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Tablet PC Uses

Do everything you can do on your laptop, plus:

• Make annotations on PowerPoint Presentations before or during a presentation.
• Annotate or Mark-Up PDF’s.
• Note taking in meetings, class, wherever. Windows Journal and Microsoft OneNote create searchable notes and recognize handwriting and can convert it to text.
• Use Digital Ink in Microsoft Word to correct student work. Send it back to students via e-mail with your annotations.
• Write music with the Tablet PC Composition Tool.

Articles about Tablet PC Use in Education:

National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education – Tablet PCs in Education
http://www.nitle.org/rsrc_issues_tabletpc.php

Syllabus Magazine – Tablet PCs: The killer app for higher education
http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=6246

University Business – Is the tablet pc the future of college computing?
http://www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?id=289

Motion Computing - Tablet PCs for Campus Mobility
http://www.campus-technology.com/motion/index.asp

Tablet PC Links

Academic Use:

Teaching with Tablet PC’s
http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/papers/mock-ccsc2004.pdf

Tablet PC use at Seaton Hall University:
http://technology.shu.edu/webs/tech/MainEngine.nsf/resources/PowerPoint/$file/TabletPCv2.ppt

Tablet News and Information Sites:

TabletPCBuzz
http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/

Tablet PC Magazine
http://www.pencomputing.com/TabletPC/

Tabletpctalk
http://www.tabletpctalk.com/

Microsoft Links:

Using Tablet PC: A Guide for Educators
http://www.microsoft.com/education/EdGuideTabletPC.aspx

Tablet PC: Transforming Education
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/TabletPC.aspx

Power Toys and Add-ins for Tablet PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/tabletpc.mspx