This UDaily article posted a few days ago talks about how Prof. Perez is using a digital tablet to write equations and information on top of programs like SPSS and PowerPoint so that information is more easily understood in the classroom. It's interesting to think of how this was so easy to do and commonplace when overhead projectors were used, and now that computers and PowerPoint presentations are the primary means to teach in lectures, handwriting is almost forgotten about. The ability to write on top of slides can be very valuable. Quickly amending notes and adding crucial information without moving to the chalkboard streamlines workflow and keeps information in the same place without having half the lecture on the chalkboard and half the lecture projected.
If you are interested in trying out a tablet, we have a
Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet available for 3 day loan at the Student Multimedia Design Center.
If you would like to use a tablet for graphic design, photo editing, digital painting, or for more artistic means than just writing on PowerPoints, we also have a
Wacom Cintiq 24HD tablet in Studio 5. This tablet has an integrated HD screen that lets you draw directly on top of the screen onto your digital documents. The studio can be reserved up to a week in advance in 2 hour time slots. Pen and nibs are available for loan at the desk.
Wacom Bamboo Fun
This has been on my mind lately, as I am getting ready to teach my Final Cut Pro workshops. I found a free application that allows me to draw on top of any application called Highlight. I am planning to use it to draw attention to small buttons that are hard to see on the projector screen by circling them in red. Maybe next semester I will try to incorporate the tablet.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Also just had to mention that Prof. Perez also does the Avenue C jazz show on WVUD 9-11pm on Tuesdays (alternating with another DJ).
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