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Wacom Bamboo Tablet enables Teacher to draw characters for class

2013/09/03 plagwitz Leave a comment

We set up one of the Wacom Tablets which we have used for Hanzi/Kanji/Hanja practice in our student group rooms, at the LRC teacher station. Benefit:
1. drawing characters where typing (including with IMEs) is not a satisfactory option. This includes
  1. IPA
    1. I noticed phonetics teachers making heavy use of the whiteboard and document camera/projector to transcribe.
    2. We tested a Phonetics keyboard, but remembering your keyboard shortcuts has a learning curve;
    3. Besides, the keyboard is currently not user-switchable.
  2. stroke-order demonstration for East-Asian languages.
2. Unlike the document camera, the Wacom could be set up at the teacher station – no need to move to the other end of the room, and works without need for the video switch we consider replacing.
3. To use, you can
  1. e.g. start MS-paint (click start-button, “Run”, type “mspaint”, click “OK”)),
  2. select the “pencil” menu icon to the right of the center here: ,
  3. remove the pen from pouch on the side of the wacom tablet next to the keyboard,
  4. draw digitally with the pen tip (soft),
  5. select the “eraser”menu icon to the right of the center here:
  6. turn the pen and rub to digitally erase (or “select all”and press the “del” key),
  7. finally save the drawing, if you want to reuse it or share it with students (e.g. using the Sanako playlist ).
4. To change settings, go to the control panel (click start-button, “Run”, type “control”, click “OK”and start the Wacom Bamboo Control Panel Applet,
  1. if you do not like the Wacom tablet input panel being set to represent the entire left screen that is visible to students on the projector.
  2. if you are not right-handed,
  3. etc.

Categories: audience-is-teachers, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Speaking, Writing Tags: character-input, graphics-tablets, phonetics

Wacom Bamboo Settings for Teacher

2013/09/03 plagwitz Leave a comment

For the dual screen teacher station, it should be the student viewable monitor

Are we complicating things with touch ? We still have a mouse connected.

In tablet, no button allows setting to "popup menu"

Categories: audience-is-teachers, Presenter-Computer, software, Writing Tags: cth-460, graphics-tablets, wcacom-bambo

How to use a drawing tablet and Windows XP writing pad IME to write Japanese and Mandarin characters with autosuggest

2012/02/04 plagwitz 2 comments

Our small group work spaces each now have a Wacom Bamboo drawing tablet installed.
You can use these tablets in conjunction with the Windows XP writing pad IME to input Mandarin/Kanji character strokes and receive autosuggest options you can pick you character from which make not only writing faster, but also reward you for remembering your characters, expose you to more and help you identify the correct one from a list of options.
Here is what the Windows XP writing pad IME and Wacom tablet looks like in action: (behind the pen: our Japanese tutor).
Here is how to access Windows XP Japanese IME keyboard and handwriting:
1. Open the application you want to write in, e.g. MS Word (the language input option is specific to the current window and defaults to”English-US international” in the LRC if you open a new window).
2. In the taskbar, in the language toolbar section, select Japanese or Chinese or Korean.
3. If only the language identifier is showing in the language toolbar, right-click on it and choose “Show additional icons”
4. Select as input method for the chosen language from icon “Options” or “Tools”” , the “IME pad” / “Handwriting”
5. Prerequisites