All these things could be done with a laptop and projector shining onto a traditional whiteboard. Limited interactivity in terms of annotating could be done with a traditional whiteboard pen. This is indeed how I taught in my first half-term before the SMARTboard was properly set up. You do lose the flexibility of the range of interactive tools (i.e. highlighters, drag and drop), you lose the pleasingly immediate action of the board, and it becomes an even greater distraction with the teacher frequently having to return to look at laptop screen and keyboard.
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