Question
do you know the history of whiteboards
Answer
Hello Jacob,<BR><BR>The history of whiteboards -- they've been around since I was in school (since the late 1960's)...so what you see on <FONT color=#008000 size=2>www.usmarkerboard.com/page-Whiteboards-History-Of.html <FONT color=#000000>isn't the whole story. However, yes, blackboards were most common, with some greenboards and only a few whiteboards. Computers in the classroom were rarer than whiteboards, even by the 1980's...<BR><BR>I hadn't known about the computer forcing out the blackboard -- I'm not disputing that part, no. As I recall, threatening students with having to clean the blackboard and/or erasers was a disciplinary tool for the elementary school teachers of years past. <BR><BR>It looks like another good site is <FONT color=#008000><A href=http://www.caece.edu.ar/Ingles/Articles/81.htm">www.caece.edu.ar/Ingles/Articles/81.htm</A>. </FONT><BR><BR>Hope this helps,<BR><BR>Joe M. <BR>Information Technology Specialist<BR>B.S. Mathematics, 1981<BR>M.S. Industrial and Operations Engineering, 1985<BR>various positions held: Computer Programmer, Cartographer, Mathematical Statistician, Computer Specialist<BR><BR></FONT></FONT> http://vrd.askvrd.org/services/answerschema.xml
