Tuesday, 10 November 2009

How A White Board Can Enhance Management and Presentations

By Dane Mcquiller

Educational materials like dry-erase board, dry-wipe board, marker board as well as pen-board are called whiteboard. These materials have a well polished surface called color white. With the use of these boards you can make non-permanent markings. In the middle of'80s, it became popular and even today, it is still being highly regarded as one of the most useful tools in offices, restaurants, meeting rooms and other spaces. The term whiteboard is figuratively based on a character of computer software applications which opt to produce whiteboards. Whiteboards are used to make writings and also drawings on a temporary canvas.

White board material is also useful for counter tops. Although not completely immune to wear and tear it can provide years of service as a kitchen counter top or as a study or worktable top. This material can be cleaned very easily and substances are easily cleaned from its surface. If the color becomes grungy and dirty looking a quick wipe down with straight household bleach will restore it to looking as good as new.

The invention of whiteboards is from chalkboards. The original whiteboards was set up in the open market in the middle'60s.The reason why there are many people who patronize whiteboards is that blackboards are dangerous to health because of the chalk dust. At first, whiteboards were perceived as a very pricey that being finished from a melamine surface. It was highly regarded as a good substitute for chalkboard and later it become better boards because it can be easily to keep and clean.

During the mid'60's, whiteboards are already out in the market and in today's generation whiteboards is the modern times of chalkboards. The essence of using whiteboards is that, it does protect your health during meeting hours unlike blackboards that endangers the user's health. The difference of using both boards is that a chalkboard uses chalk to write in the board or draw and these produces chalk dust which is harmful to everyone's health .But whiteboards were found to be very costly in that time and were being made from a melamine surface. Later then, it was quite a hassle keep it clean.

After 10 years, there is a great improvement and innovative products of a whiteboard came out on the enamel-on-steel magnetic whiteboard not to mention the price that has gone down and it is now glare free .Whiteboards has been widely using to any different styles, designs and methods such as convert doors, walls and fridges. In 2008 using the special white board paint has been popularly available at the local hardware stores. In the making of the whiteboard surfaces the materials that being used included the painted steel or aluminum, melamine, hard coat laminate as well as glass or magnetic glass that can be seen during the whiteboards presentation. Having whiteboards at hand makes your job easy because you can edit, underline, fill in blanks or do whatever you need to explain your idea during presentation. The advantages of using a whiteboard is that it is easier to carry while you are having a conversation, there is no screeching of chalk, extremely simple to hold you can simply dry erase marker and write using one hand while you are talking or pointing or making hand movements. This is a good thing to use if you have some physical hand defect.

It is also true that making whiteboards involves a smaller amount of time and effort and uses readily available materials in comparison to the formation of a chalkboard. When you use a whiteboard you save on paper which is helping the environment, although whether or not dry erase markers are completely safe for the environment is debatable.

Different colored markers can be utilized with white board markers. On the other hand, you should be careful in using the real whiteboard maker. Several whiteboard markers have been tearing down accidentally because the marker that being used may not appropriate for white board surfaces. The use of the wrong markers will result in permanent markings that might impossible to erase. White backgrounds can create contrast so it is beneficial in improving the reading for those people who have vision impairment.

Nowadays ,whiteboards comes in multiple sizes with different kinds of frames including oak, aluminum and plastic. A regular maintenance in cleaning your whiteboard must be practice in order to avoid stained looking surface. There is an available accessory tray for holding markers and white board erasers so that it will be neatly placed.

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