Use Windows Meeting Space to Mirror Your Tablet PC to a Projector

wnewquay — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:17:00 GMT

I use my Tablet PC when I do public speaking. I like to use it to display and build MindMaps using MindManager or draw diagrams with SketchBook Pro. This should be very straightforward, but it gets interesting when I want to display my Tablet PC with a projector, and to walk around the room at the same time. (Try that with at conventional laptop machine).

I have been using MaxiVista for this application for years. (see: Wireless Presentations with a Tablet PC with MaxiVista)

MaxiVista has been great but there are some issues with Vista. You can work around them, but when I got an Toshiba M700, I thought it would be worthwhile to consider some Vista based alternatives.

Just a note: MaxiVista works well on XP or in an environment where one machine is running Vista, and the other is not. You have to been running an XDDM video driver on the Tablet PC if it is running Windows Vista.

Windows Meeting Space

If you are running Windows Vista on your Tablet PC and have Vista on a desktop PC attached to a projector then consider using Windows Meeting Space to connect the two machines and mirror your Tablet PC on the Desktop PC and from there, display it on the projector. It is very quick to set up, and in my testing it has been really stable.

The quick overview:

Start Windows Meeting Space on both PCs.
Create a meeting and "join" it.
On the Tablet PC - Share your desktop

I have set out more detailed notes for this in: Windows Meeting Space to Mirror Your Tablet PC on a Projector

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Mixing Metaphors Part II

wnewquay — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 05:51:00 GMT

Here's another example of how having the Tablet PC made it easier to discuss a concept during a lecture. By the way, the previous article about mixing metaphors came about spontaneously under the same circumstances.

Can you guess how I used (and now continue to use) this sketch in a teaching environment? Follow the link below and let me know what you think.

Link: Mixing Metaphors - Part II

Mixing Metaphors - Part I Explained

wnewquay — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 05:52:00 GMT

A few days ago I asked:

Can you guess how I use this diagram (below and left) in a teaching environment?

I've continued that article with some ideas.

Link: Mixing Metaphors (scroll down to “First Solution”)

Mobile PC (Tablet PC) - Thoughts and Ideas : Teaching

Use Windows Meeting Space to Mirror Your Tablet PC to a Projector

Windows Meeting Space

Mixing Metaphors Part II

Mixing Metaphors - Part I Explained