What students may never experience today....

I have spent the last couple of weeks in a classroom and love the fact that Smartboards have become the norm, allowing great diversity in the presentation of lessons to students. Being able to switch from various media (video, internet, etc..), to writing notes and saving them for easy review and distribution. Interaction with students working at the board.

Of course the predecessor to the Smartboard and is still used a lot in classrooms is the white board. The white board took the place of the black/chalk board. The chalk board is just not found in classrooms anymore.

Because the black board is no longer in the classroom, today's student will not experience the chill of the squeak of chalk or someone clawing and dragging their nails across the slate. If anyone needs to be reminded of this sound, I found the following video, enjoy.