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InkSurvey - Try Real-Time Graphical Response, for Free!

For those of you following my blog, you know I'm a fan of "graphical response" systems that provide rapid feedback and increase student engagement in class. One of my favorite FREE tools for enabling graphical response is InkSurvey, a beta web application from the Colorado School of Mines. The good news is that the newest beta version of InkSurvey is now available to try... ...

Published 11-21-2008 6:14 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Software, Innovations in Teaching

"Math in Your Hands" Maple, DyKnow, and Wireless Tablet PCs

Joshua Holden (Rose-Hulman, mathematics faculty) presented a very interesting poster at WIPTE this year, "Math in Your Hands: Integrating the Use of Maple with the Collaborative Use of Wireless Tablet PCs"......

Published 10-31-2008 8:43 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Innovations in Teaching

Classroom Presenter Honored with 2008 Premier Courseware Award

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... ...

Published 10-27-2008 4:49 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Software

Classroom Presenter - Now Available in Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese!

Thanks to Richard Anderson and his team at the University of Washington, Classroom Presenter keeps getting better - and with its growing popularity around the world, new language versions are on the way......

Published 07-28-2008 9:42 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software

Making Classrooms More Interactive Improves Learning Outcomes at Elizabeth City State U

Dr. Kuldeep Rawat has been the Principal Investigator for a 2007 HP Technology for Teaching grant at Elizabeth City State University (North Carolina, USA). Their goals was to enhance student learning by increasing the "interactivity" of courses such as Engineering Technology, Circuits, and Analog Electronics. The results were impressive - and well documented by Dr. Rawat... ...

Published 07-18-2008 10:12 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Measuring Learning, Software, Innovations in Teaching

DyKnow Improves Computer Science Courses at Farleigh Dickenson University

Dr. Kiron Sharma, professor at Farleigh Dickenson University, received an HP Technology for Teaching grant in 2007. The computer science faculty are using DyKnow software - and the project team made a short video describing their experience. In Dr. Sharma's own words, "DyKnow basically makes teaching fun... it's active learning - students are actually involved in the process of their learning". Check out the video to hear what students have to say, too... ...

Published 07-14-2008 10:30 AM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Innovations in Teaching

Tablet PC Software to Enhance Classroom Interaction

I often get asked what type of Tablet PC software is available for use by faculty and students. Though I posted similar information nearly two years ago (see ""Clickers on Steroids"), I thought it's too important a topic NOT to repeat. Here's a sampling of what is being used by HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients for real-time "graphical response" in the classroom... ...

Published 07-02-2008 8:00 AM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Innovations in Teaching

Lawrence University of Wisconsin - the power of digital ink

Jeff Clark at Lawrence University of Wisconsin is leading an HP Technology for Teaching project that is redesigning courses in Environmental Science. The participating faculty and students are using Tablet PCs in the field, and Classroom Presenter software http://classroompresenter.cs.washington.edu/ in the classroom. Jeff reports that how Classroom Presenter has unlocked the power of digital ink and "revolutionized the classroom"......

Published 06-25-2008 7:41 AM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Innovations in Teaching

Enhancing Distributed Learning Environments at Georgia Tech Savannah

With support from an HP Technology for Teaching grant, Professors Monson Hayes and Elliot Moore at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, are leading a project entitled "Enhancing Distributed Learning Environments through Tablet PC Technology." The participating faculty are using DyKnow software and tablet PCs to create an active learning environment in a distributed learning setting. The student comments are fantastic......

Published 06-23-2008 12:14 AM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Innovations in Teaching, Online Learning

Sometimes Simple is Simply Better – Try “Pen Attention” by Kenrick Mock (U. of Alaska)

I’m always amazed at how powerful simple innovations can be. Kenrick Mock from the University of Alaska in Anchorage is an HP Technology for Teaching grant recipient and avid Tablet PC user – and has created a simple (and free!) applet that highlights...

Published 04-18-2008 12:10 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software

Mobile Mapping Software – Vassar College Shares Their Approach to GPS & GIS

If you’re looking for software that supports student mapping and data collection, take a look at the blog from Professor Meg Stewart at Vassar College... Meg is the PI for a 2004 HP Technology for Teaching grant received by Vassar. The project, Mobile...

Published 03-05-2008 6:09 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Software, Going Mobile - Extending the Classroom

Digital Ink on any application using ZoomIt

As I prepare to record a video introduction to my online course, I was searching for a way to record a guided tour of my online "classroom". I have Camtasia to do the recording, but I didn't know how to add temporary ink annotations to a webpage. A free...

Published 03-04-2008 5:36 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software

2 Days – Amazing Possibilities: 2008 Worldwide Conference Highlights

What do you get when you take 138 faculty from 103 colleges and universities in 21 countries and you all meet for 2 days to share about teaching and learning with technology? You get: A) excited by the possibilities B) energized by the people C) exhausted...

Published 02-23-2008 7:37 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Conferences

More Tablet PC Tips: Virginia Western and the University of Dayton

As more faculty explore the benefits of Tablet PCs, I am hearing about more “Tablet PC Tips” being made available to help accelerate their effective use. I thought you might be interested in seeing what Virginia Western Community College and the University...

Published 02-15-2008 11:10 AM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Training & Prof Dev

Math System for Tablet PCs – Carnegie Mellon inviting K-8 / Primary Teachers to pilot test

Ananda Gunawardena, HP Technology for Teaching Principal Investigator for the Adaptive Book project at Carnegie Mellon, has developed a fascinating tablet-enabled math system. If you know any tablet-using teachers in the primary grades (K-8), anywhere...

Published 01-18-2008 2:14 PM by jgvanides

Filed under: Tablet PC, Software, Innovations in Teaching

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InkSurvey - Try Real-Time Graphical Response, for Free!

"Math in Your Hands" Maple, DyKnow, and Wireless Tablet PCs

Classroom Presenter Honored with 2008 Premier Courseware Award

Classroom Presenter - Now Available in Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese!

Making Classrooms More Interactive Improves Learning Outcomes at Elizabeth City State U

DyKnow Improves Computer Science Courses at Farleigh Dickenson University

Tablet PC Software to Enhance Classroom Interaction

Lawrence University of Wisconsin - the power of digital ink

Enhancing Distributed Learning Environments at Georgia Tech Savannah

Sometimes Simple is Simply Better – Try “Pen Attention” by Kenrick Mock (U. of Alaska)

Mobile Mapping Software – Vassar College Shares Their Approach to GPS & GIS

Digital Ink on any application using ZoomIt

2 Days – Amazing Possibilities: 2008 Worldwide Conference Highlights

More Tablet PC Tips: Virginia Western and the University of Dayton

Math System for Tablet PCs – Carnegie Mellon inviting K-8 / Primary Teachers to pilot test