Re: more on whiteboards

[Robert Carlson <Raacc@AOL.COM>]

Dan,

I keep a running copy of my Monday and Wednesday lecture notes at these
addresses:

http://www.mctc.mnscu.edu/~carlsoro.faculty/physastr/physics/phys100/mon/mon.h
tm

http://www.mctc.mnscu.edu/~carlsoro.faculty/physastr/physics/phys100/wed/wed.h
tm

The pen/pad device I use is manufactured by Wacom and is called a Pen Partner.

The software is something I've written and I call it Lecture Notes.  The
interface is similar to Paint, and with a pen/pad you can write on screen,
paste images, etc.  Although you can use a mouse, writing is very difficult.
When you save the file, the software creates an htm file with links to
automatically created jpg images of your lecture notes.  Although GIF files
would be better for this application, Unisys wanted too much money to use
this file format.

The software runs on Windows 95, 98 and NT.  If you wish to evaluate the
Lecture Notes software, I can send you an attached zip file.

Bob Carlson

In a message dated 4/5/99 11:21:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
Dan.MacIsaac@NAU.EDU writes:

> >
>  > This semester I've used little of whiteboards or blackboards.  I've been
>  > using a VGA projection system and a pen/pad pointing device.  All my
> lectures
>  > are saved to htm files with links to images of my lecture notes.  I then
>  > place them on a web page for student access.  The pen pointing device
> takes
>  > some getting used to, and my penmanship is not near the quality as on a
>  > blackboard, but students don't seem to mind.  After two weeks of poor
>  > penmanship, I gave my students the option of my using the VGA system and
>  > posting the lectures, or going back to the blackboard.  There was no
> contest,
>  > they wanted the lecture notes on the web site.  It also allows me to face
>  > students, as suggested in an earlier post, plus it's easy to insert
graphs
>  > and figures into notes for discussion.
>  >
>  > Bob Carlson
>  >
>  Bob:
>
>  What is the manufacturer of the pen/pad and the name of your software?  Can
>  we view your notes online somewhere?  I'm interested in trying your system,
>  or at least assessing it.
>
>  Dan M