Tablet Resources

Check out the Microsoft Experience Pack installed on our tablets (Start > Programs) which offers numerous free programs that can be explored from their website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tabletpc/experiencepack/default.mspx

Initial Reactions through mid-May

Please take a few moments to share your initial expectations and reactions. Use the following questions to guide your responses and create a common format for weekly postings:

• # of class periods per week that the tablets were used?

• Frequency of personal tablet usage?

• Any problems with LCD projectors?

• How is learning changing?

• Any challenges and/or frustrations

• Positive experiences
  

• Impact on teacher organization

If applicable, share:

• Student feedback

• Parent feedback

• Other teacher feedback

List any notable resources you have discoverd and, please, ask questions.

The above questions, as well as a summary of the posted resources and answers to questions you pose, can be found by clicking on the Tablet Resources link on the side bar.

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CCD by Katie

CCD was wonderful and very inspiring! The tablets took teaching and learning to a higher level. Some of my favorite things were:

• dart and dash (teachers gave a 5 minute presentation of a lesson) This was great because we saw the teacher's enthusiasm along with the lesson from start to finish
• very impressed with how the primary teachers were using windows journal for evaluating their students, along with the digital cameras
• LCDs and digital cameras a must with the tablet

April Adventures

April 2005 saw the first Toshiba tablets arrive for the initial Tableteers. Karolyne and Clare attended a Tablet Workshop at the Bolles School where faculty demonstrated how their instruction had changed in less than a year of implementing tablets for faculty only.

Katie, Quen, Karolyne, Joanie, Kris, and Susan attended the CCDS workshop at the end of the month where we were treated to three days of exemplary teaching ideas.

Seventh grade classrooms had overhead projectors and sound equipment installed in anticipation of a fall 7th grade tablet iniative trial.