The Tablet PC is being deployed in various schools. Many educators are familiar with the functionality of the Tablet PC and are taking steps to integrate this functionality into their classrooms. Education professionals should paritipcate in discussions centered on the implementation of Tablet PC technology as well as possible future applications of Tablet PC technology. This forum can serve as a gateway for those discussions.

• Changes in teaching methodology

• Training

• Communication facilitation

• One Note vs. Journal vs. Dyknow vs. NuPaper

• Elmo vs. Tablet vs. Smartboard

• Success Indicators

This space will also be the basis of a roundtable conference on the use of Tablet PC technology in schools. The roundtable is sponsored by Lake Forest Country Day School which will take place on April 26. Discussions during the roundtable will be posted to this site. It is our hope that the materials posted here will act as a seed for continued disucssion and elaboration. If you have any thoughts or comments prior to the conference, please do not hesitate to add them here by editing this page. Your comments will only add to a richer discussion.

Schedule

• 9:00 to 9:30 am – Meet and greet in the Atrium Lobby
• 9:30 to 9:45 am – Introductions of participants and LFCDS
  • Name/School/Role/Where are you on the Tablet PC journey?
• 9:45 to 10:10 am – Classroom Applications of Tablet PC Technology
  • Why is this different than a laptop deployment?
    • class notes
    • instructor inking
    • Annotating as group in English
• 10:10 to 10:45 – Smartboard / Tablet and projector
  • Why use either of these instead of or in consort with a whiteboard?
  • Smartboard as transitional technology
  • Use in classroom instruction
• 10:45 to 11:30 am – Software Application
  • How do these pieces of software change the instructional process when you use tablets?
  • Are there any other tablet applications that you find useful?
    • One Note
    • Journal
    • DyKnow
    • NuPaper
    • Skrbl
• 11:30 to 11:50 Tour and Tablet demo in classrooms
  • Split into smaller groups and visit some classrooms that are using tablet in instruction
• 11:50 to 12:30 – Lunch break hosted by Lake Forest Country Day School
• 12:30 to 1:00 – Teacher training strategies
  • How are you training teachers to use this technology in instruction?
  • Are expectations integrated in performance evaluations?
• 1:00 to 1:30 – Success Indicators
  • How do we know that investing in theis technology is providing value?
  • Can we point to improvements in learning?
    • efficiency
    • comunication
    • collaboration
    • tranformational instructional practices
    • do you have a rationale that is up front and plausible?
• 1:30 to 2:00 – General Discussion
  • Where do we go from here?
    • Online collaboration
    • Email correspondence
    • Regular face-to-face meetings
      • ICE?

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Notes
Web 2.0 directory- http://www.go2web20.net This website is a neat directory of various Web 2.0 programs available. Some have some very neat applications for educators.

Vinnie Vrotny's notes from the day.

Sketchup Infowiki

List of Attendees:

• Mara Paich Grujanac, Technology Curriculum Coordinator Lake Forest Country Day School
• Keith Gillette, Director of Information Technology Lake Forest Country Day School
• Dave Aykroid, Director of Information Technology Lake Forest Academy
• Peter Laimins, Director of Technology, Da Vinci Academy, Elgin, IL
• Vinnie Vrotny, Director of Academic Technology, North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, IL
• Mike Peccia, Manager of Information Systems, North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, IL
• Sara Aldinger, 7th Grade Humanities Teacher, North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, IL
• Joseph Janovjak, Director of Technology, The Avery Coonley School, Downers Grove, IL
• Mark Reilly, 5th Grade Teacher, Memorial School, CCSD 146, Tinley Park, IL