Wednesday, April 30, 2008

MacGyver your Classroom: How to make a 50 dollar smart board

With analog methods emphasized less and less in teacher ed programs, the pressure to use high tech methods in the classroom is increasing every day. The Smartboard program and hardware can run school districts' budgets dry very quickly. I created a stellar Jeopardy program that would work incredibly well with the a high tech white board. The only problem was that the school either couldn't afford it, or I didn't have the seniority to get the school's one board for longer than a period. I always thought I could "MacGyver" one, but always lacked the knowledge (although i did once repair an overhead projector with a paper clip). Now someone has out geeked me, and made a system that will only set you or your school back 50 bucks, that is if you don't already have these common items.


.What.would.MacGyver.do.?

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