A teaching facility includes a central room or area from which an
instructor can teach a plurality of classes. The classrooms adjoin the
central room and students within each classroom are positioned to view
the instructor in the central room. The teaching facility also includes a
communication device with at least one computer teaching board. At least
one of the central room and the classrooms include the computer teaching
board. The computer teaching board includes a surface on which the
instructor can write. Either the board or a stylus used with the board
includes an input device feature that senses the writing and conveys an
electronic form of the writing to a computer. The computer converts the
signal from the input device into machine-readable data. The data
preferably is output via one or more output devices, which are networked
with the computer teaching board to form at least a portion of the
communication device.
