Some interesting reading on Tablet PCs and Education.
(Via GottaBeMobile) Melissa Chotner contributes to a Blackboard blog and points to a number of interesting uses for the Tablet PC in education with some interesting statements from Brad Baldwin of Agilix and Tracy Hooten at The Student Tablet PC.
This may sound weird, but you kind-a forget you’re using a computer when you’re in tablet mode. Your face is closer to the screen and everything just feels more natural. This makes digital studying, which can be much more efficient than non-digital study, a better experience and lets you focus more on what you’re doing.
Judith Sotir writes about using the Tablet PC as a note-taking device with both voice and hand-writing recognition in the academic world and how re-training instructors can be an obstacle to adoption.
For students, taking notes is a snap. They can write directly on the Tab PC screen, and then organize and print the notes after class. Brainstorming and sharing as a group is easy, simply emailing their ideas to others.
I'm so used to taking notes on a Tablet PC that both articles are excellent reminders as to just how foreign the technology may seem to someone approaching it for the first time.
