use the money to send home actual books [/quote]

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