CNN bulletin: Cyber-blackboard helps students keep up

Gregory D. Abowd (abowd@cc.gatech.edu)
Thu, 26 Sep 1996 12:04:15 -0400

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Take a look at:

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9609/25/t_t/electronic.blackboard/index.html

Looks interesting and very related to our own work. They
provide some richer interaction between student and teacher
in their system, but they don't appear to be doing any sound
integration.

See you this afternoon.

Gregory

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September 25, 1996

Web posted at: 5:00 p.m. EDT



GREENCASTLE, Indiana (CNN) -- Talk about a hangover helper.  
Imagine going to college and not having to take notes. 
Though some students already follow that practice, a new 
computer program makes it practical for anyone.





Professor Dave Berque at DePauw University invented a system 
that allows his classroom notes to be viewed and saved on 
computers placed throughout his classroom.  





The system links the computers to an overhead projector and 
blackboard (actually, it's white) on which Berque writes his 
notes with a special electronic pen. As the professor writes 
--  presto! -- The words and formulas appear on the computer 
screens.





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It basically solves an age-old student conundrum: how to  
pay attention and keep up with a fast-talking prof.





Berque spouted off a mathematics formula to his dazed 
students. "Now instead of your having to have copied that 
down, this appears on all your screens," he explained.






The professor said that in previous years students had 
difficulty keeping up with him.icon   (20 sec./502K AIFF or WAV sound) 
The new system was devised to allow students to 
keep pace while promoting two-way live communication between 
teacher and student. 







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"I think one of the interesting things about this type of 
software is it only has meaning when teacher and students are 
in the same room together," Berque said.


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Once the notes are on the computer screens, students can 
change the line width and color, annotate information, make 
additional notes and bracket things.  





Students can also respond to questions through the program, 
and their written answers appear on the 
overhead. The one thing students can't do is pass electronic 
notes to one another, for the crafty Berque put a safeguard 
device to crack down on such behavior. 





So far, students dig the note-taking mechanism.





"It's always tough for a student to sit and take notes and 
pay attention at the same time," said student Wes 
Huffstutter.





Classmate Aaron Davidson added, "I think within five or 10 
years this is going to be a possibility within classrooms 
around the country. "





Correspondent Dick Wilson contributed to this report.









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