The development of new technologies rate is increasing very rapidly. New technologies are adopted not only in science labs, or science fiction movies. There are various range of new technologies developed that can be used in daily life, school classrooms or business meetings. These new technologies can increase quality of a lecture, meeting or conference. “SmatBoard” or, generally speaking, Interactive White Board (IWB) can be used for all those purposes.
Get rid of your regular white board.
An Interactive White Board, in fact, is a large touch sensitive display that can be used to control computer by hand. IWB can be used to demonstrate videos, slides or documents. It also can be used as a regular white board to write formulas or draw graphics. There are several well know Interactive White Boards manufacturers. In the USA, SmartBoards are manufactured by Smart Technologies Inc. and in Europe they are made by Prometean Technologies. Smartboard is a trade mark of Smart Technologies Inc., so other companies call them simply IWB.
Interactive White boards are perfect solution in classrooms or business meetings. Audience can interact with the information on screen. This is the main advantage comparing IWB to standard multimedia devices. SmartBoards allow providing wide range of information more effectively. Also the smart board can save the information that was written. Information is saved as an image, so the copies of the lecture or meeting information can be sent via email very easily. This feature makes IWB a very powerful tool of information processing and sharing. The most important thing is that every consumer can find a SmartBoard available even for a small budget and can be used in rooms that have lack of space for a standard white board. Also IWBs are easily transportable, so the meeting can be held in the room you like the most. The only requirement for that is electricity.