Re: [Jmol-users] Illustrating lectures & notes w/ tablet PC

[Bob H. <ha...@st...>]

Screenshots sound nice, but what would be really nice would be  actual 
"live" molecular representations they could follow through on their 
own, I think. No?

Bob


Eric Martz wrote:

> "Screen Capture on the Fly -- Combining Molecular Visualization and a 
> Tablet PC in the Biochemistry Lecture" is an article in the Jan/Feb 
> issue of Biochem & Mol Biol Education by James R. Cox of Murray State U, 
> Murray KY. Although it deals with molecular structure, the principles 
> can apply to teaching of any subject with complex pictorial illustrations.
> 
> The problem addressed is: how to enable students to have post-lecture 
> access to customized, annotated molecular views projected in lectures. 
> Cox projects 3D molecular views in his lectures from a tablet PC, 
> annotating the images with longhand script as he goes. He then saves the 
> annotated screenshots into lecture notes for later use by the students.
> 
> This is innovative educational technology, clearly explained, 
> immediately applicable, and beautifully illustrated. Many figures 
> showing the results are in the article
> http://www.bambed.org/cgi/content/abstract/34/1/12
> 
> -Eric
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