THE USE OF interactive whiteboards - or Smart Boards - during lessons has helped greatly at a school for students with special needs.
But there is one problem. Hong Chi Morninghill School in Tsui Lam only has one whiteboard for 220 students.
Morninghill was one of two special schools to receive a whiteboard for free in 2004. It was part of a project launched by the Education and Manpower Bureau to study the use of the new technology in schools.
A Smart Board looks like a large, white computer screen. It has touch-sensitive sensors on the surface, allowing students and teachers to write, erase and perform mouse functions with a finger or pen.
Objects can be dragged between pages and from other applications. Laptops, too, can be controlled from the whiteboard, making teaching and learning much more interesting.
Four secondary and four primary schools also received whiteboards and the feedback has been positive. Teachers said the students are happier because the classes are less boring.