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>Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:18:58 -0600
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>Subject: Re: #7818 Slate PCs
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We are using the Motion slates in a classroom project for Japanese and
Hebrew that focuses on the teaching of handwriting.  The pressure
sensitivity of the tablets is impressive and Windows Journal has been
our primary vehicle for practice during this project.  The project
itself is in it's infancy and very free form, but the tablets themselves
have been wonderful.

I personally like the slate better than the convertable tablets (I
tested both) because the convertibles are much heavier.   I enjoyed
using the tablet because of how much more comfortable ergonomically it
was, and so having the keyboard was not really what I needed for my own
use.  It does, however, take quite a bit of time to get used to the pen
input and it seems to be either a love or hate relationship for others
I've known who have tried it.

Foreign Language Technology
http://go.carleton.edu/f

Carly J. Born, Carleton College
Academic Computing Coordinator for Foreign Languages & Literature
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>>Subject: Slate PCs
>>Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:22:37 -0500
>>Thread-Topic: Slate PCs
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>Colleagues,
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>I wonder if any of you have begun using (Motion Computing) Slate
>PCs/tablet PCs as controllers/touchpanels in your new multimedia
>installations?
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>We are considering going to them in place of the Crestron touchpanel we
>generally use in classroom and large room projection systems, but we
>don't know their track record.
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>Some advantages seem to be that they are multifarious: they cut out the
>need for a separate lectern PC, they incorporate other features (mics,
>etc)  and  they are sturdy and quoted as being less expensive in the end
>than our touchpanels.
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>Have you incorporated them at any of your schools? If so, what has your
>experience been?
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>Thanks,
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>Ed
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