1. May 2006

2. Using the Tablet PC to Support Classroom Instruction Richard Anderson Professor and Associate Chair Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Washington

3. What will the university classroom look like … If all students have computational devices Laptops, Tablets, Ultra light tablets, PDAs, Cell Phones, Gameboys... If the devices are all connected If the devices are integrated into classroom instruction

4. Wide range of potential classroom applications PresentationDemonstrationSimulation Accessing external resources Note taking Feedback Active learning Peer communication

5. Today’s talk Focus on the Tablet PC Unique Advantages for education Applications Instructor Presentation Structured Interaction Overview of Classroom Presenter Demo Device Space Application Space

6. Classroom Presenter Tablet PC Based Presentation System Initially developed at MSR (2001-2002) Continued development at University of Washington Built on ConferenceXP Research Platform Ink Based Presentation Distributed Classroom Classroom Interaction

7. Ink Based Presentation

8. Feature set Multiple views InstructorStudentDisplayMultimonitorNavigationFilmstrip High quality ink ColorsHighlight Tablet PC UI Ink Erase Stroke erase Page erase Undo Extra space Whiteboard Slide minimization Multiple ink layers Persistent Ink Ink Export

9. “Typical ink usage”

10. Diagrammatic Ink

11. Distance Learning Classes

12. Classroom Interaction Provide additional interaction channels for students Use these to achieve specific pedagogical goals in class Why electronic interaction? Bandwidth – more students can contribute ExpressivenessSimultaneousAnonymousPersistent

13. Pedagogical Goals Encourage students to contribute in multiple ways Promote engagement in the class InterestAlertness Demonstrate that all students have important opinions Peer interaction

14. Pedagogical goals Feedback – classroom assessment Collection of ideas Collective brainstorm Student generation of examples Discovery of a pedagogical point Gain understanding of an example Show misconceptions

15. Classroom Presenter

16. Submission Examples

17. Submission examples

18. Assessment Activities

19. Interactive Demo

20. CLASSROOM PRESENTER www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter For more information, contact Richard Anderson Richard Anderson anderson@cs.washington.edu