Getting Started with your Tablet PC.

Workshops as scheduled

Faculty at Nashoba will be provided with a tablet PCs in order to effectively integrate technology into the classroom in order to meet the needs of all students.  A projector initiative will be implmenet this summer.

 

A projected Tablets Piolt for students may take place next fall, contingent on our grant.

Course Summary

Everything you need to know to get started with your Tablet, plus tips and tricks to using the tablet as much more than just a laptop.

Learn to use your tablet to its fullest potential from the start by exploring the many ways that the tablet function can make your work on the computer and with students more interactive, personalizable, and productive.

Syllabus

1. Take a tour of the Tablet

2. The pen and how to use it

3. Pen and Ink annotations

4. Transforming ink to type

5. OneNote and Windows Journal

6. Voice recording and sound editing

7. Installing software and managing your tablet

8. Advanced settings, including power management, screen savers, desktop, etc.

9. How to lock and unlock your computer.

Outside Resources

Are you wondering "Why a tablet?"

This document gives a detailed rationale for the advantages of tablets in schools.

tablet rationale.doc

Here is a page on the School Computing wiki that gives a variety of information, examples, and resources for tablet computing:

School Computing Wiki: Tablet Computers

Cincinnati Country Day School has a 1-to-1 tablet program. They have created a wonderful collection of resource pages that share many uses of tablets in education.

Tablet Conference Page

Toshiba's Tablet PC Interactive Tutorial: Tablet PC Basics

Learn about the basics of the Tablet PC at your own pace and on your time.

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