Tablet PC, Mobile Computing projects get HP awards

Hewlett-Packard’s Worldwide Higher Education Philanthropy will give about $120,000 in cash and equipment to each of ten campuses receiving a 2007 Higher Education Leadership grant. Supported projects include using tablet PCs in calculus courses, using tablet PCs in cooperative learning groups to increase student engagement through visualizations and animations and integrating classroom and lab with mobile technology. Project descriptions are on the HP grant announcement website.