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  • Questions With Interactive Whiteboards vs. Chalkboards

    The advanced technology of interactive whiteboards has taken the functionality of old-fashioned chalkboards to a whole new level. The ability to display information in multiple ways with interactive software and other features gives the intended audience a place to focus and watch as the ideas develop on the board.

  • How to Remove Chalkboard Paint From Brick

    Chalkboard paint, once applied and dried, works like a regular chalkboard. Users can draw on the paint with ordinary chalk (white or colored) and erase their work with a chalkboard eraser or a cloth. After the chalkboard paint has dried, cleaning it with a wet washcloth is a snap. A popular place to use chalkboard paint is on the wall of a child’s room. If you place the chalkboard paint on a brick wall, the removal process is quite simple.

  • How to Care for a Chalkboard

    A good chalkboard is a useful and classically traditional tool for classroom teaching and large-group lectures alike. However, in order to ensure good long-term use from a chalkboard, it's important to recognize a few basic rules for cleaning, handling and use. Good maintenance of a chalkboard will keep it from breaking, wearing out before its time, or becoming unreadable from an accumulation of marks and scratches.

  • How to Hang Chalkboards

    Chalkboards make a great addition not only to classrooms, but homes as well. A chalkboard can be used as a learning tool, message board or drawing board. The size of your chalkboard depends solely on your needs. You can find all sizes and weights. Hanging a chalkboard becomes more difficult as the size increases. With larger boards, you may want to recruit assistants to help lift and hang.

  • How to Eliminate Chalkboards

    Technology moves fast and creates many new applications. As it does many items become obsolete. Now considered out of date, the chalkboard was once a staple of school classrooms and business conference rooms. Many schools and businesses are looking into the various ways in which to eliminate chalkboards. From a relatively inexpensive dry erase board to the more expensive and highly interactive whiteboards, it is becoming simple for people to eliminate chalkboards from their environments and embrace new technologies.

  • How to Recondition a Chalkboard

    When older chalkboards become tough to write on, it's a sign that they need to be reconditioned. Reconditioning a chalkboard removes debris from its surface, making it smooth and clean. If scrubbing the chalkboard doesn't work, a quick coating of chalkboard paint will renew the surface. This process should be repeated every few months, or more often if deemed necessary.

  • How to Bring Back Chalkboards

    There is no need to replace a chalkboard that just needs a little help. Depending on the problem your chalkboard is facing, there are several options, so read on and bring that old chalkboard back to life.

  • How to Buy a Chalkboard

    You may need to buy a chalkboard for several purposes. Maybe you need it as an aid in the classroom, or at home for entertaining a toddler or playing charades. Whatever your reason, there are many things to consider when buying a chalkboard. Read further to learn how to buy a chalkboard.

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