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The Classroom Presenter
Project
Richard Anderson
University of Washington
Using technology to bring
elementary school pedagogy to
higher education
And then bringing it back to
elementary school
Classroom Presenter
Classroom Pedagogy
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Active learning
Classroom assessment
Discussion around student artifacts
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Learner centric design
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Why tablets?
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Flexibility of writing
Expression of writing
Annotation of existing content
Form factor
Technology in the classroom
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Range of deployment
scenarios
My views and goals
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Pen based computing will
become common
Plan for student owned
devices
Range of platforms and
form factors
Research project to
understand technology
and pedagogy
Classroom Presenter Project
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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
Classroom Deployments
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University of Washington courses
Usually 15 to 20 tablet pcs
Wireless environment
Digital Design / Data
structures
Fitt’s law / Geometry
Software Engineering
Elementary school math
Seattle Public School
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Outreach activity
Led by Krista Davis (UW Undergrad)
Math Olympiad problems
4th grade math enrichment class
4 class sessions (two groups of students)
14 students / 7 Tablet Pcs per class
Small group problem solving
What we saw
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Students excited by the technology
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Students not directly familiar with
Tablets
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“We get to play with computers – and do
math problems!”
“It’s just like a palm pilot, but bigger”
Students instantly mastered the use of
the Tablet
Problem solving
Engagement
Discussion of students work
Collaboration
Writing behavior different
from paper
Gender issues
Doodling
CLASSROOM PRESENTER
www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter
For more information, contact
[email protected]