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October 30, 2007

I have been wanting to use the tablets for science labs ever since seeing them used this way at the tablet workshop last year. So I finally took the plunge and while there were a few bumps in the technological road, it was a huge success.

First, I put a lab on the network for the kids to use. The idea here is for the students to be able to download a lab and use it to answer the questions directly onto the tablet. However, before they do this, they have to collect some data.

So, I had a few lab stations set up where the students would collect data either with or without the PASCO probes that we have. The kids using the tablets to collect data don't do so directly on the table with the experiment so as to avoid any unwanted spills, but now there is an exciting thing for another kid to do who doesn't or can't be in there running the experiment.

We used Journal for the lab itself, but I think that Word could also work and I know that OneNote would too. 

Next, I am planning on continuing with this so that I can refine the steps mentioned above. Also, I am going to try a new program that Sherry pointed out to me called Presenter. This should allow me to conduct a class similar to what I could do if I had Dyno. I am looking forward to giving it a try.

Posted by Christopher Ros @ Tablet PC Techniques

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