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Get More From Your Tablet PC: Better Browsing

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

As I noted in my last post, the Tablet PC is an extremely versatile tool that a number of our middle school teachers are experiencing for the first time. While the Microsoft Education and Experience Packs are great starting points for budding Tablet enthusiasts, inking can be incorporated into most tasks, including Internet browsing. Today [...]

Get More From Your Tablet PC: Microsoft Packs

Monday, May 19th, 2008

A few weeks ago we provided every middle and upper school faculty member with a Lenovo X61 Tablet PC. Although we have been using tablet carts for several years, many of our teachers are new to this exciting tool. As such, I’m beginning a series of short posts on how to “Get More From Your [...]

Banning Laptops: An Educational Injustice

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

While we’ve been busy the past several weeks making final preparations for our 1:1 Tablet PC deployment, several institutions of higher learning have been curtailing (and in some cases outright banning) laptop use in the classroom. The May 19 issue of Newsweek includes Matthew Phillip’s brief article The Laptop Gets Booted: “The tech revolution at [...]