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When I found out that my placement school used Promethean boards, I was really looking forward to giving these a go, and seeing how children used them. Unfortunately the school has not gotten hold of a set yet, so I cannot comment with first hand experience. :c Fortunately however, I was able to have a quick test during a Science lecture which demonstrated how quickly these little gadgets can collect and visually represent the data on an IWB. It is quite a costly piece of kit, I'm led to believe, but fortunately does work with SMART boards too. I can see how it would be very useful in classes, but