Julie Yen, English.
Using the iPod and TabletPC in Teaching.

This summer, I learned to use the iPod and the Tablet PC in my classes.  Instead of taking a laptop into the classroom, now I take my iPod.  I made carefully numbered PowerPoint slides to show students how to access my course web pages, to emphasize important information in my syllabus, and to illustrate the kind of writing that I wanted to see in their papers.  I also used the iPod to show short video clips.

For the Tablet PC, I am using the stylus function to mark papers which are sent in electronically.  I use the computer “pen” to mark up the papers and write short comments in the margins; then I type up an end comment and email the papers back to the students.  This enables me to return papers before class; unfortunately, the “written” comments are only visible on computers that have Microsoft Word installed on them.

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