I'll confirm this preference for whiteboards on the basis of health/environment.
UWF just celebrated the grand opening of a wonderful state-of-the-art science and engineering building (housing Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics/Statistics). After much faculty discussion about the merits of chalk versus whiteboards, the decision was to put no chalk boards in any classroom or laboratory space in the building. The Director of the School of Science and Engineering tells me that the final straw in the decision was the poor health consequences associated with inhalation of chalk dust (a sort of white lung disease). So it is not just messy, hard on your clothes, and drying to your skin, chalk is also harmful to your health. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Paul C Bernhardt < [email protected]> wrote: > White boards because of the following: chalk dust. Chalk dust on the hands > is annoying, but wash and moisturize and no big deal. Chalk dust gets in > computer and projector systems in the rooms and they degrade much more > quickly. White boards are the future because of that alone, IMO. > > Paul C. Bernhardt > Department of Psychology > Frostburg State University > Frostburg, Maryland > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1542 or send a blank email to leave-1542-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
