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Cheryl's Tablet PC Diary - Day 9
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| About Cheryl Wester
Cheryl is a high school teacher that recently won a Tablet PC. This is the beginning of her diary based on using the Acer Tablet PC she won. |
Day Nine with my Tablet PC... Jury Duty
Oh thank heavens for Zinio Reader! It made my day of Jury Duty so much easier. I never realized how much time we spend waiting in order for justice to be done. While waiting, with about 500 other people, I was able to read a magazine on my Tablet. It was the PC Magazine special edition that covers the Tablet PC and all the special features, so I was able to learn more and �kill time� without invading other people and their space. It was nice to have an operating computer in such a small area. Portfolio view was definitely the way to use my computer in this setting! I will be ordering more magazines from Zinio in the future to read. This was really nice and the Zinio Reader is a free download�all you do is pay for your magazine subscription.
After reading my magazine, and driving 20 miles to the other court house they sent 45 of us lucky people to, I was then able to relax, open my Tablet and work on lesson plans for the next couple of hours. I don�t think I would have used my laptop in this setting as it is heavier and the battery life is not as good. I was able to impress several of my fellow jurors with how compact my computer is. When they saw Windows Journal and how I was just writing in my normal handwriting they all wanted one. We had fun thinking of various ways to use it�from writing a diary to letting a child draw to surfing the net at school and reading books when we have a spare moment.
When my day of duty was over (I was not put on a panel) I quickly put my Tablet away and headed home. It is so compact that I just carried it and didn�t even use a case�that is something I would not do with my laptop.
Now that I�m home I need to get ready for Christmas. I�m not sure how much I�ll use my Tablet during my vacation but I still need to use it with PowerPoint and Excel. So until next time--have a wonderful holiday everyone.
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