Classroom Automation with WriteScreen

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Classroom Automationwith WriteScreen
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Classroom Automation

• Existing Computerized Classrooms
• Personal Computer
• Education/instruction software
• Computer projector
• Networking
• TV display etc.

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Classroom Automation
You may have COMPUTERIZED CLASSROOMS.
However, Computerized Classroom
Automation Computerized is only half-way done to
the classroom automation!
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Classroom AutomationWhat does it mean?

• Before the class easy preparation. No time
  spend if
• the electronic data are available.

• During the class real-time interactive
  teaching. Be
• able to annotate to any display including
  read-only
• files, to illustrate multi-pages of lecture,
  to use colorful
• pens, to draw graphs easily, etc.

• After the class easy afterward processing. Be
  able to
• one-on-one tutor, to record the work, to
  post the
• recorded work to web pages, etc.

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Classroom Automationwhat are more needed?

• Each classroom has to be equipped by a
  WriteScreen
• Tablet monitor and classroom software

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About WriteScreen Monitor
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About WriteScreen Monitor What come with the
unit?

• A 15 LCD Color Monitor integrated
• with a writing/drawing tablet pen device
• An electronic pen with a AAA battery
• A CD of Whiteboard Write Screen
• software

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WriteScreen Software Whiteboard

• The Whiteboard allows you to write your problems
  solving in color, save them, and post them to the
  web. It can be invoked via Write Screen toolbox,
  or via double-right-click popup menu selection.

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LCD WriteScreen Monitor

• IF the applications are pen featured, then you
  can use LCD WriteScreen monitor directly.
• Example right-click in a slideshow of Microsoft
  PowerPoint presentation to select Pointer-options
  and Pen.

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WriteScreen Software

• IF the applications are NOT pen featured, then
  you can use WriteScreen software.
• Example the Adobe Reader read-only PDF files,
  encyclopedia from a CD-ROM, etc.

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Double-right-click pops up a menu to select Write
Screen command
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Classroom Automationwith WriteScreen

• Benefits for teachers
• Near to 0 time for class preparation
• No more worries about the
• chalkboard limited writing space
• Sit to teach
• Face and watch students to teach

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Classroom Automationwith WriteScreen

• Benefits for students
• Enjoy the colorful teaching writings
• and contents. View big fonts.
• Request the teacher to move the
• written objects to a better viewing
• screen location
• Review saved teaching contents

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Classroom Automationwith WriteScreen

• Benefits for parents
• Via internet access to the saved
• teaching contents, parents can
• Understand the school progress
• Help children according to the
• teaching contents

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Classroom Automationwith WriteScreen

• Benefits for schools
• Save money from buying the color
• dry-ink pens, erasers, transparents...
• Clean environment (no dry-ink)
• Utilize/built more electronic data
• Virtual classroom via internet
• Education/instruction in technology

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Classroom AutomationTeachers Usage
www.fortbend.k12.tx.us -gt Campuses -gt Clements
(High School) -gt Courses -gt Science -gt Kinsey
(Physics 2C - Honors, AP) -gt Resources -gt All
Resources Kinsey (Physics I - Honors) -gt .
then each individual files