Use technology to prompt students to take active roles during class
Structure group work with framing questions and specific tasks
Provide opportunities for students to share and discuss their work with the class
Professor Miller describes in this Commentary the addition of tablet PCs into her writing-intensive Developmental Biology course. Miller points out that tablet PCs, used in conjunction with the SMART Board, allow students to take a more active role in the production of knowledge during each class.
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