MagicScore School 5 is specialized notation software for music aficionados, students, teachers, schools and colleges. The program offers people interested in music a variety of notation options ? input, editing, printing, correctness check and much more. MagicScore School 5, as the name implies, has been specially created for folks who are learning music, but professional musicians can use it as well. Notes can be entered manually, copied from another source, added through the virtual piano, MIDI keyboard or synthesizer. If there is something incorrect with the notes, MagicScore School 5 will alert the user right away. If necessary, that person can easily add or delete notes manually as well as perform other editing operations, like transposing separated notes or selected blocks of notes. MagicScore School 5 is also capable of reading notes from MIDI and Karaoke files, as well as recording MIDI and Karaoke files. The player module is capable of playing notes for the selected instruments or the entire orchestra. Volume, balance and effects can be adjusted individually for each score instrument. Another handy feature MagicScore School 5 comes with is the notes printing option (including MIDI files) with preview. The program is also capable of printing blank staff notation sheets. The program also supports Music XML format. The program supports multiple languages.
The first step to using InkGram is to sign in to your own Flickr account. This is accomplished when you press the "Ready to Draw" button below. This will give InkGram the permission it needs to post your drawing to your Flickr account. You can also optionally enter your Twitter account information if you'd also like to post a link to your Flickr drawing in Twitter. Leave the Twitter fields below blank if you do not want to post a link to your drawing in Twitter.
After playing with a prototype of Intel's Convertible Classmate, it more or less confirmed what I had suspected: there are some neat ideas at play, but there's a reason why it's aimed at schools.
The Classmate didn't have tablet OS yet. I'm waiting for the production model with the OS I'd like to fully evaluate. That will come in January. Intel isn't looking at an adult consumer for this model - strictly K-9. The keyboard and formfactor compare to netbooks, but it's got more ruggedized features than typical netbooks. I believe it's the first tabletpc in this price range and size. I know there are ultraportables with similar and smaller size, but they're generally 3-4x the price.
That said, I've heard from a ton of people using the Toshiba M700 tablet with touch screen who LOVE it. I believe it's the current model at Cincinnati Country Day School. I think it would take a bit of getting used to, but I'd be happy to have one myself (I've got the M700 with regular screen). My students are using the M700s I use. The one weak spot is the corner where the stylus is stored. We've had a lot of breakage on that corner, and it's been frustrating because the stylus gets stuck or can't be inserted.
I'll be blogging about the Classmate tablet once the production model is in my hands :-) I'm really hoping it becomes a viable option for us.
A Tablet PC is a unique type of computer that allows the user to "ink" his or her input - words, sketches, diagrams and even math and science notations - and have them saved digitally. It can offer teachers new solutions for teaching and engage students so they are excited about coming to class - or doing fieldwork - and learning. The key to innovation is in their flexibility and mobility. This eBook provides information about them and classroom examples that show how they are taking educational computing far beyond the capabilities of the conventional notebook and where they are making a difference in teaching and learning. We hope you will enjoy reading about this exciting new technology.
MathJournal is an interactive program for the Tablet PC that provides a natural and intuitive environment for solving mathematical and engineering problems.
MathJournal recognizes handwritten mathematical expressions, and then displays a list of relevant solution types to the user. Whenever possible MathJournal gives the option to plot an expression.