Week 5: Improving my GAME plan

This week, I have been able to speak with our system’s technology director and our school’s IT guy about both setting up a classroom blog on my wikispace page as well as how to use the promethean board. I was also referred to a teacher at a local middle school who is currently using a promethean board and can teach me to use it at its full potential.
The few things that the IT guy told me about the promethean board is that I will no longer need my LCD projector to display notes, movies, and virtual labs. I can now use the board for all of these things. I still have a lot to learn about the board. I do want to know if I am able to write on the promethean board with dry-erase markers. Can someone tell me if this is possible? The reason I ask is because installation of the board requires that some of my white board be covered. On another note, I did get all of the information that I needed to set up a classroom blog on my wikispace page.
The one thing that I really need to do soon is set up a meeting with the teacher at the middle school so that she can show me how to use the board. I also need to search our area for seminars on the using the board. I am scheduled to receive the board after Christmas so I am in a time crunch with learning how to maximize its use in time for 2nd semester.
If anyone has any insights on how to use the board or just to let me know what all it can do please let me know. Thanks!