Slashdot Mirror


User: awaspaas

awaspaas's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
10
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 10

  1. Re:I've been doing this for years. on Best Tablet PC For Classroom Instruction? · · Score: 1

    You need to make a template that's 8.5x11". Do page setup and choose that page size, then Format > Templates and save that as a new template. Whenever you make a new section (tab) go to Format > Templates and at the bottom select that template to be the default for that section. Then every new page in that section will be a nice 8.5x11" sheet.

  2. I've been doing this for years. on Best Tablet PC For Classroom Instruction? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I teach chemistry at a small college and have been using the combination of prepared notes in OneNote and the tablet to write on them in class. I use Camtasia to record the lectures and post PDFs of the completed files as well as audio podcasts and screencast videos onto the web for the students. I have a simple Toshiba Portege tablet which serves its purpose very well, although it is taxed by compressing the video. Toshiba still sells a convertible Portege laptop/tablet like what I use for $1200 - I'm sure you could find a used one on ebay for much less.

    I would recommend a tablet highly over a dedicated in-classroom solution because it has the flexibility of moving from classroom-to-classroom, as well as recording some dedicated online-only lectures at home (like I was just doing tonight).

    Check out http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/aspaas/2061/ for the stuff I've been doing. This is for a hybrid (half-online) organic chemistry course that only meets one day a week for lecture and lab. A course like this probably wouldn't be possible without the tablet handwriting and screencasting tech.

  3. Re:What phones does this work on? on Stream MythTV to Your Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    Welcome to 2001, slick!

  4. Re:A good problem on Vacuum-Controlled Elevator Developed · · Score: 1

    I think it said it's mechanically locked into place when the door opens.

  5. A good problem on Vacuum-Controlled Elevator Developed · · Score: 1

    This is a great physics problem. What maximum pressure (in atm) must the vacuum chamber above have in order to lift a 200-lb man and a 200-lb elevator capsule? Assume 1 atm below, and a tube with 1 m diameter. Let's compare answers.

  6. Try on Monitoring the U.S. Elections Online? · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.pollstats.com

  7. Wonderful on DVD Player Maker's Margins just $1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And all so that some trailer trash lady can get trampled for an Apex DVD player the day after Thanksgiving...

  8. I call shenanigans on ExtremeTech Wages War of the Codecs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Okay, I just encoded some DVD-size video at 1mbit and 500kbit, 1/4 size, in QuickTime MPEG-4 and can barely see any artifacts in either. This dude seriously got some settings wrong in his MPEG-4 encodings, although I don't quite see how that's possible as settings are quality, framerate, keyframes, and data rate (and he said quality was set at best). I'll post some screenies later if I get a chance.

  9. RIAA Seeks To Outlaw Public Hotspots on WiFi Hotspots Elude RIAA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    Film at 11.

  10. the real article on A New Spin On Physical Phenomena · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the journal article from Applied Physics Letters