Classroom Presenter: Using Tablet PCs to promote classroom interaction

1. Classroom Presenter:Using Tablet PCs to promote classroom interaction Richard Anderson University of Washington anderson@cs.washington.edu

2. Draw a picture of yourself Circle this!

3. Classroom Presenter

4. Student Attention vs. Time Attention 10 20 30 40 50 60 Time

5. Student submissions in the classroom • Model: Slide based lecture with embedded activities • Student submissions support a wide range of class activities and teaching styles • Classroom Assessment • Review and reflection • Collective Brainstorming • Problem solving • Explanation of misconceptions • Student generated examples

6. Minute question • What was the most interesting point raised during the Microsoft and Academia dialog?

7. Classroom assessment on assigned reading • Who is the “other minister”? • What is the name of the Minister of Magic? Scrimgeour

8. Problem Solving • You have three coins: • One coin with two heads, one coin with two tails, and one coin with a head and a tail • Suppose you choose a coin at random, flip it in the air and it lands heads. • What is the probability that its other side is a head?

9. Handwriting Recognition:Identify the following words

10. Recognition results

11. Splaying a node Elements in increasing order A,B,…,G • Rotate a node to the root of the tree two levels at a time D G G G A G A A A D F F C E E C E E B F D B B F C C D B

12. ZIG-ZIG Z Y D X C A B

13. ZIG-ZAG Show the ZIG-ZAG transformation to bring X to the root Z Y A D X B C

14. Brainstorming • What problems might arise if students are allowed to use Tablet PCs in the Classroom?

15. Distributed, Tablet PC Application Initial development, 2001-2002 at MSR Continuing development at UW Collaboration with Microsoft Built on ConferenceXP Multicast networking Simple application Ink Overlay on images Export PPT to image Real time ink broadcast UI Designed for use during presentation on tablet Presentation features Instructor notes on slides Slide minimization Classroom Presenter Instructor Note

16. CLASSROOM PRESENTER www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter Richard Anderson anderson@cs.washington.edu www.conferenceXP.net Chris Moffatt confxp@microsoft.com ConferenceXP

17. The Classroom Presenter Project Richard Anderson University of Washington

18. Tablet PCs in the Classroom • Instructor Presentation • Student Note Taking • Classroom Interaction • Student engagement • Feedback to the instructor • Student contribution to discussion

19. Instructor Presentation

20. Student Applications

21. Classroom Interaction

22. Distributed, Tablet PC Application Initial development, 2001-2002 at MSR Continuing development at UW Collaboration with Microsoft Built on ConferenceXP Multicast networking Simple application Ink Overlay on images Export PPT to image Real time ink broadcast UI Designed for use during presentation on tablet Presentation features Instructor notes on slides Slide minimization Classroom Presenter Instructor Note

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

24. Classroom Networks • Students communicating with instructor device • Public display for aggregate results • Low-bandwidth devices – e.g. clickers • Peer instruction

25. Peer Instruction

26. Classroom Networks with Digital Ink • Activities on lecture slides • Student submit slides to instructor • Instructor reviews slides to gauge understanding • Slides selected to be shown on public display

27. What is special about Ink? • Derivational activities as opposed to selection • Unanticipated solutions, misconceptions • Flexibility of domains • Symbolic domains • Diagrams • Annotation of existing content • Partial results, brainstorming, scratch work • Expression of individuality

28. What is special about Digital ink? • Logistics • Capture and replay • Integration with lecture materials • Anonymous

29. 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 Interaction Pilot, USD • 2004, Studies of Ink in Presentation • Winter, Spring 2005, Classroom Interaction Pilots, UW

30. University of Washington courses Computer Science Undergraduate courses Usually 15 to 20 tablet pcs Wireless environment Instructor supplied tablets Software Engineering Digital Design Data Structures Tablet PC Project Course CS Education Seminar Fourth grade math Classroom Deployments

31. Digital Design / Data structures

32. Fitt’s law / Geometry

33. Software EngineeringElementary school math

34. Preliminary Results • Positive Student Responses • Digital Design Survey (1-5 scale) • Impact on learning 4.4 • Value of seeing solutions displayed 4.3 • Recommend to other instructors 4.1 • High rate of student participation

35. Range of instructional use • Student problem solving • Interactive lecture

36. Classroom deployments • Use of shared tablets • 2-3 tablets per students • Promote student discussion and group work

37. Impact on instruction • Classroom experience is different • Less material is covered • Radical change in lecture preparation • Learning goals first! • Developing pedagogy and resources for this style of teaching will take time • Mix technology supported instruction with conventional lecture

38. Use of student submissionsand student behavior

39. Student examples for discussion

40. Partial results

41. Post lecture analysis

42. Tagging

43. Doodling

44. 4th Grade

45. 4th Grade

46. 4th Grade

47. CLASSROOM PRESENTER www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter For more information, contact Richard Anderson anderson@cs.washington.edu Craig Prince cmprince@cs.washington.edu