Thursday, September 11, 2008

Re: ISED:Toshiba M700 Tablet and Geo Sketchpad

Barbara, just have the kids use the laptop's regular touchpad instead of
the tablet feature. I obviously can't speak for all independent schools,
but unless your kids are really different for some reason, using the
touchpad with Sketchpad will be duck soup for them. And resist the
temptation to attach a regular mouse--it is not necessary. Sometimes you
just have to sigh and get on with life.

Ross Lenet
Sidwell Friends School

> Welcome to fall. We recently rolled out a bunch of Toshiba M700 tablets for
> our faculty and our new students. One of our math teachers, who previously
> used the M200 tablet, has found that the calibration of the stylus when
> using Sketchpad is poor. She has difficulty selecting points. Where the
> tip of the stylus points and where the point is placed on the screen are not
> in the same place. That makes it hard to select a point that is already on
> the screen.

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