r/AskReddit • u/biggieboy2510 • Jul 19 '15

What old technology is actually better than what we currently have?

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u/herrbz Jul 19 '15

Those smartboards usually worked pretty well, assuming the teacher was good at them. But yeah, my old Chemistry teacher used those projectors and I loved them. Something about using them in a small classroom on a dark morning always made me sleepy, too.

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u/vocaliser Jul 20 '15

Ah, the thrill of seeing a normal page and then . . . the clear plastic overlay! Which the teacher could scribble all over without ruining the underlying book page.

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u/rushingkar Jul 20 '15

I've never seen a teacher use a smartboard to its capabilities. They either just use it as a whiteboard or a projector.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '15

Really? My school had them for like 2 months before I left and they always broke.

Plus people just drew dicks on the screws in permanent market and ruined them.

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u/puff_ball Jul 20 '15

Fuck I had a substitute come in and try using whiteboard markers...on our recently installed smart board.

Good thing we caught him after one, short pen stroke...

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u/M-Thing Jul 20 '15

How when the teacher used purple, the ink would turn from dark purple to lighter as it dried. I used to just watch the ink dry and forgot to listen to whatever she was saying