provide an interactive, multimedia digital blackboard
Students in the class describe, comment and "draw" on (annotate) images related to course topics, and complete such activities as filling in missing words in paragraphs and exercises. Professor Karagoz also has students use her Tablet PC during group writing activities, in which they use Windows Journal to complete short exercises.
Instead of using an overhead projector with transparencies, he used the computer to annotate slides and charts, marking the screen up in different colors to highlight key points or data as needed.
She was able to immediately address student requests for more explanation and context because she was able to sketch and label during class. She could then distribute these notes after class to her students.
Teach your students how to create personalized study guides using Microsoft Office OneNote note-taking program. With OneNote, your students can create extensive notebooks of information that typically include text, images, diagrams, and audio notes. The layout looks like a typical physical notebook and is easy to understand.
The ability to link the instructor and student devices, and to send information back and forth provides a mechanism for introducing active learning into the classroom and creates additional feedback channels.