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Sep 18, 1000
India Uses Boards
India starts using a type of personal boards in lessons -
Blackboards for the West
America and Europe use individual slate wood pieces coated in paint -
The Modern Board is Hung
James Pillans, headmaster and geography teacher at the Old High School in Edinburg, Scotland hung a huge slate onto the wall of his room inventing the modern classroom blackboard -
Most Classrooms in Europe and America have a Board
Thanks to America's growing railroad system boards were transported across the country for school uses -
Black to Green
The traditional blackboard was replaced by a metal backed green board to be easier on the eyes -
Blackboard to Chalkboard
As the color of the board changed so did the name -
Whiteboards Introduced
Whiteboards are used -
Whiteboards Overthrow
Whiteboards become popular apposed to their earlier version -
Blackboard Learns
Blackboard learn launches it's first program -
Before the Board
The earliest form of the board where clay tablets used since the invention of writimg