February 8, 2002

'Electronic Whiteboards' Add Flexibility to Classrooms

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Computerized chalkboards? Several companies have created what they call "electronic whiteboards" that bring computing power to one of the oldest and most ubiquitous teaching tools. And a growing number of colleges are trying them out.

Electronic whiteboards typically offer display spaces about five feet wide that function like oversize touch-screen computer monitors. In many of the high-tech whiteboards that have hit the market in the past few years, every mark made on the board can be

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