Electronic White Boards

Virtual Whiteboard

The virtual whiteboards are devices that have made it possible for people to work collaboratively with the people who are at a far away place. They act as a medium through which this becomes possible. They can be used for the different purposes as for discussing over some plan or for preparation of some plan along with other people.

Virtual white boards work through the website. There are also some sites, which from which you can create a virtual white board. This type of board can be created for being used by two or more people as well as just by a single person use. However, there are some restrictions for the virtual white boards, which these companies provide.

However, there are some things to note with relation to the white boards. Most of the times, they are accessible for not more than 24 hours from the time when you create them. In addition, there are also limitations for the session time during which you and the other people with which you wish to use it interactively. Moreover, there are also limitations for the number of users.

Further, there are also some system requirements too. You can have an internet connection, which can be internet explorer 6, Firefox 1.5, Opera 8.0 or one, which is in more advanced than these are and it too should be in Java script. You can have any standard computer having any recent operating system. The monitor can be any thing higher than 16-bit.

Anybody having the system of fulfilling these simple requirements can use the virtual white boards. They do not cost much. However, they have a great number of advantages and applications.

As discussed earlier they are useful for developing and discussing ideas and plans. They can also be projected on a simple screen normally used for the projectors. So they can be used as a substitution for the interactive white boards. They are cheaper than the interactive screens. They can also be projected on the touch sensitive interactive screens.

As they can be projected with the help of projectors, we can place them at any place as on a wall. So they can be used to address the class. As they it is possible to edit and control them from any place, they also enable combined distance education involving two or more people.
You can just have a laptop having a wireless internet connection and you can carry the virtual white boards to any place along with you.