Check out a few of the active research projects and (some free) products specifically designed to support the classroom learning environment -- both lecturing, active learning, peer evaluation, noteblogging, etc.
--Ubiquitous Presenter http://up.ucsd.edu/ (yes, I'm a co-inventor)
--Classroom Presenter http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presente r/
--(not free, but good) DyKnow http://dyknow.com/
These systems have been designed (and studied) not only to support standard fare of "inking up" lecture materials, but to support improved pedagogies in the classroom -- such as engaging students in trying out their learning, supporting reflection on exercises or demos, empowering students to contribute or share knowledge, etc.
All of these products have publications web pages with pubs targeted at the instructor. You can also look for more publications in the proceedings of WIPTE (Workshop on the Impact of Pen Technology in Education). http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/conference/wipte/
If you want to hear from students about what THEY like about Tablet PCs and some of the things they like instructors to do with them check out
http://www.studenttabletpc.com/
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Check out a few of the active research projects and (some free) products specifically designed to support the classroom learning environment -- both lecturing, active learning, peer evaluation, noteblogging, etc. --Ubiquitous Presenter http://up.ucsd.edu/ (yes, I'm a co-inventor) --Classroom Presenter http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presente r/
--(not free, but good) DyKnow http://dyknow.com/
These systems have been designed (and studied) not only to support standard fare of "inking up" lecture materials, but to support improved pedagogies in the classroom -- such as engaging students in trying out their learning, supporting reflection on exercises or demos, empowering students to contribute or share knowledge, etc.
All of these products have publications web pages with pubs targeted at the instructor. You can also look for more publications in the proceedings of WIPTE (Workshop on the Impact of Pen Technology in Education). http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/conference/wipte/
If you want to hear from students about what THEY like about Tablet PCs and some of the things they like instructors to do with them check out
http://www.studenttabletpc.com/