Thursday, 31 May 2012

Essay 1


Smart board

How could a board be smart? Smart board was invented In 1991 by David martin who has created this beautiful smart system for multiple uses such as in lectures and presentations either for teaching in schools or business needs. In old days teachers used to teach lessons, by the old fashion way which is the chalkboard, it was useful but it wasn’t healthy and helpful like now a days with the smart board, the new technology works as an input and in the same time as an output for the computer to make it easy for the user to present the information, and save it. Since this technology came in the market, its attract a lot of customer to buy it, because people always look for the good advantage which the smart board has. In the other hands they are awared about the smell disadvantage that smart board has which is haven’t been found yet.



Since the smart board came in the market, it has made a lot of change on the people who is using it, smart boards have replace the chalkboard and the white board  in some of the new modern countries such as united stat and UAE, the teachers are able to notice the improvement on the student since the smart board interred the class rooms. furthermore, smart board makes easy for the teachers or the presenters to present the subject by helping out the teacher in the math, physics, language and grammar etc. however, In 1801 the chalkboard was the only way for the teacher and the presenter to deliver the information for the audients, it was useful and helped a lot but the problem was in the dust that makes while using it so was harmful for the longs of everybody in the environment, then the white board with pans comes to make class rooms and the business meeting more clean and healthy but it wasn’t good enough while the technology is taking over, in 1991 Dived Martin came up with a smart technology to catch-up with crazy world development and combine a board with the computer and release it to the market, when everybody start to replace the old board with a new technology.



If you would ask me to tell you what is the smart board in short suntans I would say, Smart board is simple white board combine with the technology of the computer. However, smart board comes with tow type of screen either the flat panel or the projection screen, both has different resolution. For the flat panel there are two options either plasma or LCD. Also the projection has tow types of screen which are the rear or the front projection screens. Furthermore, those teach screen are connected to computer by to different ways, cable or wirelessly. If The screen is connected by cable, It might done either with a serial port or USB, but for the big rooms the option of the wireless is batter not to waist cables, and when its connected to the computer, we will have a teach screen monitor.



 When we have this smart screen connected to the power of the computer we will have an amazing board that respond for the touch, highlight, drags, save, delete and moving the icons around by the finger of tools that has different color as we want. All these options that we have in this new investment allows us to use it in many different situation, not only the teachers are happy with it, also the business men are more convertible to present their ideas in nice, clean and modern way.







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