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This instructable was originally titled BrainBoard but has been changed to DumbBoard as to not violate the registered trademark of Craig A. Berg. Brainboard, is a great catchy name for whiteboard, sorry for violating it.
DumbBoards are convenient personal/small group whiteboards for teachers and students to use in and out of their classrooms in a variety of engaging ways. They are bigger than student lapboards and store easily on a wall (with a couple screws) in a crowded classroom.
You can make 6 (2' x2.5') DumbBoards out of one 4'x8' sheet of white paneling (~$25-$30) from your local lumberyard, or pick up smaller sheets of Frost White Tileboard (48" x 32'') at a big-box like Lowes that are easier to handle but about the same price per sq. ft.
Here is an website from Buffalo Stare University with many references about DumbBoarding (whiteboarding) with students. There is a 1995 American Journal of Physics article written by by Wells, Hestenes and Swackhamer that introduced the use of DumbBoarding (whiteboarding) in a physics classroom using a kind of teaching called the modeling method.
Wells, M., Hestenes, D. & Swackhamer, G. (1995). A modeling method for high school physics instruction. American Journal of Physics, 64, 114-119.
DumbBoards are convenient personal/small group whiteboards for teachers and students to use in and out of their classrooms in a variety of engaging ways. They are bigger than student lapboards and store easily on a wall (with a couple screws) in a crowded classroom.
You can make 6 (2' x2.5') DumbBoards out of one 4'x8' sheet of white paneling (~$25-$30) from your local lumberyard, or pick up smaller sheets of Frost White Tileboard (48" x 32'') at a big-box like Lowes that are easier to handle but about the same price per sq. ft.
Here is an website from Buffalo Stare University with many references about DumbBoarding (whiteboarding) with students. There is a 1995 American Journal of Physics article written by by Wells, Hestenes and Swackhamer that introduced the use of DumbBoarding (whiteboarding) in a physics classroom using a kind of teaching called the modeling method.
Wells, M., Hestenes, D. & Swackhamer, G. (1995). A modeling method for high school physics instruction. American Journal of Physics, 64, 114-119.
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Signing UpStep 1Materials and Tools
Materials
1-4'x8' sheet of 1/8" melamine/White Frosted Tileboard (makes 6 -2' x 2.5' DumbBoards)
Tools
Tablesaw
Sabersaw / jigsaw
1" bit
Drill
Coarse and fine sandpaper
Straitedge
Marker
Towel
Tape Measure
1-4'x8' sheet of 1/8" melamine/White Frosted Tileboard (makes 6 -2' x 2.5' DumbBoards)
Tools
Tablesaw
Sabersaw / jigsaw
1" bit
Drill
Coarse and fine sandpaper
Straitedge
Marker
Towel
Tape Measure
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Apr 12, 2012. 10:56 AMTruehart
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This is just awesome and I have no idea why nobody has commented just to say as much. Was this ever featured?
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