11 May 08 Congrats Everyone….
Hey Everyone,
Congrats…. The AP Calculus exam is over. Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done. WE DID IT.
17 Mar 08 The Tablet PC Experience
Using the Tablet PC was pretty cool. You can do alot of neat things with it and it is a great way to make organized notes due to the many different colors that you can use. The key thing to using the tablet is writing the way you normaly would so don’t be afraid to put you hand and wrist on the screen (like if you writing on a piece of paper). Don’t worry, the screen can handle it. Plus this makes everything a lot easier. I found it to be easier than taking notes with paper. Today we took notes on section 6.2 and I found it to be extemely useful in making visuals. I had a litttle bit of trouble with the Quickplay button in the beginning. My hand kept hitting it so the DVD player would turn on. Other than that I think that it was a really cool experience and anyone who hasn’t tried it should try it. I know I may like to try it again sometime. It isn’t everyday that you get to use a piece of technology like this (only in AP Calculus).
17 Mar 08 tablet fun
The tablet pc has been very helpful during class. i can just listen and understand it more and don’t have to worry about writing whats on the board down. With the tablet its just sent to us in a email and theres no problem with writing something down wrong or just not getting it down fast enough. this is what i like most about the tablet pc.
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18 Feb 08 Chapter 5.2
Working with a tablet PC makes a lot of fun. I thought that it might be more difficult than it was in reality. Using the tablet is like writing on normal paper; I was able to erase easily and to change my colors even faster than it would have been with normal paper. Furthermore, all the notes are organized and well arranged. In addition, it is easier to call up the files in the computer than searching for them in your folder. It will be nice, if the school arranges those tablets for the math department, so that each student will be able to write on them and to use the notes as they wish. Although this tablet program is very comfortable (the students do not have to write everything down on their own) I have the feeling that when I write the notes from the class on my own, that I am able to understand and to follow the class better than without taking notes. This part is the only disadvantage that I can figure out by just one student using a tablet per class.
During class, we corrected the homework problems # 18, # 19, # 23, # 24 and # 28. Basically, we exercised a lot and deepened chapter 5.2, and the most important things to remember are the formulas of i, i^2 and i^3. The homework is on page 391 # 21 and 22.
I hope that I am able to use the tablet as soon as possible, because I definitely prefer to work with it than with my paper notes.
17 Feb 08 2/15/08 Tablet
2/15/08 Notes A blockThis was the first time that I have used a tablet pc and it was more than a bit frustrating at first. The computer itself worked fine, but I did not pick up on it as quickly as I had hoped. The one major problem that I had was I hit the button on the pen several times in the middle of taking notes…very annoying. The good things about the tablet was that you are able to take colorful notes that are much easier to read when you want to go over them at a later time using any computer.
In class we went over problem #23 from the 5.2 homework. I didn’t get the question for homework the night before so I spent most of the class attempting to understand what was being taught instead of taking notes on the tablet. Basically what I learned was that you need to know the formulas on page 383.
I’m hoping that my next experience with the tablet will go much more smoothly, and that what I learned the first time will make me a bit faster at taking notes and much more comfortable at using the tablet pc overall.
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