A lightboard is like a whiteboard, except everyone is facing towards what is written on the lightboard, and looking towards each other.

A teacher may chose the lightboard technique to guide students through detailed technical material by maintaining a human connection and a greater sense of immediacy. Especially in STEM classes, students can benefit from adding a full range of expression. 

DIGITAL LIGHTBOARD

Do you wish that you could employ this technique, but cost or convenience are a barrier? Consider starting with a "digital lightboard". All that is required is a webcam and a drawing tablet and software such as the free, open source OBS Studio. You can do something similar from your desk today! See this 11 minute introduction video, and for more information see Prof. Laing’s outreach page, DiEScL [insert link].

USING THE PHYSICAL LIGHTBOARD AT SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY

Five minutes! One topic, one board, stop. So says Professor Michael Peshkin, co-inventor of the lightboard. 

[link to using_lightboard.pcf page in /ligthboard subdirectory]

OUR LOW-COST LIGHTBOARD SOLUTION

Lightboards can be purchased from vendors such as https://revolutionlightboards.com and https://www.learning.glass. We wanted to work out some lower-cost solutions made possible by the new $300 Blackmagic ATEM Mini live production HDMI switcher, with software control by the Bitfocus Companion app. 

[link to lightboard_construction page in the /lightboard subdirectory]