Response to Keethai Regarding Weary Teachers

Keethai,
It is insteresting that you say teachers are getting weary or using/learning to use SMART boards. I am assuming that is because, as you say, it is something else they have to learn and not the technology itself.
My board too is starting to push further into the use of SMART board technology and on the surface it sounds great but I think it comes with hurdles.
The cost prohibits schools for purchasing one per classroom or even grade level so only one is purchased. That leads to scheduling problems who gets to use it an when (signouts always leave some people feeling ripped off). So now if it is signed out it probably means it is a portable system so where is it stored because now there is an expensive data projector that is roaming the hallways. What happens if your school is two floors because there is now way to take the SMART Board up and down stairs, you would need a service elevator. And, like you say, you end up with a bunch of weary teachers because they have to go through the training for something that they may rarely get to use and is a pain to signout and transport.