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Tami Brass

Scribble Maps - Draw on google maps with scribblings and more! - 0 views

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digital_sandbox geography googlemaps maps touch_screen tablet_tools

shared by Tami Brass on 04 May 09 - Cached
  • Tami Brass on 04 May 09
     
    With Scribble Maps you can: - Draw shapes and Scribble! - Place Markers and text - Create a Custom Widget - Save as KML/GPX - Send maps to friends
Tami Brass

One-to-One That Works: Considering Tablet PCs - 0 views

www.hotchalk.com/...t-works-considering-tablet-pcs

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shared by Tami Brass on 14 Dec 08 - Cached
  • While traditional laptops are great for textual content, they don’t allow free-hand input of content.
  • For example, practicing cursive handwriting, drawing graphs, annotating maps, sketching molecules, highlighting texts, and diagramming sentences can fluidly occur when using a pen.
  • However, the real educational power of a Tablet PC is leveraged by software systems that exploit the power of the pen.
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  • Paying a little more up front can increase the overall usefulness of the hardware investment.
  • While the process of moving from laptops to Tablet PCs varies from school to school, most implementations start by providing Tablet PCs to teachers. After the teachers have had a few months to get used to the new devices, Tablet PCs are provided to students as well.
  • Tami Brass on 14 Dec 08
     
    Tablet PC's are growing in popularity for teaching and learning. But why would a school start a one-to-one program with tablets or scrap a laptop program for this more costly hardware?
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