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Tami Brass

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

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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?
Tami Brass

Advantages of Tablets Over Laptops - School Computing - 0 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 17 May 08 - Cached
  • Smaller, less obtrusive form factor:
  • More natural interaction with the screen
  • The multimodal nature of the tablet may contribute to a greater level of use of resources as there is no division between note-taking, accessing internet resources, using productivity tools, and using educational software.
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  • Supporting multiple learning styles:
  • Conversion of hand-writing to text:
  • Powerful projecting:
  • Collaborating:
  • students can gather around and work together on one tablet and (in conjunction with a projector) display their group’s work to the classroom
  • Users can communicate and share from within their notebooks, and import content from other applications into their notebooks.
  • Ink annotations:
  • Note-Taking Capabilities:
  • Windows Journal
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Ease of erasing and making changes:
  • Expanded note-taking:
  • Organization:
  • Microsoft OneNote Capabilities:
  • Search notes:
  • Flagging notes:
  • Record audio:
  • Side-note screen clippings:
  • Email notebook pages:
  • Seeing the sequence of note-taking or diagramming
  • Write on any document:
  • PDF files
  • electronic textbooks
  • Highlighting on web pages
  • e-books, educational software, pictures, and scanned images.
  • Reusing templates:
  • Emailing documents:
  • Posting to the web:
  • Screen-capture software
  • DyKnow screen sharing
  • Manipulating electronic presentations and textbooks
  • Subject Area Examples/Uses
  • Unique applications
Tami Brass

Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005: Top 10 Benefits of Tablet PC for Students - 0 views

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  • Tami Brass on 17 May 08
     
    I never thought I'd bookmark Microsoft marketing, but here it is...
Demetri Orlando

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Thanks Tami! that's awesome. I do wonder about this issue in a global sense of using shared social bookmarking software. I just feel like I'm missing something in terms of the functionality of the ...

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Tami Brass

11 Reasons Why a Tablet PC is Better - Teaching, Learning & Technology in Higher Educat... - 2 views

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shared by Tami Brass on 16 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Why a Tablet PC + Digital Projector is Better Than a Whiteboard or Overhead Projector
  • I don't need to erase to keep going
  • I can go BACKWARD and answer dangling questions
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  • I can archive and share my presentation after class
  • I can easily incorporate rich media into my classroom
  • I can more easily overlay annotations on images
  • I have a million colors at my fingertips - not ON my fingertips.
  • The following examples are specific to why a Tablet PC + Digital Projector is smarter than a SmartBoard:
  • I can make the image HUGE so everyone can see
  • I can face my students
  • I can present from the BACK of the room so students focus more on the content
  • I can take it home or on a field trip
  • I can create video podcasts before (or during) class
  • Tami Brass on 16 Jun 09
     
    Why a Tablet PC + Digital Projector is Better Than a Whiteboard or Overhead Projector
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