Tablet PC Users Group Meeting

9-25-06

Present: Allison, Arthur, A. Eidelman,S. Eidelman, Ewert-Meyer, Gomes-Huff

Haatja, S. Hamilton, E. Jones, Karpinski, Lee, MacLachlan, Manners, Park, Pastrone, Peters, Povilus, Rossi, Saylor, Shelden, Vandenheede

Tech Prof Dev link on “for faculty” – Tablet Resources button

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Sharing:

  • Stephanie Hamilton
  • scanned page of planner – put in PowerPoint – “ink” on the planner page – great for 4th Grade Planner check
  • teacher planner looks like student planner
  • PowerPoint prompts to save the marked changes
  • Alan Eidelman
  • scanned document formerly used with overhead
  • imported document into PowerPoint
  • used black boxes to hide portions of document – revealed portion at a time to students
  • Anne Gomez-Huff
  • OneNote has transformed the way she teaches in the classroom and has helped students with organization
  • great for guided note taking
  • changed colors when students share comments in class (versus original notes from teacher)
  • Dino Vandenheede
  • polled Freshman – loved OneNote
  • Joyce Lee
  • using mainly as a presentation tool – inking on PowerPoint
  • great math connection finding geometric shapes in art work
  • Snippet – import portions of e-book – excellent for vocabulary
  • Chaise Ewert-Meyer
  • in Science Literacy trying to eliminate paper – example: e-mailed quiz
  • Sandy Eidelman
  • Snippet to grabgraphs, etcfor tests
  • Snippet to grab class roster from Easy Grade Pro
  • Robin MacLachlan
  • used template of calendar to write in play practices
  • Dino Vandenheede
  • demonstration of “printing” to Journal or OneNote
  • to make a PDF – go to print option – select CutePDF – indicate where to save
  • Alan Eidelman
  • does not teach 9th Graders – would like to visit a classroom with 9th Graders and see students using tablet; Anne offered her class
  • Ron Rossi
  • going paperless – commenting on papers…drag docs to folder, make comments, and place in student server folders
  • Alan Eidelman
  • what do you do when there is a technical glitch – server down…printed document
  • Ron Rossi suggested using JumpDrive to transfer documents
  • Dino Vandenheede
  • printing is an issue? Everyone must logon – (not workstation only)
  • because of all of the construction and shifting in the building – may need to do a wireless audit
  • if Groupwise won’t launch – control+alt+delete Task ListProcesses – end “Groupwise.exe” process; also, see Dino about placing Groupwisein a caching mode
  • Sr. Peggy Manners
  • commenting on papers
  • Holly Arthur
  • trying to move to paperless – sign in and out textbooks
  • instead of using overhead projector to write notes – using PowerPoint and inking notes
  • Debby Peters
  • difficult because teachers only have tablets in MSG
  • students record data on tablet
  • using LCD for guided note taking
  • Angie Saylor
  • seeing more people use LCD projectors