Tuesday, October 30, 2007

What has your tablet done for your lately?

It's been a little while but I figured I'd get the blog started again so we can share some ideas. So far I have found One Note to be an exceptional organizational tool and I plan to continue using it. Everything is organized into neat little tabs so I can pull in content (both old and recent) with a couple taps of the pen. The kids like getting the notes in *html form and I think the use of one note in conjunction with the markup features has allowed me to have a good balance of both prepared and "on the fly" presentations. As a result of all this, I am not using *PPT presentations anymore, though I never really did in the first place. This might be a reason for Mike Miller using Journal more than One Note; he already has his *PPT presentations organized so there is no need to reinvent the wheel. I'd love to hear any feedback the rest of you might have.

Also, Camtasia has been great for putting together online tutorials. If my students don't know how to do something in Blackboard, Audacity, V Brick video streaming, I just do a Camtasia video for them and they can get started.

Here is an example of a Camtasia video Tom Berry did regarding screen brightness.

What have your tablets done for you lately? Add your thoughts to the Blog and bring them to the next share session on Nov. 7, 2:30 pm in LC 303.