This poster is a preliminary report on a Fall 2008 project to explore
the use of tablets in calculus classes in order to foster student
engagement by incorporating active learning and collaborative
activities. The use of tablets can make many improvements in a
classroom, but mathematics classes pose special challenges which have
not yet been system-atically explored at Rose-Hulman. The most difficult
of these from a technical perspective is the integration of Maple with
other Tablet PC software. This project explores ways to achieve this
integration as well as other pedagogical improvements which the use of
Tablet PCs could bring to mathematics classrooms at Rose-Hulman.