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Chalkboard VS Whiteboard

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chicken
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which is better?

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Jul 23 2012 3:41AM
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HARVERSACE
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no doubt whiteboard
Jul 23 2012 8:23AM
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cubber
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Smartboarf
Jul 23 2012 8:24AM
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cubber
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Jul 23 2012 8:27AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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chalk is nostalgic, but definitely more difficult to use than a white board. there is definitely something nice about the clicking and scratching sounds on slate, and it was always a good laugh when a teacher would leave chalk hand prints on her body, but its just not as easy to use.
Jul 23 2012 8:27AM
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.RYAN66
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smart board FTW.
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Jul 23 2012 9:11AM
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maximiliaan
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chalkboard, just gotta love the sound
Jul 23 2012 9:13AM
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katie.
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Smartboard, but I hate when the teacher takes like 10 minutes to orient it every so often
Jul 23 2012 9:13AM
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.RYAN66
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fail.
Jul 23 2012 9:20AM
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CliffyByro
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blackboard for shit like this:

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smartboard for shit like this:

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Jul 23 2012 9:22AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Whiteboard FTW>
Jul 23 2012 10:39AM
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eldridge
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the History major in me screams Chalk board. So much more classy.
Jul 23 2012 10:42AM
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J_Christoph
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definitely whiteboard
Jul 23 2012 10:47AM
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Peter.
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easily whiteboard
Jul 23 2012 10:51AM
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7springsprod
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What about that feeling when you rub 2 pieces of chalk together. Makes me shiver thinking about it.
Jul 23 2012 11:11AM
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.SHAGGY.
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whiteboard
Jul 23 2012 11:14AM
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Peter.
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shit don't do that to me
Jul 23 2012 11:18AM
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ForeverYung
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White board or smart board
Jul 23 2012 11:28AM
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.Hugo.
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I always loved running my nails down the chalkboard. The sound doesn't bother me and makes other people cringe and go insane. So funny.
Jul 23 2012 11:32AM
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james6345789
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I've never been a student in a class with a chalkboard...
Jul 23 2012 11:36AM
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74267000027
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white power
Jul 23 2012 11:37AM
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MacMahoooon
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I think we need a picture of the boardroom
Jul 23 2012 11:43AM
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theBearJew
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Not at all... Got chills reading that.

And am I to understand a "smartboard" is just a whiteboard with a projector on it?
Jul 23 2012 11:44AM
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Nate_Higgers
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i like the surfboard ya know
Jul 23 2012 12:48PM
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.MintBerryCrunch
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Water board
Jul 23 2012 12:48PM
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fujarome
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i feel somewhat shitty that none of my schools had whiteboards until high school.

seems like they just didn't use them when i was little.


Then in college we had a mix. I liked chalkboards because we never had the problem of a marker dying, and being barely visible from more than 2ft away but the prof never noticed.
Jul 23 2012 12:59PM
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*monsterskier*
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i would say whiteboard
Jul 23 2012 1:03PM
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yourthemannowdog
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How old are you? My school got it's first white board in 2005
Jul 23 2012 1:11PM
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Panchuk
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Yes but you don't draw on the physical white board, the camera/projector has motion capture technology and creates a digital representation of what you write. I used one every day and I'm still pretty iffy about it, sometimes they don't register your marker strokes. All in all, it's not a bad piece of technology for classrooms.
Jul 23 2012 1:14PM
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EL.JUANO
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For art classes, chalk because you can show values; impossible on a whiteboard unless you hatch.
Jul 23 2012 1:15PM
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chicken
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A high quality chalkboard with good chalk is the best. writes like butter, not much dust. much easier to shade or draw dotted lines. If you get way to intense you just snap a 5 cent piece of chalk instead of ruining a $1 marker. Plus your work just pops out of board as if its the only thing there, easy on the eyes, no reflections etc.

For a lecture hall, hands down chalk is the best. If you have a small room then I see the case for the whiteboard.

sparknotes: Chalkboard FTW!
Jul 23 2012 1:54PM
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Errl
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the smart boards that i use are run from normal projectors and feel more like a giant touch screen
Jul 23 2012 4:49PM
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Where-am-I
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that's my school, claim/
Jul 23 2012 5:16PM
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sir_drums_a_lot
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oh god just fuck chalkboards FUCK THEM they have that annoying sound when you write on them, make your hands dry as fuck and can make the room all dusty.
Plus whiteboard markers smell awesome.
Jul 23 2012 5:30PM
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theabortionator
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must be nice being 12
Jul 23 2012 5:46PM
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Huck_Norris
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Whiteboard. My old roommates and I used our fridge... Yeah don't do that.
Jul 23 2012 6:03PM
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Laurent.
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Chalkboards that are worth a darn are hard to come by these days.
Real slate boards are great but rare in a big size. The green boards are just a special paint.
The ones University's use are often rather good.

Also chalk can easily be "patted" out of fabrics, whiteboard 'dust' ruins the cuffs on a white shirt. (yes the markers emit bloody fine 'dust' particles.

For me:

Chalkboard > Smartboard > Whiteboard.


Also don't forgot the epic chalkboard eraser battles.

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Jul 23 2012 6:12PM
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chicken
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wtf is this "smart board"?
Jul 23 2012 6:45PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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it's annoying as fuck cause when i write on one, the writing doesn't appear right away and it's never calibrated correctly.

i can't decide between white and chalk.
Jul 23 2012 6:49PM
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DrZoidberg
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You can buy the green chalkboard paint at home depot in spray can form. And as long as I have different colors I don't care if it's chalk or white. Smartboards are annoying because they're never calibrated right and derp all over the place.
Jul 23 2012 6:52PM
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Juicy-J
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skateboard
Jul 23 2012 7:03PM
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chuck_testa
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I'm somehow allergic to chalk. So whiteboard
Jul 23 2012 7:44PM
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Deluge
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.
Jul 23 2012 7:58PM
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bdarb207
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We always used to fight over who got to clap out the erasers at the end of the day. I love the feeling of writing on a white board though with a marker.
Jul 23 2012 8:14PM
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Mr.Luke
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whiteboard. I can't even write on a chalkboard, I feel like my fingers nails are being sanded off from the sound.

Oh god...
Jul 23 2012 9:02PM
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chicken
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chalkboard
Sep 22 2013 1:50PM
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HWW
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why bump such a lame thread?
Sep 22 2013 1:54PM
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HungryHypocrite
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yeah but the "smartboard" is the projection surface which has a built in touch interface with a pen, or multiple pens.
Sep 22 2013 1:56PM
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TOAST.
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Whiteboard. just don't like the sound of chalkboards and fuck smartboards. smartboards are pretty much pointless, nobody uses them to the full advantage. just project something on a whiteboard and use that, unless you plan on uploading the notes.
Sep 22 2013 2:27PM
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Z-Juice
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whiteboards easy
Sep 22 2013 2:29PM
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JustForYou
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Whiteboard master race
Sep 22 2013 2:29PM
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