Classroom Presenter: Using Tablet PCs to promote classroom interaction

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Classroom PresenterUsing Tablet PCs to promote
classroom interaction

• Richard Anderson
• University of Washington
• anderson_at_cs.washington.edu

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Draw a picture of yourself
Circle this!
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Classroom Presenter
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Student Attention vs. Time
Attention
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50 60 Time
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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

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Minute question

• What was the most interesting point raised during
  the Microsoft and Academia dialog?

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Classroom assessment on assigned reading

• Who is the other minister?
• What is the name of the Minister of Magic?

Scrimgeour
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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?

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Handwriting RecognitionIdentify the following
words
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Recognition results
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Splaying a node
Elements in increasing order A,B,,G

• Rotate a node to the root of the tree two levels
  at a time

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ZIG-ZIG
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ZIG-ZAG
Show the ZIG-ZAG transformation to bring X to the
root
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Brainstorming

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

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Classroom Presenter
Instructor Note

• 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

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CLASSROOM PRESENTER

• www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter
• Richard Anderson
• anderson_at_cs.washington.edu
• www.conferenceXP.net
• Chris Moffatt
• confxp_at_microsoft.com

ConferenceXP
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The Classroom Presenter Project

• Richard Anderson
• University of Washington

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Tablet PCs in the Classroom

• Instructor Presentation
• Student Note Taking
• Classroom Interaction
• Student engagement
• Feedback to the instructor
• Student contribution to discussion

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Instructor Presentation
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Student Applications
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Classroom Interaction
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Classroom Presenter
Instructor Note

• 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

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Classroom Pedagogy

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

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Classroom Networks

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

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Peer Instruction
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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

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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

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What is special about Digital ink?

• Logistics
• Capture and replay
• Integration with lecture materials
• Anonymous

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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

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Classroom Deployments

• 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

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Digital Design / Data structures
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Fitts law / Geometry
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Software EngineeringElementary school math
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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

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Range of instructional use

• Student problem solving
• Interactive lecture

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Classroom deployments

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

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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

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Use of student submissionsand student behavior
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Student examples for discussion
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Partial results
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Post lecture analysis
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Tagging
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Doodling
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4th Grade
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4th Grade
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4th Grade
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CLASSROOM PRESENTER

• www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter
• For more information, contact
• Richard Anderson
• anderson_at_cs.washington.edu
• Craig Prince
• cmprince_at_cs.washington.edu