August 5, 2005
 

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FEATURED ARTICLE
Bill Gates talks about tablet PCs, higher education, and more

TABLET COMPUTING HIGHLIGHT
 New Microsoft Education Pack for Tablet PC

Microsoft's new Education Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition includes programs that can help you get organized and work effectively. After you download the Education Pack, the installer allows you to install one, some, or all of these programs: Ink Flash Cards, Equation Writer, Send to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, and GoBinder Lite.

To find out more, visit Microsoft's web site for the Education Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

SELECTED HEADLINES

  1. What We Did This Summer
    One of PRESENT's summer initiatives was the faculty institute. All participants are encouraged to follow up with PRESENT on the ideas they gathered and the questions they would like to have answered. Thanks to everyone who contributed their time and support. The following are three UDaily articles covering the June events.
  2. New on Campus
    • New UD copyright policy in effect (July 14)
      The “University of Delaware Policy for Copyright and Fair Use in Instruction” went into effect on July 1. The policy, which is available for download in Adobe PDF format, allows faculty and staff to use copyrighted works if the intended use meets certain criteria.
    • Oral Communication Fellows program available (July 7)
      The Oral Communication Fellows are a group of students committed to improving the presentation skills of those seeking assistance in public speaking. These trained communication majors are available to mentor undergraduate students who are concerned about preparation for in-class presentations. They will be available, by appointment, through the Writing Center and in Pearson Hall during the fall semester. For more information, e-mail Jo Kmetz, Director, Oral Communication Fellows Program, Department of Communication.
    • Bookstore offers employees reduced-price software (May 18)
      For the past two years, UD students have been able to purchase deeply discounted Microsoft software for personal use through the University Bookstore’s unique agreement with Microsoft and software seller Journey Ed. This exceptional pricing is now extended to eligible faculty and staff who want to buy software for personal use.

  3. Recommended Reading
    • Marketing class explores potential of blogs (June 1)
      Blogs are being used by established businesses to reach audiences. Business Week magazine, in a recent article titled “Blogs Will Change Your Business,” called the new communications tool “simply the most explosive outbreak in the information world since the Internet itself.” Anu Sivaraman, assistant professor of marketing, provided hands-on experience to students in the creation and maintenance of blogs. The students benefited from the technology exposure and the community-building opportunity.

  4. Archived Newsletters are available.
FEATURED ARTICLE
Bill Gates talks about higher education, tablet PCs, and more

Bill GatesBill Gates offered some predictions of the future in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education. Of particular interest to those participants in our summer faculty institute who received tablet PCs is the discussion of tablet computing,

"I'm personally the biggest believer in [tablet computing]. It's definitely at an early stage. We've gone from most students using desktop computers to using portable computers, and so the question is, how, over time, can we make those portable computers something where they not only have the keyboard, but they also have the pen, and they have the ability to work with speech as well. We have this piece of software called OneNote that's actually doing super well on campuses, that lets people take notes, record things, and it works with both text, ink, and audio in this very nice way."

Read the full interview at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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