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Presenters:Presenters:Presenters:Presenters:

Session handout: www.tool4learning.com/winner

BBACKGROUNDACKGROUND MMATERIALATERIAL

•• About UsAbout Us

•• Our SchoolOur School

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•• About UsAbout Us

•• Our SchoolOur School

Session Description WWHYHY THETHE PPRESENTATIONRESENTATION??

•• With a limited budget, which do you choose?With a limited budget, which do you choose?

•• Are either essential tools for the 21Are either essential tools for the 21stst century?century?

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PPRESENTATIONRESENTATION OOVERVIEWVERVIEW

•• Types of Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) and Types of Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) and

Tablets Tablets

•• CostsCosts

•• Ease of useEase of use

•• Feature demonstrationsFeature demonstrations

•• Advantages and disadvantagesAdvantages and disadvantages

TTYPESYPES OFOF IWBIWBSS

Plus many more.

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Photo by Andi Sidwell

TTYPESYPES OFOF TTABLETSABLETS

•• Apple Apple iPadiPad

•• Windows TabletsWindows Tablets

–– SlatesSlates

–– ConvertiblesConvertibles

•• Android Tablets Android Tablets (i.e. Galaxy Tab)(i.e. Galaxy Tab)

•• Other Tablets Other Tablets (i.e. HP (i.e. HP TouchPadTouchPad or Blackberry or Blackberry

PlayBookPlayBook))

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ASAS AA TTEACHINGEACHING TTOOLOOL

• Tablet PC running Windows 7

• Why not the iPad?

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IIPPADAD CCOMMERCIALOMMERCIAL TTYPICALYPICAL SSETUPETUP FORFOR ANAN IWBIWB

TTYPICALYPICAL SSETUPETUP FORFOR TTABLETABLET PCPC

ASAS AA PPRESENTATIONRESENTATION TTOOLOOLCCOSTOST CCOMPARISONOMPARISON

IWBs

• SmartBoard or Promethean:

$1200-$3500

• Mimio: $700+

• Wiimote IWB: ~$50

Additional costs:

• Potentially a projector

• Computer

Tablets

• iPad: $500 -

• Tablet PC: $1000-$2500

• Others: $500+

Additional costs to use as a

presentation tool:

• Projector

• A suitable surface for the

image

CCOSTOST CCOMPARISONOMPARISON

SmartBoard Tablet PC as a Presentation Tool

DDEMOSEMOS

•• CalibrationCalibration

•• Ease of UseEase of Use

–– The User InterfaceThe User Interface

–– Specific SoftwareSpecific Software

–– InkingInking

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TTABLETABLET PC SPC SOFTWAREOFTWARE OFOF NNOTEOTE::

MMICROSOFTICROSOFT OONENENNOTEOTE

• Aid in delivery of content

– Teachers can use OneNote as a digital whiteboard

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Tablet PC Sample

TTRAININGRAINING NNEEDSEEDS

•• StudentsStudents

•• TeachersTeachers

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QQUESTIONSUESTIONS?? IINN SSUMMARYUMMARY

•• Key differences when comparing IWBs to Key differences when comparing IWBs to

Tablets as teaching tools:Tablets as teaching tools:

–– Age of the LearnersAge of the Learners

–– CostCost

–– SoftwareSoftware

–– Value Placed on “Inking”Value Placed on “Inking”

–– MobilityMobility

WWHATHAT DDOO YYOUOU TTHINKHINK NNOWOW??

Tool4learning.com/winner

SSESSIONESSION HANDOUTHANDOUT

RREFERENCEEFERENCE WWEBEB SSITESITES• Experiences With An Electronic Whiteboard Teaching Laboratory And

Tablet Pc-based Lecture Presentations

http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/staff/ambi/Prior%202005/Electronic%20Whit

eboard%20Teaching%20Lab%20+%20Tablet%20PC%20Lec_2005.pdf

• Interactive whiteboards: boon or bandwagon? a critical review of the

literature

http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/spechtp/551/IWB_Boon_Bandwagon.pdf

• Point/Counterpoint Are Interactive Whiteboards Worth the Investment?

http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-

leading/issues/Point_Counterpoint_Are_Interactive_Whiteboards_Worth_

the_Investment.aspx

• The Effects Interactive Whiteboards Have on Student Motivation

http://mandymc.myweb.uga.edu/iwb%20synthesis.pdf

• Using Tablet PCs as a Teaching Tool in the CM Classroom

http://ascpro.ascweb.org/chair/paper/CEUE284002011.pdf