For those of you who enjoyed hearing how Mark Manone at Northern Arizona University is using Tablet PCs with mapping applications in the field, I think you’ll find what Meg Stewart and Kirsten Menking at Vassar are doing to be of interest.

Meg Stewart just sent me a link to a paper that she and Kirsten Menking have published in the Journal of Geoscience Education. The paper is entitled, “Using Mobile Mapping to Determine Rates of Meander Migration in an Undergraduate Geomorphology Course” (https://vspace.vassar.edu/mestewart/Menking_Stewart_March2007.pdf). Even if it’s been a while since you’ve meandered in a geomorphological kind of way, if you’re interested in using Tablets in the field I think you’ll find their experience to be valuable.

FYI, the Vassar team were 2004 HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients. Feel free to visit their project webpage for more information.

If you’ve had your own experience using Tablets in the field, or if you have any questions, feel free to post a comment!