Abstract: 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.