I suspect I have told this tale before, but JHS has renewed my enthusiasm for the results.
Back in the '80s I was teaching in a brand new computerized classroom where each student had a computer and the instructor had both the computer and a large display screen. The computers were all linked to a school wide wired network and was administered by the IT department. One of the people in the IT department wrote a special program for me that enabled my students to anonymously type one-line messages on their own computer and the results were displayed on the instructor's computer and on the classroom's large screen. I would ask questions and the students could type their answers with confidence that others would not know their identity.Their answers were like today's text messages and did not have any calculation involved. From the front of the classroom I was able to comment on answers and help students who were having trouble very effectively, I think. Wouldn't JHS in a modern classroom enable a similar situation if each student brings his or her own tablet? And the messages could be typed in J phrases (even without a graphics result from the likes of plot and viewmat) or in NB.'ed text. Does anyone have experience with this? --- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
