What Is a Smartboard?
It is an interactive whiteboard that is connected to a computer and a data projector. Once the computer image is projected on the board, the SMARTboard can be used as a computer. By just using your finger you can control the computer. Below are several excellent sites explaining the SMARTboard and many interactive sites that are great for students to use on the SMARTboard. These Internet sites can also be enjoyed and used on any computer in school or at home even if you don’t use a SMARTboard.
For a long time, chalkboards were the standard method of displaying and relaying information in most classrooms. As technology advanced, the messy chalkboard was replaced by the white board, a flat, plastic surface that could be drawn or written on with special markers and then erased with little to no residue. As the chalkboard gave way to the whiteboard, the whiteboard is being replaced by a newer invention, the smartboard. Invented in 1991, the smartboard is a digital whiteboard that is touch sensitive and runs off of local computer system resources. It is an interactive whiteboard that can save and store any information that is written on it, as well as enable the user to refer to notes downloaded from the Internet or other sources. The term smartboard usually refers to a specific brand of electronic whiteboard made by the company SMART Technologies, but the term is increasingly being used to refer to any brand of electronic whiteboard. Most smartboards have the same features, allo
The smartboard is the brain and therefore the most important component of a payphone. Smartboards are sometimes also referred to as chasis or circuit board. It is essentially a motherboard (like in a computer). This computer board once programmed emulates the functions of the telephone company’s operator or central office equipment. Q: How important are the warranties for the smartboard and other components? A: Because the smartboard is the main control unit and the most important (and most expensive!) component of any payphone, check for smart board warranties with any company from which you may buy a smart payphone. Other payphone components ie. handset, coin mechanism, etc. although important are significantly less costly. Please compare Midwest Telephone Supply warranties with other companies. MTS leads the industry with our extended warranty programs for both smarboards, housing, and mechanical components (both Reman and New). Q: How does a smart Payphone work? A: MTS programs the
