Charlotte, NC middle schoolers create DIY smartboard

Josh Thornton’s middle school technology class at Trinity Episcopal School in Charlotte, NC has created a super smart, super cheap alternative to an interactive whiteboard, using an instructional YouTube video, a Wii remote, the casing from a marker, a soldering iron borrowed from the school’s art teacher, and about $6 worth of Radio Shack supplies.

“It can do everything that a Promethium board can do, for the most part — 85 percent of the functionality for 5 percent of the price,” Thornton said.

Read the full story at The Charlotte Observer.