You are absolutely on target. As a matter of fact, there is a lot of
information in the education area here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/t...n/default.mspx
You might be interested in checking out the case studies in the field at the
URL above, too.

As for ports for printers, the easiest usage would be wireless networked and
sharing a printer or printers. On a school LAN or even classroom LAN, such
programs as OneNote and GoBinder can be used in a shared mode to allow the
educator to directly interface with the students on their own screen.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"snarfix christopehr griswold" <snarfix christopehr
griswold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>A low-priced Tablet PC with limited function could serve as a very
>important tool in learning. Imagine a student consilidating all of his or
>her textbooks into a single unit, instead of lugging around big books which
>they don't really want to read. When the unit powers on, it brings up a
>menu program with a list of textbooks to access. The texbooks would be sold
>on cd rom or dvd, and implanted into the menu as modules. Also accessible
>would be a standard, engrained word processor and a virtual notebook,
>organized by subject. Other software modules might include games, and a
>graphing calculator for advanced math students.
> Hardware would include a hard drive of ample size, USB ports for printers
> and mice, or perhaps even a scanner. Of course the writing and pointing
> would be accomplished with a stylus. No internet access will be included,
> because it would ditract the students with MP3's, pornography, and chat.
> They can buy their own computer for that stuff.
> Advantages to the digital format are text searches, "writing on the page",
> less materials in class, and graphical animations.
> I think that is the solution to an advanced education. Those textbooks we
> currently have are too expensive, overwhelming, and too hard to carry
> around.
> So, industry leaders, please make the tablet pc available to everyone in a
> learning environment.
> Christopher Griswold
> Racine, WI
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