The document discusses the use of tablet PCs in higher education, highlighting their portability and flexible software capabilities alongside potential drawbacks like cost and lack of certain hardware. It covers their applications in specific fields like archaeology, geoscience, and ecology, with defined objectives for teaching and research. Additionally, it mentions considerations for using tablets in fieldwork, including weather resistance and power management.

1. Using Tablet PCs in Higher Education Meg Stewart, Visiting Fulbright Scholar 2009-10 18 June, 2010 – EMS-UWI, Summer Technology Institute

2. Overview of Discussion A tablet PC is a laptop that you can write on Powerful, portable, flexible Any software can be loaded onto a tablet PC

3. Possible Disadvantages Cost No CD/DVD drive built Extra IT support Broken pens

4. Microsoft Office PowerPoint Word (but Excel and OneNote are also pen-enabled)

8. Tablets in Archaeology

9. Objectives To accurately document an excavation To take field notes and map grid squares of site locations directly into a tablet computer

10. Field Archaeology video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tI10lsa2yY

11. Tablets in Geoscience

15. Objectives Teaching: 1) To grasp an understanding of a geomorphologic concept 2) To have students use an emerging technology in a field exercise Research: To measure stream meander migration

16. Stream-mapping video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6hSjQm-xc8

17. Tablets in Ecology

18. Objectives Teaching: To have students participate in long-term ecological research during a series of lab exercises Research: To study the effect of Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) on herbaceous plants and tree seedlings

19. Use of Photogrid software http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgtUE7dSh6g 25% 5%

20. Digitizing

21. Other “Inking” Software Windows Journal InkSeine

22. Marking on Papers PDF Annotator

23. Digitizing video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnET8us4Bk4

24. Research

31. Considerations When Using Tablets for Field Work Inclement weather – Rugged case or zip lock bag Extra batteries Car adaptor to recharge battery