Microsoft Education Pack for TPC

Cool stuff, gotten this piece of news off The Student Tablet PC blog, MS has released the Microsoft Education Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition which serves 5 applications:

Equation Writer
Now itΓ―ΒΏΒ½s easy to add mathematical expressions to your papers. Handwrite a math equation, and then convert it into a neatly typewritten image to paste into a report or a presentation.
GoBinder Lite by Agilix Labs, Inc.
Keep track of your schedule with this planner. Use your tablet pen to jot down quick reminders about class schedules, project deadlines, and extracurricular activities.
Hexic Deluxe for Tablet PC
This full-featured puzzle game from MSN Games has a new spin for Tablet PCs. Now you can rotate pieces easily with your tablet pen.
Ink Flash Cards
Create flash cards to help you learn facts or study for an exam. Handwrite a question on the front of a card and put an answer on the back. Draw, insert graphics, and add text too. After you build a set, you can review the cards to test your knowledge and flag which ones you need to review again.

Send to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003

Keep all of your class notes and research in one place. Send web pages, pictures, and other files to OneNote, and annotate or highlight them with your tablet pen. Use the OneNote stationery created for college students, and read helpful tips for using OneNote at school.
[source: The Student Tablet PC blog]

Together with the release is a flash demo that describes it all πŸ™‚
Check out the full list of Resource for Student by MS.

11th Edublog Workshop for DDMers … in the midst

today, seng chee has once again kindly invited me to share on (edu)blogs, 17 excited HODs are with me today, and it is now the break time, aka action time for me πŸ˜›
will be going on to blogger.com account creation later, for the time being, just upload a few pictures to capture moments of the past 1 hour πŸ™‚

Strategies for Educational Blogs

This is a paper presented by Dr Soo Wai Mun at the Educational Research Association of Singapore Conference 2004. The abstract:

Blogs are online journals that individuals publish on the Internet to reflect on mundane as well as serious issues of heart and mind. Like many email services, blogs are now freely available and form another communication channel for the Internet community. From outpours of individual tantrums to academic discourse of the Harvard Law School, blogs have proliferated far and wide. It is not surprising that blogging is becoming an instructional strategy for education.
This paper presents an overview of blogging, and relates it to practical educational applications. It highlights instructional strategies that enhance blogging as tool for teaching and learning. A case study where these strategies are applied is presented to
reflect on its strengths and weaknesses.

Teachers may find the sections on “Applying instructional strategies for blogging” and “Creating qualitative assessment rubrics for blogs” applicable to our teaching and learning tasks.
Dr Soo has kindly gave his consent to make available the paper for download. Download the paper here πŸ™‚