Classroom Presenter: Using Tablet PCs to promote classroom interaction

Classroom Presenter:Using Tablet PCs to promote classroom interaction

Richard AndersonUniversity of Washingtonanderson@cs.washington.edu

Draw a picture of yourself

Classroom Presenter

Student Attention vs. TimeAttention

10 20 30 40 50 60 Time

Student submissions in the classroom Model: Slide based lecture with

embedded activities Student submissions support a wide

range of class activities and teaching styles Classroom Assessment Review and reflection Collective Brainstorming Problem solving Explanation of misconceptions Student generated examples

Minute question What was the most interesting

point raised during the Microsoft and Academia dialog?

Classroom assessment on assigned reading Who is the “other minister”?

What is the name of the Minister of Magic?

Problem Solving You have three coins:

One coin with two heads, one coin with two tails, and one coin with a head and a tail

Suppose you choose a coin at random, flip it in the air and it lands heads. What is the probability that its other side is a head?

Handwriting Recognition:Identify the following words

Recognition results

Splaying a node Rotate a node to the root of the

tree two levels at a timeD

D

D

D

CC

CC

BB

B

B

E

G

AF

GG G

A AA

F

F

FEE

E

ZIG-ZIG

X

Y

Z

A B

C

D

ZIG-ZAG

X

Y

Z

Show the ZIG-ZAG transformation to bring X to the root

A

B C

D

Brainstorming What problems might arise if

students are allowed to use Tablet PCs in the Classroom?

Classroom Presenter Distributed, Tablet

PC Application Initial development,

2001-2002 at MSR Continuing

development at UW Collaboration with

Microsoft Built on ConferenceXP

Multicast networking

Simple application Ink Overlay on images Export PPT to image

Real time ink broadcast UI Designed for use

during presentation on tablet

Presentation features Instructor notes on slides Slide minimization

CLASSROOM PRESENTERwww.cs.washington.edu

/education/dl/presenter Richard Anderson

anderson@cs.washington.edu

www.conferenceXP.net Chris Moffatt confxp@microsoft.com

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