Tablet PC’s in the

ClassroomClassroom

Ananda Gunawardena

School of Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon University

TRETC November 2008

Outline• Learn a bit about tablet PC’s

– Vendors, cost

– Transition Devices – Windows Vista with Wacom Tablets

• Hands on activities

– Tablet as a classroom presentation tool

• Journal, Classroom presenter

• Archiving the notes

– Tablet PC based Applications from CMU

• Flash Cards• Flash Cards

• Lemon Sketch

• Tablet Math Whiz

– Reading Comprehension

• Adaptive Book

• Grants

– HP Technology for Teaching

– PA State Grants

Today’s Market: New Slates

Sahara i213

12.1”, 1.6GHz Centrino

Motion

Computing

NECVersaPro, 10.4”, 1.1 GHz

LE

1600LS

800

Centrino

Tatung TTAB

10.4”, 1 GHz ULV

Tatung B12D

12.1” 1.2 GHz Centrino

Fujitsu 5000

10.4/12.1, Indoor/Outdoor

1.1 GHz ULV

1.1 GHz

Today’s Market: New

ConvertiblesAcer

C1xx

Averatec C3500

AMD 2200+

12.1”, DVD

Electrovaya

Gateway

M275

14.1”, DVD

Toshiba

M200, 12.1” SXGA+

2 GHz Pentium-M

FujitsuC300

C250

1.4 GHz Centrino

12.1”, Biometrics

Scribbler SC-2200

1.8 GHz Pentium-M

SHARPActius TN10W12.1”, 1.1 GHzViewSonic

12.1”, 1 GHz

Fujitsu

T4000

IBM

ThinkPad

x41

HP

tc4200

Today’s Market: New Hybrids & Ruggeds

HybridRuggedized

Itronix

HP Compaq TC1100ULVCeleron or Pentium

10.4”, 1.1 GHz

Walkabout Hammerhead

10.4”, 4.5 lbs

933 MHz P-III M

Itronix8.4”, 933 MHz ULV

Xplore iX104

10.4” 1.1 GHz ULV

A Concept Tablet for Kids

• Low power

– (7W)

• 8.4” display

• Tethered pen• Tethered pen

• Rugged

Today’s Market: Forecasts

• Mobile Market Projections (IDC)

Ultra-Portable

Ultra-Mobile0 to 1 spindle, 50 to 1 spindle, 5--8” screen, < 2 lbs. 8” screen, < 2 lbs.

0%0%

2004Market share

1%1%

2006Market share

3%3%

2008Market share

Consumers,

Mobile Professionals

CY08 Market: 2.5M, CAGR (04-08): 40%

Mobile Professionals,Ultra-Portable1 or 2 spindle,10-12” screen, 2-4 lbs.

Thin & Light2 spindle, 142 spindle, 14--15” screen, 415” screen, 4--7 lbs.7 lbs.

Transportable2 & 3 spindle, 142 & 3 spindle, 14--17” screen, 717” screen, 7--12 lbs.12 lbs.

8%8%

30%30%

63%63%

17%17%

19%19%

63%63%

31%31%

10%10%

56%56%

Mobile Professionals,

Information Workers

CY08 Market: 28.4M, CAGR (04-08): 51.4%,

Information Workers,

Consumers

CY08 Market: 51M, CAGR (04-08): 22%

Information Workers,

Consumers

CY08 Market: 8.9M, CAGR (04-08): -11%

Classroom of the Future

Why Tablet PCs are Cool!!!

• Writing is better than typing when explaining ideas.

• Tablets are like “Smart Paper”

• Sketch your idea. See it come to life• Sketch your idea. See it come to life

• Tablets allow us to save our handwritten work for future access

– for us

– for students

Applications• From Carnegie Mellon

– Sudoku

– Shortest path

– AVL Tree animation

– Mapper

– Infinite Canvas– Infinite Canvas

– Movie Annotater

– Cursive Handwriting Trainer

– Tablet Math Whiz with Gaming

• Physics Illustrator (MIT/Microsoft)

• Education pack and Experience pack from Microsoft

Tablet PC as a teaching tool

• Windows Journal– Convert “any” document to a journal

document

– Annotate – lot better than powerpoint and smart boardsmart board

– Save annotated notes as a pdf• Download cutepdf (a free program)

• Replacement for smart boards

Tablet PC for Students

• Students love it

• Capturing handwriting is cool

• Teachers can remotely see how students solve problems

• Ideal for subjects that require sketching

– Art

– Mathematics

– Sciences

ApplicationsApplications

Tablet Flash Cards

Using Flash Cards

• How do we use it?

• Workshop Activity

– Create a deck with at least 10 cards

Schools using Flash Cards• Ellis School – Shady Side

– 10 Students in the Geometry class

– Teacher creates review decks

– Students create decks and share

• Dorseyville Middle School• Dorseyville Middle School

– Tablet PC lab (grant from Discovery

Education and CDW)

– Students create decks and deposit into

repository

Flash cards Projects

• Improving the algorithm

– Sequential (pre-learning)

– Randomized (post-learning)

– Smart (cognitive psycology)

• Web based deployment

– Create decks with Tablet PC

– Deploy for anyone

• You can participate

– signup

Lemon Sketch

Using Lemon Sketch

• How do we use it?

• Workshop Activity

– Do a lesson using Lemon Sketch

Grants• HP Technology for Teaching Grant

• Basic Grants

– Provide upto 5 Tablet PC’s and other

equipment

• Leadership Grants• Leadership Grants

– More equipment for students

• http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/k12_main.html

• http://cdwg.discoveryeducation.com/new/site/prizes.cfm?pgid=prizes

Other options

Windows

Vista

http://www.wacom.com

+

Conclusion

• CMU is interested in doing pilot projects with

– School Districts

– After School Programs

– Cyber Schools

– Administrators/Teachers– Administrators/Teachers

• Goal is to reduce the workload for the teacher

(grading etc) and increase the technology

effectiveness

• Contact: guna@cs.cmu.edu(412)268-1559