1.3. Limitations of SB use in education
The most critical limitation of SB use in education seems to be inadequate or improper use of SBs by teachers. Armstrong et al. (2005)
stress that SB use must not be reduced to physical installation of the board itself and the relevant software. They note that “teachers are the
critical agents in mediating the software, the integration of the software into the subject aims of the lesson and appropriate use of the [SB] to
promote quality interactions and interactivity” (p. 457). But there is a risk of under-use by reducing SBs to a projection or a writing surface
(Murcia, 2008). To avoid this, teachers should utilize those functions of SB technology which are superior to previous technologies. As
a matter of fact, when SB’s capabilities are under-used students are disappointed and frustrated (Levy, 2002), and this rather expensive
investment (Smith et al., 2005) turns out to be unproductive.