Remote chalkboards tested at Colfax schools

A total of 12 Colfax teachers are now testing out the use of a MOBI, a tablet-like device which allows a teacher, or student, to write on a “chalkboard” from anywhere in the classroom.

Colfax School District Technology Director Margie Hamilton arranged for the 90-day free trial, for which she obtained the MOBI devices from a conference in Spokane.

The experiment began Jan. 24.

With the trial period past the halfway point, Hamilton is now gathering preliminary feedback.

The MOBI (“Mobile Integrated Whiteboard”) devices are provided by C.I.M. Technology Solutions.

“As far as the kids’ response,...