Last Thursday, at the Frontiers in Education Conference, Richard Anderson and the team from the University of Washington received well deserved honors - the 2008 Premier Courseware Award from Engineering Pathway...
Those of us who have been following Tablet PC usage and its impact on learning are well aware that Classroom Presenter is considered by many to be the best freely available software system for supporting exemplary instruction and classroom interaction. Dr. Anderson was the Principal Investigator for HP mobility grants to the University of Washington awarded in 2003 and 2004, where he created Classroom Presenter and pioneered the use of tablet pcs for in class real-time graphical response. As a result of his continued efforts in enhancing Classroom Presenter, promoting interactive pedagogy, and his willingness to freely share the software for non-commercial use, many HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients from around the world are using Classroom Presenter to enhance teaching and learning. We frequently receive reports from faculty who exclaim that Classroom Presenter used in conjunction with tablet pcs has transformed their classrooms.
From the Engineering Pathway website:
Engineering Pathway is proud to announce that Classroom Presenter has been named the Premier Courseware of 2008! Classroom Presenter, by Richard Anderson, Ruth Anderson, Natalie Linnell, Craig Prince and other members of the development team from the University of Washington, is a Tablet PC-based interaction system that supports the sharing of digital ink on slides between instructors and students.
As a tool, Classroom Presenter enables the flexible delivery of lecture content and can increase student engagement and understanding of material. It allows the integration of digital ink and electronic slides, making it possible to combine the advantages of whiteboard style and slide-based presentation. The ability to link the instructor and student devices, and to send information back and forth, provides a mechanism for introducing active learning into the classroom.
To see learn more about Classroom Presenter:
We applaud Dr. Anderson for his pioneering work in changing the very nature of faculty-student in-class interaction. Classroom Presenter is providing faculty with a simple yet powerful tool to improve presentations, enable better student note-taking, and enable anonymous real-time feedback that reveals student misconceptions – the ideal formative assessment tool for the classroom. That Classroom Presenter has now been used in universities and colleges around the world, is a testimony to the contribution Dr. Anderson has made to improving learning and teaching in higher education.
For these reasons, we offer our sincerest congratulations to Dr. Anderson and the entire Classroom Presenter team!
Jim Vanides, B.S.M.E, M.Ed.
Worldwide Education Grant Strategy
HP Global Social Investment
Hewlett-Packard
For information about the HP Technology for Teaching philanthropy initiative in higher education, visit www.hp.com/go/hpteach-hied
Posted
10-27-2008 4:49 PM
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jgvanides