01-08-2012, 04:19 PM
The Benefits of Tablet PC’s for Educators
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One Motivating Factor
Hoarding Erasers, Fall 2003
From: Alicia Howe Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:57 AMSubject: Erasers in classrooms!We have just been informed by facilities that instructors are responsible for bringing erasers with them to their classrooms. If you bring an eraser with you to class, please remember to take it with you when you leave. The department just bought some small erasers yesterday and we are ordering some of the big ones today. We have 1 big one and 5 small ones in the supply cabinet. Thanks!
Overview
Describe what a Tablet PC is, current technology
Tablet PC features in Office
How Tablet PC’s are being used in education
Lecturing
Collaboration
Discipline-specific applications
Other academic and general-purpose uses
Note-taking
Grading and reading documents
Creating figures and diagrams
Brainstorming
What is a Tablet PC?
Notebook running Windows XP Tablet Edition
Revival of pen-based computing idea; finally got it right?
Built-in support for Ink
Draw with stylus, active digitizer
Handwriting recognition
Also support for speech recognition
Unlike a PDA, the Tablet PC runs everything on a normal Windows XP machine
Form Factors
Slate
Convertible
Currently entering second generation of devices
All with built-in wireless capabilities
Lonestar in Q2 of 2004
Screen Capture
One solution is to capture the screen and audio into a movie file
I used Camtasia Studio to capture the screen, audio, and convert the resulting movie into Flash format
Viewable on all modern browsers
Disadvantages
Large file size; about 20Mb for one hour at 1024x768
Can trade-off with lossy encoding schemes, e.g. Windows Media Encoder
Built-in microphones generally of poor quality
Must remember to provide all gestures, interactions, on screen
As an example, this presentation will be captured and made available at
Other Classroom Uses
Real-Time Grading?
Could feasibly complete exams on the computer (both multiple choice and essay) and upload to instructor
Brainstorming and Design
Note Sharing
Various applications developed
Instructor feedback?
Could provide instant feedback to gauge audience’s comprehension
Distance Education?
Possibilities for distance education, can share data across a network with tools such as Media Encoder or NetMeeting
General Applications
Planning, Contacts, Calendaring
Franklin Covey TabletPlanner
Organize handwritten or electronic notes, tasks, calendar, contacts, Word, Powerpoint, etc.
Microsoft OneNote
Tool to organize handwritten notes
Less intrusive than typing
in meetings or conferences
Store meeting notes in one place
instead of on paper in file folders
everywhere
Notes are searchable