At least all those unsupported-after-Windows-Vista smartboards can have big sheets of paper taped to them.
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
At least all those unsupported-after-Windows-Vista smartboards can have big sheets of paper taped to them.
we had smartboards in my podunk public school 20 years ago. how impressed am I supposed to be by this.
US spends unlimited money on wars; next-generation blackboards in China🇨🇳. Different choices define different futures
USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools
USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools
August 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
we had smartboards in my podunk public school 20 years ago. how impressed am I supposed to be by this.
One word: Smartboards
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
One word: Smartboards
Shit that's been known since Plato.
no huge lecture halls, no smartboards, no PP slides, no AI chatbots, no MOOCs, just a small class with a dedicated, well-trained and supported teacher.
no huge lecture halls, no smartboards, no PP slides, no AI chatbots, no MOOCs, just a small class with a dedicated, well-trained and supported teacher.
'The key findings were said to be “surprisingly simple”: “a good student academic experience ultimately comes down to quality teaching, access to in person interaction with teachers and a strong sense of belonging”.' 2/3
What Matters Most? 20 years of the student experience - HEPI
Half of students miss one-third of their lectures. 20 years of data show undergraduates are struggling to access the high-quality teaching, in-person interactions and satisfying student experience the...
www.hepi.ac.uk
May 14, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Shit that's been known since Plato.
no huge lecture halls, no smartboards, no PP slides, no AI chatbots, no MOOCs, just a small class with a dedicated, well-trained and supported teacher.
no huge lecture halls, no smartboards, no PP slides, no AI chatbots, no MOOCs, just a small class with a dedicated, well-trained and supported teacher.
SmArTbOaRdS und iPaDs
January 30, 2026 at 9:32 AM
SmArTbOaRdS und iPaDs
ich sitze in einem raum mit 4 smartboards und einem whitescreen für den beamer in einem seminarraum die nie benutzt werden aber hamburg muss 100te stellen streichen
September 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
ich sitze in einem raum mit 4 smartboards und einem whitescreen für den beamer in einem seminarraum die nie benutzt werden aber hamburg muss 100te stellen streichen
Do smartboards still exist? Many questions I have.
June 15, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Do smartboards still exist? Many questions I have.
Like every classroom in my school adopted smartboards circa 2006
US spends unlimited money on wars; next-generation blackboards in China🇨🇳. Different choices define different futures
USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools
USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools
August 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Like every classroom in my school adopted smartboards circa 2006
Anyone else remember smartboards? And how kids would fight to calibrate the board?? Or is it just me??? 🤔
June 15, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Anyone else remember smartboards? And how kids would fight to calibrate the board?? Or is it just me??? 🤔
It gets even more absurd when smartboards were installed years ago, but then the uni can't afford software updates and the boards become utterly useless...
August 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It gets even more absurd when smartboards were installed years ago, but then the uni can't afford software updates and the boards become utterly useless...
Whenever I browse surplus auction sites I have to wonder how many hundreds of millions of dollars school administrators were duped into spending on SmartBoards that no teacher ever wanted or used.
February 9, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Whenever I browse surplus auction sites I have to wonder how many hundreds of millions of dollars school administrators were duped into spending on SmartBoards that no teacher ever wanted or used.
Dieser Eimer fängt zuverlässig seit Jahren das Wasser vom undichten Dach auf. Also meistens. Natürlich hängt er in einem Schulflur. Dass es sich um eine Förderschule G handelt, ist zusätzlich beschämend. Aber: im Sommer bekommen alle Klassen Smartboards. #ohneWorte #blueLZ #Digitalisierung
June 13, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Dieser Eimer fängt zuverlässig seit Jahren das Wasser vom undichten Dach auf. Also meistens. Natürlich hängt er in einem Schulflur. Dass es sich um eine Förderschule G handelt, ist zusätzlich beschämend. Aber: im Sommer bekommen alle Klassen Smartboards. #ohneWorte #blueLZ #Digitalisierung
things are getting so bad over in america that they're glazing smartboards as future tech
US spends unlimited money on wars; next-generation blackboards in China🇨🇳. Different choices define different futures
USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools
USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools
August 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
things are getting so bad over in america that they're glazing smartboards as future tech
I started at a new HS 15 years ago, smartboards everywhere. They weren't used much and are all gone. Now we have giant Promethian (smartboard-like) screens with all of the actually useful features disabled, so instead of doing “smartboard things” they are basically giant TVs. 🤦♂️
August 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I started at a new HS 15 years ago, smartboards everywhere. They weren't used much and are all gone. Now we have giant Promethian (smartboard-like) screens with all of the actually useful features disabled, so instead of doing “smartboard things” they are basically giant TVs. 🤦♂️
Second Life, podcasts, iPad initiatives, iTunes U, blogs, social media, MOOCs, Smartboards, VoiceThread, etc
I cannot begin to count the amount of technology tools I have been told in the last 20 years that I need to teach my students how to use because they were the future.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
there is no rhyme or reason to an entire “AI” department, much less an AI school. There is no curriculum, as such, because AI is not a school of thought. It has no theory, no method. It’s just a tool. Two or three courses, max, if someone is obsessed with it should suffice.
August 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Second Life, podcasts, iPad initiatives, iTunes U, blogs, social media, MOOCs, Smartboards, VoiceThread, etc
Me, standing in front of the class: I don’t have the best of luck using Smartboards
3rd Grader, trying to reassure me: that’s because it’s a DUMBBOARD
3rd Grader, trying to reassure me: that’s because it’s a DUMBBOARD
March 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Me, standing in front of the class: I don’t have the best of luck using Smartboards
3rd Grader, trying to reassure me: that’s because it’s a DUMBBOARD
3rd Grader, trying to reassure me: that’s because it’s a DUMBBOARD
SmartBoards, Chromebooks, Canvas, Infinite Campus, Remind...
how much does it cost to stop having to pay for new textbooks every seven years and a steady supply of copy paper?
how much does it cost to stop having to pay for new textbooks every seven years and a steady supply of copy paper?
I think my most capital C Conservative position is that 'edtech' is almost always an expensive con that distracts us from what we know works best in education and that there really is absolutely no harm in a classroom looking broadly the same as it did 20 years ago most of the time.
May 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
SmartBoards, Chromebooks, Canvas, Infinite Campus, Remind...
how much does it cost to stop having to pay for new textbooks every seven years and a steady supply of copy paper?
how much does it cost to stop having to pay for new textbooks every seven years and a steady supply of copy paper?
in China they have SMARTBOARDS IN SCHOOLS” yeah well we gave our students laptops and, well, uh… heh. Okay
August 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
in China they have SMARTBOARDS IN SCHOOLS” yeah well we gave our students laptops and, well, uh… heh. Okay
Ist es Bildschirmzeit, wenn Schüler:innen den ganzen Morgen auf Smartboards starren?
Ist es Bildschirmzeit, wenn man eBooks auf einem eReader liest? 🤔
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ist es Bildschirmzeit, wenn Schüler:innen den ganzen Morgen auf Smartboards starren?
lieb, smartboards. wie wär's vorher mit so dingen wie lüftung/klima und ordentlichen sanitäranlagen
Zwischen Smartboards und Ruhetürmen: Wie sich Schulen in Wien entwickeln sollen
100.000 Euro, Unterstützung, Supervision, neue Ausstattung: Das Wiener Bildungsversprechen soll Standorten mit besonderen Herausforderungen bei der Schulentwicklung helfen, sie stärken und nachhaltig ...
www.derstandard.at
June 23, 2026 at 7:54 AM
lieb, smartboards. wie wär's vorher mit so dingen wie lüftung/klima und ordentlichen sanitäranlagen
My good friend @andreasclaramonte.bsky.social likes to talk about smart boards. If you like to talk about smartboards and also you dont like Trump, you should have a chat with him. But if you do like Trump, don't talk to him. Not one word.
April 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My good friend @andreasclaramonte.bsky.social likes to talk about smart boards. If you like to talk about smartboards and also you dont like Trump, you should have a chat with him. But if you do like Trump, don't talk to him. Not one word.
Your guys library cages had smartboards?!?
July 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Your guys library cages had smartboards?!?
Smartboards are a decent enough idea until they meet their mortal foe: Elderly Prof With Sharpie
August 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Smartboards are a decent enough idea until they meet their mortal foe: Elderly Prof With Sharpie