Friday, April 7, 2006

WIPTE 2006: High Schoolers Developing Apps Using TabletPC SDK

Firstly: this session has a wow! factor.

Rapid Prototyping with the Tablet SDK – Software Development Experiences for High School Students
Authors: Jeffrey L. Popyack
Dept. of Computer Science
Drexel University
& More Authors


There is a special program for talented high schoolers in PA called the "PA Governor's Sch of Info Technlgy" (PGSIT).

Pretty strong line-up of classes. (Visual Studio programming, distributed computing and networking, HCI, Information Ethics, S/W project management).

Tour of the TabletSDK
>>> C# is the language of choice.
>>> Lots of good examples to work with in the SDK (Freely available from MSFT)
>>> Very light code for these simple applications.
>>> e.g. Its so easy - a simple ToString methods converts ink to text!
>>>


Where did the inspiration come from? From the author's trip to TechEd conference.





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