Whiteboards vs. Blackboards

Princess Alice

Which do you prefer?

I say you can't go wrong with a classic blackboard. Unless you're allergic to chalk dust, I guess. But if you're not, blackboards rule.

Calica

I prefer whiteboards in the very specific case of none of the markers being dead.  if there's a high chance of markers being dead i prefer blackboards.

Tachyon

blackboards, because i'm analog

Princess Alice

Full disclosure: I have a whiteboard above my desk because it's much easier to find reasonably-sized whiteboards for personal use than blackboards.

Toolsie

Whiteboards.

Because fridge magnets.

Tre

I can deal with blackboards but I typically prefer whiteboards, mostly because dry erase was what I had around since middle school or so

Obā-san

whiteboards because i have sensory issues w/ blackboards

Tatterhood

Blackboards for sure. I don't know if I can fully articulate why but somehow it's just a better experience.

Though I agree with Calica inasmuch as the whiteboard experience is much more tolerable with fresh markers.

Imipolex G

this is all very racist

glennmagusharvey

Dry-erase boards are less messy than chalkboards.

Toolsie

When I was in Year 6 (10/11 years old), my classroom was the only one in the school that had a blackboard.

They replaced it with an interactive whiteboard when I left.

Bee

Whiteboards.  Blackboards are horrible horrible things that leave chalk dust everywhere and make this awful screechy sound just from drawing on them.

Also chalk dust has long-term health implications because it accumulates in your respiratory system (i.e., if you're a lecturer and use it on a daily basis), and goes pretty much everywhere when you erase.  Whiteboards, at worst, mean you need to rub your fingertip with a wet-wipe.

glennmagusharvey

But you can't do this as easily on a whiteboard.