who knew we would be arguing with a board?

A light has been turned on,  in a recent trip to a third grade classroom I was able to witness the use of a interactive board.  Although it was brief I have reflected on what happened for the past several days.  The lesson was on multiples of 2 or 4 and it was set up in a Van diagram fashion.  The result of the lesson showed me that there are certain issues that with interactive boards.  The user friendliness  of the board was an issue, the children(just as myself found) was very hard to write on the board.  To answer you second question I will never deny a resource, fortunately I will be in a trial by error business.  The hope of every lesson I present will be to influence a child in a positive way.  The smart board can do this.  I think the biggest asset to the smart board is that it opens up yet another door for a person to express the knowledge and ideas that they may have.  Lastly, engagement of students is not based on quantity or presentation of subject matter.  It is the quality of subject matter, engagement of the students in my opinion is sparking an interest in a students life.  Simply put if you are interested in the subject you will want to know!