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| Notice, these pens have no point. |
While most of the tech in my classroom is pretty advanced, one of my favorite tools is my smart board stylus. Running any classroom requires flexible on-the-spot problem solving and this holds true for all things tech. As a SmartBoard user, I have struggled with line quality and alignment. These issues have improved over the years with updates to the software. A source of ongoing minor frustration has been the pens that come with the smart board. The pen tips become soft and ill-defined.
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| The "quill" actually has a brass tip, and was bought at Barnes and Noble |
My first solution was to trim the pens. I used regular scissors and gave the pens a fairly severe clipping. This solved the issue for almost 2 weeks. After that amount of time, the tips started to fan out again. My new solution was inspired by the quill on my desk. In the midst of class, I remembered that the Chemistry teacher had given the art teacher some feather from the turkey the chemistry teacher's nephew had raised for his 4-H project. I sent one of my student's to get one of these feathers, and he returned quickly with the feather.
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| The calligraphy pen setting |
The feather has become my favorite accessory in the class. I love the quillish nature of how it interacts with the white boards "calligraphy pen" setting. The feather is well-suited as a stylus. It rests well in my hand, and the tip is great. It is well defined, but smooth.
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| A fine tip makes a fine line, the rest is just putting the style in stylus |
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