smartboards

Interactive classroom displays

Smartboards are interactive whiteboards that respond to touch, allowing users to control computer displays by tapping or writing directly on the screen.

Common in classrooms and conference rooms, they replace traditional whiteboards and projectors: The teacher pulled up a map on the smartboard.

The term derives from the brand name SMART Board but is often used generically for any interactive display panel.

technology

touchscreen

Input-sensitive display panel

stylus · gesture · sensor · projection · software · hardware · connectivity · multimedia · interface · calibration

classroom

whiteboard

Erasable marker writing surface

schoolroom · teacher · students · lessons · homework · instruction · teaching · educator · syllabus · curriculum

presentations

slides

Moves smoothly across surface

graphics · infographics · demonstration · lecture · speaker · audience · pitch · briefing · screen mirroring · zoom

collaboration

brainstorming

Generating many ideas freely

engagement · sharing · real-time editing · screen sharing · video conferencing · annotation · co-authoring · polling · voting · Q&A

Categories
Opposites
technology level

smartboardschalkboards

Erasable classroom writing surfaces

blackboards · whiteboards · flip charts · corkboards · bulletin boards

interactivity

smartboardsprojection screens

Surfaces for displayed images

posters · wall charts · chalkboards · blackboards · whiteboards

Family

smartboard

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G