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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Awardee: <\/b>Ben Ho<\/p>\n
Semester of Award:<\/b> Fall 2016<\/p>\n
Materials Awarded:<\/b> Lenovo Yogabook for Windows ($376 on Amazon)<\/p>\n
Project Description:<\/b><\/p>\n
Used for classroom presentations. The Lenovo yogabook is a tablet that runs full windows and has a unique built in Wacom writing surface that works with the included digitizer pen (so super accurate). The digitizer pen also has an ink tip so that you can place a piece of paper on the surface, and it will automatically recognize whatever is written.<\/p>\n
Runs Windows surprisingly well for a tablet, so Office works fine. Mostly used for in class powerpoint presentations where I could draw graphs into the slides and then students could download the annotated slides afterward.<\/p>\n
It’s a nice alternative to the iPad Pro which most people currently use since it runs regular Windows, and it is much cheaper ($376 vs close to $1000). https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lenovo-Yoga-Book-Processor-ZA150000US\/dp\/B01M6W1LET<\/p>\n
It would also work well for making video lectures since it has a camera, and the writing surface is separate from the screen so you don’t cover up the screen with your hand while writing.<\/p>\n
It takes a little getting used to writing on a separate surface from the screen, but it is not too bad. There is a setting in Windows that lets you see where the pen tip is on the screen when you are just hovering over it. Most graphic designers draw in this way. I got used to it after a few minutes.<\/p>\n
You can write directly on the screen (since it is a touch screen). It works ok but it is less than ideal. It is less accurate than writing on the wacom surface.<\/p>\n
You can also type on the writing surface. You can make a touch keyboard light up like in Star Trek. But this like all touchscreens is awkward to type on. I use a $50 folding Microsoft bluetooth Keyboard when I need to type.<\/p>\n
There is an android version as well, but I didn’t try that. I suspect there is less software support for android tablets though.<\/p>\n
Windows tablet support is not bad. It doesn’t have a lot of software support and is a little fiddly. But it runs all my regular windows programs. So when I needed to demonstrate my stats software in class, it did that perfectly as well. I mostly just used Powerpoint and that worked great.<\/p>\n
One other limitation is that it only had a micro USB port and a micro HDMI port for video so you will likely need adapters.<\/p>\n
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Awardee: Ben Ho Semester of Award: Fall 2016 Materials Awarded: Lenovo Yogabook for Windows ($376 on Amazon) Project Description: Used for classroom presentations. The Lenovo yogabook is a tablet that runs full windows and has a unique built in Wacom … Continue reading