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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"... From Joshua's new blog , he writes about his poster: This poster is a preliminary...
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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... Reprinted below, with Richard's permission, is his email to the Classroom Presenter Community...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 in the classroom. Jeff reports that how Classroom...
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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...
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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 your cursor while making presentations so everyone...
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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 application called ZoomIt does a great job - and...
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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 by the intensity D) all of the above For me,...
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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 of Dayton have created – and I suspect there...
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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 in the world , feel free to let them know they are...
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“So, how are you making all these Tablet PC tips?” Glad you asked! Tablet PC Tip #5 shows you how Techsmith’s Camtasia software makes it easy… Camtasia is screen capture software that lets you record, edit, and share movies that are composed of everything that’s visible on your screen plus everything...
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Microsoft One Note uses an “electronic binder” metaphor to organize your life. Students use it for replacing a shelf full of 3-ring binders and lab books. Some faculty are using it for presentations in the classroom. But have you tried recording audio while you write?... MS OneNote has some of the same...
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If you need a good chuckle, take a look at this “news-reel-esque” movie from DyKnow. I would have laughed even harder at the notion of “The Dangers of Mindless Note Taking”, if there wasn’t so much truth to it… Jim Vanides, B.S.M.E, M.Ed. Program Manager - Worldwide Higher Education Philanthropy Hewlett...