1 © J.G. Tront Tablet PCs & WriteOn Joseph G. Tront Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Virginia Tech [email protected] Copyright Joseph.

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Tablet PCs & WriteOn

Joseph G. TrontBradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Virginia Tech

[email protected]

Copyright Joseph Tront, 2006. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

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Your Classroom

Thinking Points: What can rich communications do for your

class?

Collaboration, competition, consultation, discussion, note capture, etc.

Peer to peer, multicast, broadcast, reflectors; draw the reflector

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Your Classroom

Thinking Points: What can e-ink do for your class?

Increase teacher/student expressivenessQuestions to ask yourself during discussion

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State Diagrams

Example: 2-bit video driver/counter

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1/1

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BA

State definition

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State Diagrams

Example: 2-bit video driver/counter

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01

10

11

0/0

1/1

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

0/0 1/1

BA

State definition

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Your Classroom

Thinking Points: What can e-ink do for your class?

Increase teacher/student expressivenessImpromptu examples or problem modificationQuestions to ask yourself during discussionColor for emphasis or expression EMPHASISWhat else do you need?

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WriteOn

e-Ink Application for Presentations: Overlays display with a virtual transparency Allows ink on top of active presentation Punch through allows operating program to be

affected by stylus/keyboard Save application image plus annotation as

composite Net composite to students via Conference XP Insert composite into OneNote pages Transfer composite via clipboard

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WriteOn Example

Software simulation program Code is being executed step by step Animation shows memory changes,

processor operation WriteOn overlays display Instructor annotates operation Important display and annotation

information is captured and stored

WriteOn Example

WriteOn Example

WriteOn Example

WriteOn Example

WriteOn Example

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Potential Classroom Uses of Tablets

How can you use the tablet in your classes?

What do you hope to accomplish?

How do you know when you are successful?

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WriteOn Available Free

Available for download from:

www.ee.vt.edu/~jgtront/writeon

For more information or usage examples contact:

[email protected]

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Also UsingCLASSROOM PRESENTER

Available for download from:

www.cs.washington.edu/education/presenter/

For more information or usage examples contact:

[email protected]

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Cornell’s 3D Journal

Available for download from:

www.cornell.edu/3djournal

For more information, contact:

[email protected]

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Other Tablet Tools

Available for download from:

wwww.microsoft.com

Search for Power Toys

For more information, contact:

[email protected]