{"id":67,"date":"2010-04-06T08:29:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T15:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech4mathed.wordpress.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2010-05-10T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T23:27:29","slug":"great-tool-to-use-in-place-of-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/06\/great-tool-to-use-in-place-of-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Great tool to use in place of mouse!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bamboopen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68 alignnone\" title=\"bambooPen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bamboopen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacom.com\/bamboo\/bamboo_pen.php\" target=\"_blank\">Bamboo Pen Tablet<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I purchased a Bamboo tablet and pen several years ago to use with Flash and Fireworks (and hopefully soon Photoshop).<br \/>\nI used to only use the pen when I was trying to do graphics, but I have found over the past few months, that the pen makes a much better mouse!<br \/>\nIt is so much more accurate than that clunky mouse!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I can point to exactly what I want, and the pen has both a right and left button<br \/>\non it (just like a Windows mouse).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are some great free programs for writing out problems in math and sending them to my students.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When I use a Windows machine, I use the Windows Journal, but now that I am mostly on a Mac, I use <a href=\"http:\/\/levine.sscnet.ucla.edu\/general\/software\/tc1000\/jarnal-down.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jarnal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/jarnalscreenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71 alignleft\" title=\"JarnalScreenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/jarnalscreenshot.png?w=268\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/jarnalscreenshot.png 739w, https:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/jarnalscreenshot-268x300.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Using the pen instead of a mouse made for a very easy transition to my Mobi (from eInstruction)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I highly recommend getting and using it for everything on your computer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Great tool to use in place of mouse!',url: 'https:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/06\/great-tool-to-use-in-place-of-mouse\/',contentID: 'post-67',suggestTags: 'mouse,Technology',providerName: 'Teaching Math and Music with Technology',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bamboo Pen Tablet I purchased a Bamboo tablet and pen several years ago to use with Flash and Fireworks (and hopefully soon Photoshop). 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