WriteOn
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Professional Development |
| Discipline(s): |
General Engineering, Engineering Science Information Technology Mobile Learning Tablet PCs |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Software Tool/Environment |
| Media Type: |
Document |
| Author(s): |
Joseph G. Tront |
| Description: | WriteOn is a Tablet PC tool that allows the user to annotate on top of any item that is displayed on the screen including text, images, movies, windows containing operating programs, etc. It is ideal for demonstrating how an operating program functions using ink annotation to indicate critical or noteworthy portions of the screen. The program essentially places a virtual transparency over the top of the screen and electronic ink is then applied to the transparency using the stylus or pointing device. During the inking operation, buttons, hot spots, links etc. in an operational program are covered by the virtual transparency and are thus inoperative. The virtual transparency can be removed from the screen with one click, allowing the user to access program controls for a change in the function being performed by the operating program. Transparencies and background can be captured and saved to generate a set of notes containing critical information from the demonstration. Movies of the entire process may also be generated in order to visually describe the entire step by step demonstration. |
| Rating: | No Rating |
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| Keywords: | Tablet PC notetaking electronic ink active learning |
| Is Component of: |
Tablet PC's in Engineering and Computer Science |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(k) Use modern engineering tools in engineering practice Engagement |
| Intervention(s): |
Active learning Collaborative/cooperative learning Laboratory (reformed) Lecture (active) Personalized system of instruction |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | February 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Download Size: |
4 MB |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~jgtront/tabletpc/writeon.html |
| Copyright and Use Restrictions: |
Copyright Joe Tront
Free use |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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