RE: chalkboard anyone?

[Paul Smith]

Jim Guinee wrote: 
> After attending some recent workshops on the use of power 
> point and other great technological tools in the classroom, I began to
wonder 
> "Does anyone still use the chalkboard?"

        If you took away all of the fancy technologies, I'd barely be fazed.
If you took away the chalkboards, I'd seriously think about finding a
different career. I wish they weren't dusty and didn't leave marks all over
me, and I wish they erased more easily and completely, but short of that,
they're a perfect solution to the classroom presentation problem.

        I agree that "dry erase" is a travesty. I have in the past demanded
to be moved from rooms that had those things and no real chalkboards. 

Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee