Christopher Coke is a technology and video gaming writer – and a classroom teacher. We sent him a Wacom Movink 13 OLED pen display to review, but he loved it so much he asked to keep it so he could continue using it in his classroom! He wrote this guest post about how the Wacom Movink has transformed the way he teaches, even though he isn’t an artist or an art teacher.
The Wacom Movink 13 has changed the way I teach. Not only does it allow me to bring art and creativity into my room in ways that weren’t possible before, it has become an indispensable learning tool for nearly every subject. No more document cameras and low resolution images being displayed on the smart board. Instead, I can take actual documents, in full color, and interact with them as if I were using pencil and paper!
This has been especially useful in Math. Incorporating the Movink 13 into my teaching has allowed me to utilize powerful tools, like Microsoft OneNote, for modeling and instruction. I can use more, and better, media in my examples and better illustrate difficult concepts. Best of all, I can save every single lesson, so if a student is absent or needs help – or their parents are having trouble assisting with homework and need more details on the strategy – I can share an exact record of exactly what we did in seconds.
I’m no artist. It might seem strange that I’ve made an art tablet such a meaningful part of my classroom. The magic of the Movink is that it’s not just a tablet, it’s also a monitor, and brings together the analog and the digital in a powerful way. All the sudden, all of the resources of the internet which were previously locked away can be interacted with and used for the benefit of students.
The Wacom Movink 13 OLED pen display is an indispensable part of my teaching routine. My students love what it brings to my lessons and seeing more of my personality as I inject creativity and my own art into their learning. I love it because it works. It has made me a better teacher and given me more tools to use and ways to keep my students engaged throughout the day.
