Jim Vanides, Program Manager - HP Corporate Philanthropy Worldwide Higher Education Grants, invites you to join "GroupScribbles: A tool for highly interactive Tablet PC classrooms,” another in the ongoing HP Online Speaker Series "Higher Education Technology for Teaching".

Please join us on Wednesday, 6 December, 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific Time for a live presentation and discussion featuring Jeremy Roschelle (Director, Center for Technology in Learning); John Brecht (Project Lead) – SRI International.

ABSTRACT: Our goal in designing GroupScribbles was to develop a simple tool that would enable educators to design and enact a variety of interactive activities in a wireless Tablet PC classroom without the burden of programming. In practice, GroupScribbles (which is a free download) takes just a few minutes to learn, in part because it is based upon a familiar sticky note metaphor. Like Classroom Presenter, GroupScribbles can be used to gain students input. Going beyond Classroom Presenter, educators can use GroupScribbles to organize collaborative and cumulative knowledge-building activities and to coordinate the involvement of students in taking roles in a team. We have found that when educators see GroupScribbles they rapidly generate new applications of the basic capabilities to their specific teaching situation.

To attend, please RSVP so they can send you login and phone details. All you need is a phone and an internet-connected web-browser. Space is limited. Registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no charge for this event.


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