{"id":418,"date":"2007-09-18T22:29:28","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T03:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2007\/09\/18\/tablet-in-the-classroom\/"},"modified":"2007-09-18T22:29:28","modified_gmt":"2007-09-19T03:29:28","slug":"tablet-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2007\/09\/18\/tablet-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablet In The Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Click<\/a>Last week John R asked that I do a post about how I use my tablet in the classroom.\u00a0 Here goes.<\/p>\n

I have a Gateway tablet that’s almost two years old.\u00a0 This is an actual picture of my tablet (click for a larger version) taken after working with my daughter on trig homework.\u00a0 Aside from the “Unit Circle” title, all the writing is my daughter’s.\u00a0 I have lost my ability to write<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Which leads to how I use the tablet in class.\u00a0 Originally I thought the tablet would be a great replacement for the whiteboard.\u00a0 For most people it would be, but I have lost my ability to write.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With a whiteboard, your back is to the class.\u00a0 With a tablet connected to a projector, you can write the same way as you would on a whiteboard, but while you face the class. The tablet can also save your writing to a file so that a copy can be made available to your students.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since I have lost my ability to write, I find it much easier to type words than to write words with the stylus on my tablet.\u00a0 In class, I have a wireless keyboard and mouse.\u00a0 This permits me to use the tablet functions without losing the keyboard which is hidden under the screen when the tablet is in the configuration shown in the picture above.<\/p>\n

If I need to draw a diagram or annotate something on the screen, I can do that with the stylus at any time.\u00a0 The Windows Journal application included with XP Tablet is great for either typing or writing.\u00a0The tablet also does excellent OCR without training, even if you have lost your ability to write.<\/p>\n

There is also a “clip” program that can capture the screen and save it to a file and make that file available for annotation.\u00a0 I use this when I explain objects on the screen.\u00a0 I can clip the menu bar in a program and then write or draw more information on top of that picture.\u00a0 The picture with annotations can be saved for student reference.<\/p>\n

I consider the tablet to be my portable SmartBoard.\u00a0 It does all the same things plus I don’t have to worry about casting\u00a0a shadow over the information being projected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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