Abstract:
The poster accompanies a presentation about the educational use of
the Tablet PC by the same author. The poster audience can try the Tablet
PC during an actual hands-on demonstration. The Tablet PC is a notebook
computer that enables the useer to draw with a pen on the screen. The user
can annotate slides and draw graphs and diagrams using a PowerPoint presentation.
See PowerPoint Presentation from the Poster Demonstration
Details:
The poster will accompany a presentation by the same author on the
classroom use of the Tablet PC. The poster will display the Tablet PC with
an attached overhead projector. The idea of the poster presentation is
to provide the audience with an opportunity to interact with the Tablet
PC in actual use. The author will bring the Tablet PC and the projector.
The Tablet PC is a full-fletched notebook computer with a hard drive, USB
ports, and an internet connection that enables the user to draw with a
pen on the screen. The Tablet PC either comes as a regular notebook computer
with a swivel attachment that enables one to fold the screen over the keyboard
or comes as a slate with a detached keyboard. The slate form is about the
same size as a letter-sized pad and is easy to carry to a classroom. The
user can annotate slides and draw graphs and diagrams during a Powerpoint
presentation. Using the pen, the instructor can interact directly with
students in the classroom in the same manner as when one draws with chalk
on a blackboard or ink on a transparency. The difference is that what you
draw on the Tablet PC screen can be saved along with the slide you draw
on. The instructor can place the images with ink on Blackboard or on a
webpage for student use outside of the classroom. (For an example of use,
see under courses at http://www.unf.edu/~iiversen)