Christopher R. Bilder, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Statistics
340 Hardin Hall North, East Campus  
Lincoln, NE 68583-0963
Phone: (402) 472-2903
Fax: (402) 472-5179
Website: www.chrisbilder.com
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Presentations Course implementations
  • 8-5-08: "Tablet PC Applications in Statistics Education, Part I and Part II," presentations at the Joint Statistical Meetings
    • Abstracts: Part 1 and Part II
    • Video: Part 1 and Part II
    • Proceedings paper: Part 1 and Part II (figure sizes have been reduced to meet the 8-page limit)
    • Direct links to class videos discussed in Part1:
      • 2-14-08 bootstrap class
      • 2-28-08 bootstrap class
      • 4-9-08 categorical class recorded through Camtasia Studio
      • 4-9-08 categorical class taught through Adobe Connect Professional
    • Bibliography - If you know of other papers on Tablet PCs, please e-mail them to me!
  • 5-18-07: "Using Tablet PCs to improve teaching and learning," Breakout session for USCOTS, co-author is Christopher J. Malone from Winona State University
    • Abstract
    • Video for breakout session constructed with Camtasia Studio - This is the video from Chris Malone's computer showing Office 2003.  Note that the video does not start until about 10 minutes into the breakout session due to the technical difficulties encountered.   
  • 2-15-07: "Rotate your world 180° using a Tablet PC," Brown bag lunch presentation for UNL Instructional Technology
  • 11-1-06: "What kind of computer is that???" Seminar for the UNL Department of Statistics
    • Abstract
    • Video of seminar constructed with Camtasia Studio - this recorded the audio of what was said during the seminar and the "video" of what was shown on my computer screen
      • Please note that during the first 11 minutes of the seminar, I was using the document camera with a different Tablet PC.  Thus, my Tablet PC interaction was not fully recorded into my main video.  I have imported some additional pictures into the main video to help show what was actually presented.  This continues until about 11 minutes into the video.
      • Extra video showing Windows Journal, left mouse click, and right mouse click demonstration done during the document camera part of the seminar.  I had difficulty importing this part into the main video as a picture-in-picture.  You can start this extra video at 4:14 in the main video and have the audio match up. 
  • STAT 950 (Bootstrap Methods & their Application, PhD level statistics course) example from spring 2008; this course was taught simultaneously at U. of Nebraska-Lincoln and Kansas State University using Polycom web conferencing hardware/software with an Internet2 connection. 
    • All of these classes were recorded and are available through QuickTime movies at http://itg-macserver.unl.edu/stats.  The unique aspect of these recordings is that you can see me and the computer at the same time.  The file names correspond to the class date.  For example, stat304.mov is the video for class on 3/04.  My course's schedule web page at www.chrisbilder.com/boot/schedule.htm gives the topics discussed for each class day. 
    • Recordings were also made sometimes using Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional (Breeze Meeting) as well.  These recordings are available at www.chrisbilder.com/boot/schedule.htm (the QuickTime movies are better). 
  • STAT 875 (Categorical Data Analysis - MS level with statistics and non-statistics majors) examples from spring 2008
  • STAT 870 (Multiple Regression Analysis) examples from fall 2006
    • See "video" links on the schedule web page of the course website at www.chrisbilder.com/stat870/schedule.htm.  This course was the first time that I recorded my lectures and posted them to the web.  As I went through the semester, I got increasingly better with working with the video file quality and size so I recommend viewing the videos toward the end of the course.  The last video on 12-7-06 has the best audio because I used the external Snowball microphone instead of my internal laptop microphone. 
    • Breeze Meeting example from 10-31-06 - This is different than what was shown in my 2006 Department of Statistics seminar (no picture-in-picture of me giving the lecture).
    • Breeze Meeting example from 11-21-06 - The entire class was held through Breeze Meeting.  I was in the regular classroom for the class while all of the students were logged into Breeze Meeting outside of the classroom.  Many students left for Thanksgiving break early and participated from outside of Nebraska!.  Students interacted with me through the chat room.  While students were encouraged to use their own microphones, there were none that chose to do so.  
  • STAT 875 (Categorical Data Analysis) examples from spring 2007

Tablet PCs
  • Gateway has 14" and 12" Tablet PCs.  I am currently using the E-295C Gateway 14" model for education users.  Note that MPC now owns the Gateway education division and Acer owns the rest of Gateway. 
  • Toshiba - Satellite and Tecra models have 14.1" screens
  • Many other companies make Tablet PCs as well.  See TabletPCReview.com for more information. 
  • Origami tablet
  • Oqo - Ultra portable computer; MSNBC article

Blogs
Microsoft links Educators using Tablet PCs
Various links

 

 
   

 

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