I use a tablet in one classroom where I teach statistics. The other has a smartboard and I much prefer that! One advantage of either technology is that you can save classroom images and post them on the class website. I also take advantage of the drawing capabilities when I am demonstrating SPSS. Those allow me to be more explicit about how to read output and translate it into APA style reporting. I do a lot of in-class data collection and having the combined technology allows me to move the data from an excel worksheet to a "writing" surface and to SPSS so that I can show them that the three techniques yield the same answer.
I have the same problem with the screen taking up the middle of the board. The classroom is to be reconfigured by time we start classes with a smartboard to one side and the projector removed. My other complaint is the placement of the tablet (same problem as Ken described). The tablet serves as the monitor so it is in the monitor's position and not convenient to write on. My other problem with the tablet is that I am accustomed to gesturing to point out something important in the calculations and I find myself gesturing at the tablet. Typically good for a laugh when I catch myself doing that. This gesturing problem is why I prefer the smartboard approach. Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dennis M. Goff Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 -----Original Message----- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Fri 1/7/2011 12:45 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Graphics tablet users, anyone? Hi The link to Khan Academy prompts me to ask whether anyone uses graphics tablets in their teaching? We have a few classrooms where projection screen covers much of blackboard, complicating switching between computer display and blackboard. I'm thinking primarily of teaching stats, where both are helpful (e.g., to show spss commands and output on screen, perform calculations on blackboard). Any thoughts on tablets or alternatives would be welcome. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: dg...@randolphcollege.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13169.2bfd597f06c032f81efb35e857e2dd91&n=T&l=tips&o=7730 or send a blank email to leave-7730-13169.2bfd597f06c032f81efb35e857e2d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7736 or send a blank email to leave-7736-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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