1. The Reality and the Promise of Tablet PCs June Liebert CIO and Lecturer The University of Texas School of Law

2. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert What is a Tablet PC? Portable computing device Looks like a detached flat panel monitor MS Windows XP Tablet PC version Ultra-low power microprocessors Recognizes handwriting Pen input device

3. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Two Styles SlateConvertible

4. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert The Basics Price: $1500-$2500 Size: 10-12 in. screens Weight: 3-5 pounds Battery life: 3-8 hours Processors: up to 1.4 GHz Add-ons and ports same as laptop

5. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Vendors

6. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Motion Tablet M1400 http://www.motioncomputing.com $2,500 w/ almost everything Intel Pentium M ULV Mobile Processor 1.1 GHz 802.11 b/g integrated wireless Biometric-based fingerprint reader Voice input and recording Ambient light sensor adjusts screen brightness Integrated Bluetooth USB, Firewire, Ethernet, VGA, Parallel printer, microphone, headphone, PC Card, 56.6K modem Warranty – 1 year + 2 year extended Insurance available – damage, theft

7. Motion Accessories 3 USB ports, IEEE 1394, a VGA, RJ45 Ethernet, Audio Out, and Microphone port

8. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Features Handwriting recognition –Languages: U.K. English, U.S. English, French, German, Spanish (International Sort), Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Voice recognition –Languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Biometric sensor Built-in microphone

9. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Tablet-Enabled Software MindJet’s Mindmanager Microsoft’s OneNote FranklinCovey TabletPlanner Microsoft Reader for Tablet PC Microsoft Office 2003 Windows Journal and Sticky Notes Alias Sketchbook Pro xThink Calculator

10. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Educational Uses Faculty –Presentation system w/digital ink –Organize notes –Grading with digital, handwritten notes Students –eBooks w/ handwritten notes –Take and organize organize notes

11. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Organize Notes MindManager X5 –http://www.mindjet.com/http://www.mindjet.com/ –http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~kang/gigs/Field%20lecture/m ap.htmhttp://www1.law.ucla.edu/~kang/gigs/Field%20lecture/m ap.htm OneNote –http://office.microsoft.comhttp://office.microsoft.com FranklinCovey Tablet Planner –http://www.franklincovey.com/tabletplanner/http://www.franklincovey.com/tabletplanner/ Agilix GoBinder integrated with Blackboard

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13. Student Note- Taking Using TabletPCs and Microsoft Journal

14. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Univ. of Wash. Classroom Presenter Classroom Presenter –distributed presentation system –synchronized versions of the presentation shared across multiple machines –Tablet PC = high quality ink http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter/ http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/rea/Presenter_h owto.htmhttp://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/rea/Presenter_h owto.htm

15. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Capture and Annotate Anything Start with any file –Capture screens, portion of screens, etc. with Microsoft Snip –Photos –Word processing documents –PowerPoint presentations Annotate w/ ink Record and store in Journal

16. The University of Texas at Austin 6/17/2004June Liebert Why a Tablet? Flexibility!! Think of it as a laptop with an additional pen input device