Wiimote Whiteboard vs Smartboard

For my professional presentation (workshop) I’ve decided to concentrate on the use of the Smartboard. Our school has one Smartboard and apparently we’re getting another, although not because our current one is overused. In fact, it’s generally used by only two teachers (me included), and used probably only once per month on average. I haven’t used it much, which was part of the attraction of selecting it as a topic….so I get a chance to research uses for it. Up front, I’ll admit that part of me sees the Smartboard as a VERY expensive projection screen, at least how we use it right now.

That “VERY expensive” part though may not be quite true very soon. Today I found something called a “Wiimote Whiteboard”, which uses Wii remotes and a light pen on a plain old projection screen or whiteboard. It looks to cost about $100 for all the parts. I’m going to do some further investigation, but here’s the website if you’re interested: http://wiiteachers.com/

By the way, the workshop I’ll be running is on November 13th, a Friday.