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Just wondering how many people actually have a large white board that they use on a regular basis. Whenever I see a physics doc I always see famous scientists doing equations on blackboards. Blackboards are out dated, correct?
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Aaah, I love blackboards!! Nothing is better to focus your ideas than writing them on a blackboard and explaining them to yourself! (maybe even out loud if nobody is listening).
Sadly, I only have a whiteboard in my office. Somehow, I like that less...
Sadly, I only have a whiteboard in my office. Somehow, I like that less...
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I like blackboards as well. They're a lot more expensive if I'm not mistaken.
There's pros and cons to each. I surely wouldn't want a blackboard in my room considering the dust, but at the same time chalk never dries out and you don't have to go out and get ripped off on markers. There's a lot more pros and cons but I'm too lazy to write them out.
There's pros and cons to each. I surely wouldn't want a blackboard in my room considering the dust, but at the same time chalk never dries out and you don't have to go out and get ripped off on markers. There's a lot more pros and cons but I'm too lazy to write them out.
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You do have dustfree chalk nowadays...
Somehow I always performed better in exams on a blackboard than in exams on paper. Not sure why that is...
Somehow I always performed better in exams on a blackboard than in exams on paper. Not sure why that is...
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How do you do an exam on a blackboard?
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I spray painted a wall in the garage with black board paint, used to use it but it gotpainted over last year
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I love whiteboards.
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I wish
A lot of people still like blackboards. I'm not one of them; I much prefer whiteboards. I have a couple in my apartment that I use regularly.Apparently in the public eye, blackboards are much more associated with academia (specifically: math and hard sciences) than whiteboards are.
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The prof givves you an exercise that you have to solve on the blackboard while he's staring at what you write...How do you do an exam on a blackboard?
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Talk about one on one attention.The prof givves you an exercise that you have to solve on the blackboard while he's staring at what you write...
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I have a rather small whiteboard at my computer desk, but I often use the whiteboard in the physics lounge at my school. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE blackboards, though. If I were forced to use a blackboard on a daily basis, I'd have to buy gloves. I can't stand how chalk feels on my fingers.
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This isn't for undergrad exams, is it? I know that someone I work with took his quals in grad school like this. What type of exam was it for you?The prof givves you an exercise that you have to solve on the blackboard while he's staring at what you write...
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This was at so at most undergrad exams. I took topology, analysis, abstract algebra,... like this. You get used to it in the end...
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By whiteboard do you mean an electronic one--a "Smartboard?" Or a dry erase? I've had all three type: black, white, smart. But I prefer an overhead projector often times. The smartboard is nice for graphing and showing videos that you can write on though.
Dust free my @$$--it STILL gets everywhere! I don't care what the package says. I buy dust free all of the time, and still always end up wearing it.