Teacher Productivity Using the TabletPC

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Teacher Productivity Using the TabletPC

• The Journal and Other Tools

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Using the Journal

• Using the journal as a Smartboard with a
  projector.
• Important point is that each item on the screen
  can be printed to the Journal and then can be
  annotated
• Office 2003 replaces some of this functionality

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Journal Continued

• Once items are in the journal you can
• Highlight
• Annotated
• Cut/Copy
• Enlarge using the percent tool
• Works well for
• Web pages
• PowerPoints
• Worksheets

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Parts of the Windows Journal

• Standard toolbar Pen toolbar Format
  toolbar

View Toolbar
Title block
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Special Note About Showing All of the Toolbars

• If all of the toolbars are not visible, you will
  need to open the View Menu and individually
  select each toolbar you want
• May require opening the View Menu several times

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Activities

• Open Windows Journal and try some of the
  toolbars.
• Change the pen
• Change the highlighter
• Different erasures
• Lariat
• Flags
• Open existing templates

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Windows Journal Features

• Printing to Journal vs Importing
• Viewing Journal Files without a TabletPC
• Inserting Text and Typing
• Searching
• Pasting
• Selecting
• Flags
• Text Conversion

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Importing

• In addition to printing there are two ways that
  you can import existing files into the Windows
  Journal
• One would be to simply locate the file in My
  Documents and drag the file to the Journal
• There also is an option in the File Menu for
  Importing

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More on Journal

• View Menu
• Full Screen or 85
• Page Width (resize window hidden applications on
  the side)
• With Views you also have the zoom feature
• It will zoom a page up to 1000
• Page Bar
• From View Menu

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Other Journal Uses

• Receive student assignments
• Print to Journal
• Grade/annotate in the Journal
• Returning assignments

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Sample of Printed Journal Pages
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Journal Templates Sample
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How is this for a Template?
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Creating the Journal Template

• Lets Create this
• Open a blank Journal file
• Click on Insert, Picture, then go to the Data
  folder and double click on the Logo.bmp
• Move the picture to the upper right corner
• Save as Journal Template using the name Logo

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Search is a Powerful Tool

• Search for either handwritten or typed text
  string
• Click on Edit, Find

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Can Manipulate Items

• Can Cut Copy Paste Move items once they have been
  selected.
• Use the
• Subset the handwritten on typewritten text.

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Assignment

• Print PowerPoint slides into Journal
• Take all of your notes
• Do searching

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Using Journal

• Saves paper
• Electronic repository
• Works very well for storing information

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Page Setup

• To access the page setup within Windows Journal
  open your File Menu and select page setup
• From this you will see three tabs
• The first tab will do you paper setting and your
  second tab will set your style

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Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer 1.5

• This accessory enables users who do not have a
  computer running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC
  Edition to view files that were created in
  Microsoft Windows Journal on a Tablet PC.
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Gestures

• Work in Windows Journal as well as in the Input
  Panel
• They do NOT work in the Office 2003 suite of
  products

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What is a Gesture

• A gesture is a motion that you make with your
  tablet pen or a symbol that you draw with your
  tablet pen to control your tablet computer.
• In TabletPC input panel, you can use gestures to
  erase handwriting and to control the insertion
  point in the active program.

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More on Gestures

• For example, you can use gestures for tab, space,
  backspace, and enter.
• If you use a gesture, then you get the same
  result that you would get if you pressed the
  corresponding key on a standard keyboard.

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Use the Scratch Out Gesture

• Without removing the tip of your pen from the
  screen, draw a horizontal line back and forth at
  least three times through the handwriting that
  you want to erase.
• Note   When you erase handwriting, the
  corresponding recognized text is also deleted.

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Possible Gestures

• How to draw gestures
• The dots in the gesture symbol images indicate
  where you should start when drawing the symbol.

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Gestures Are Available

• You can use gestures in the writing pad and in
  the character pad.
• They also work within the Windows Journal

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Additional Activities

• Practice printing to the Windows Journal and
  doing inking
• Create a worksheet from the Internet using the
  Windows Journal
• Place a graphic into the Windows Journal and use
  the Zoom to make it larger and then ink on it

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