1. The Classroom Presenter Project Richard Anderson University of Washington

2. Using technology to bring elementary school pedagogy to higher education And then bringing it back to elementary school

3. Classroom Presenter

4. Classroom Pedagogy Active learning Classroom assessment Discussion around student artifacts Learner centric design

5. Why tablets? Flexibility of writing Expression of writing Annotation of existing content Form factor

6. Technology in the classroom Range of deployment scenarios My views and goals Pen based computing will become common Plan for student owned devices Range of platforms and form factors Research project to understand technology and pedagogy

7. Classroom Presenter Project Fall 2001, DISC Project, Microsoft Research Spring 2002, UW PMP Class Fall 2002, Presentation Application, UW Summer 2003, Major software development Fall 2003, Classroom Submissions, USD 2004, Studies of Ink in Presentation Winter 2005, Classroom Submissions, UW

8. Classroom Deployments University of Washington courses Usually 15 to 20 tablet pcs Wireless environment

9. Digital Design / Data structures

10. Fitt’s law / Geometry

11. Software Engineering Elementary school math

12. Seattle Public School Outreach activity Led by Krista Davis (UW Undergrad) Math Olympiad problems 4 th grade math enrichment class 4 class sessions (two groups of students) 14 students / 7 Tablet Pcs per class Small group problem solving

13. What we saw Students excited by the technology “We get to play with computers – and do math problems!” Students not directly familiar with Tablets “It’s just like a palm pilot, but bigger” Students instantly mastered the use of the Tablet

14. Problem solving

15. Engagement

16. Discussion of students work

17. Collaboration

18. Writing behavior different from paper

19. Gender issues

20. Doodling

21. CLASSROOM PRESENTER www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter For more information, contact anderson@cs.washington.edu