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The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education

  • Presents several perspectives on the use of pen and tablet based technologies on education
  • Introduces and evaluates new and emerging technologies invented for classroom use
  • Provides first-hand perspectives of educators’ experiences with pen and tablet technologies
  • Explores the potential of proposed systems and works in progress, which give insight into the future of pen and touch technologies for education
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiv
  2. Keynote Address: Tools for Thinking

    • Barbara Tversky
    Pages 1-4
  3. Emerging Technologies—Handwriting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Digital Pen Technology’s Suitability to Support Handwriting Learning

      • Anne-Marie Mann, Uta Hinrichs, Aaron Quigley
      Pages 7-22
  4. Emerging Technologies—K-12 Learning Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Supporting Special Needs Students in Drawing Mathematical Representations

      • Andee Rubin, Judy Storeygard, Kimberle Koile
      Pages 57-66
    3. Animated Mathematical Proofs in Elementary Education

      • Kimberle Koile, Andee Rubin
      Pages 67-79
  5. Emerging Technologies—Tutoring Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
    2. LogiSketch: A Free-Sketch Digital Circuit Design and Simulation SystemLogiSketch

      • Christine Alvarado, Andy Kearney, Alexa Keizur, Calvin Loncaric, Miranda Parker, Jessica Peck et al.
      Pages 83-90
    3. Mechanix: A Sketch-Based Tutoring System that Automatically Corrects Hand-Sketched Statics Homework

      • Stephanie Valentine, Raniero Lara-Garduno, Julie Linsey, Tracy Hammond
      Pages 91-103
    4. SketchWorksheets: A Brief Summary

      • Kenneth D. Forbus, Jeffrey Usher, Maria Chang
      Pages 105-106
    5. Classroom Uses for BeSocratic

      • Sam Bryfczynski, Roy P. Pargas, Melanie M. Cooper, Michael Klymkowsky, Josiah Hester, Nathaniel P. Grove
      Pages 127-136
  6. Emerging Technologies—Collaboration, Learning, & Best Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
    2. Use of Layers and User Manipulation to Improve Group Environments

      • Christopher Findeisen, Page Heller
      Pages 139-143
    3. VText: A Tablet Based E-Textbook Framework

      • John Cristy, Joseph G. Tront
      Pages 145-151

About this book

This book presents perspectives for and by teachers, school and university administrators and educational researchers regarding the great impact pen and tablet technology can have on classrooms and education.

presents three distinctly valuable threads of research:

  • Emerging technologies and cutting-edge software invented by researchers and evaluated through real classroom deployments.
  • First-hand perspectives of instructors and administrators who actively implement pen or tablet technologies in their classrooms.
  • Up-and-coming systems that provide insight into the future of pen, touch, and sketch recognition technologies in the classrooms and the curriculums of tomorrow.

The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education is an essential read for educators who wish get to grips with ink-based computing and bring their teaching methods into the twenty-first century, as well as for researchers in the areas of education, human-computer interaction and intelligent systems for pedagogical advancement.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, Sketch Recognition Lab, College Station, USA

    Tracy Hammond, Stephanie Valentine

  • Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, USA

    Aaron Adler

  • Dept. Information Technology, Whitfield School, St. Louis, USA

    Mark Payton

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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