Last week at Educause, I stopped by DyKnow’s booth to get a couple of copies of The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-based Technology: Beyond the Tipping Point (2007) for the Microsoft booth. I ended up giving those copies away to interested parties along the way back to the booth. If you’re looking for a copy, Amazon.com has inventory. Very popular and helpful to those who want to learn about work in this space.
A wide variety of disciplines are embracing Tablet PC’s and similar pen-based devices as tools for the radical enhancement of teaching and learning. Deployments of Tablet PCs have spanned the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels and have dealt with an amazingly diverse range of subject areas. This work is aimed at identifying best practices in the educational use of pen-based computing so that all educators may benefit from this next generation of technology.
About the Author
Dave Berque is professor and chair of computer science at DePauw University. Berque’s pen-based computing projects have been discussed in a variety of venues including CNN, The New York Times, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Jane Prey is a Program Manager at Microsoft Research, External Research and Programs. Rob Reed is a University Relations Representative at Hewlett-Packard with twelve years of experience in the fields of engineering and technology.