I'm not a fan of SMART Boards™ for a few reasons, not the least of which is my left-handedness.Left-handers push words when we write. It's not a natural motion, and the SMART Board™ takes southpaws back to the fountain pen days, when our hand would smudge the not-quite-dry ink.
When I write on a SMART Board™, my hand blocks the light. As I continue, my wrist, then my forearm block the light.
Many left-handers can write backwards, though most may be unaware of this. If you're lefty, try it for a few minutes. You may amaze yourself more than you already do.
Some of us can write backwards faster than forwards. I occasionally took notes in medical school backwards, then reverse the paper and hold it up to a light to read it.
So here's my idea for a new assistive technology--program the SMART Board to flip my witing into its mirror image as I write!
Take that, Sister Mary Barbara!
Other reasons I don't like SMART Boards™:
That lag (try drawing lots of dots in a diffusion lessonHogs up my whiteboard space
The culture (All caps? Really? How precious....)
Expensive
I secretly take it down for some periods...lots of glorious whiteboard underneath!
Drawing by DaVinci--I tweeted him, but he never wrote back....
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I'm a southpaw, too. Never have tried writing backwards, but I will definitely give it a try.
One of the guys who delivered my washer/dryer in November was telling me that a couple of years ago, his sister's Kindergarten teacher was tying his sister's left hand behind her back so she would be forced to write right-handed. I thought that sort of thing went out in the '50s.
Dear Science Goddess,
Let me know how it goes!
(That kindergarten teacher needs to be reprimanded--this is craziness....)
My twin brother is a south paw. I would play short stop and he'd be at first base.
I remember that he would not only get ink all over his hand, but also get a red spot from the spiral notebook. He used to say that he'd someday move to a place like Israel where they embrace the left-handed writers.
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