Benefits of using graphics tablet technology in the classroom

Abstract

Graphics tablet technology is known and widely used in graphics arts and design market segments; unfortunately, it has not yet found widespread recognition as a teaching tool among university teachers. At the beginning, before describing its main advantages in the classroom, we are eager to give a brief description of a graphics tablet and its components. A graphics tablet is a kind of a digital input device that gives a user the opportunity to draw images, similar to the way a person draws pictures with a pencil and paper. The graphics tablet is made up of a flat surface and a digital pen or a stylus, which is used to make free hand images. While drawing with the stylus on the surface of the graphics tablet, data about its movements is sent to the computer. According to this data an exact copy of what is being drawn on the surface of tablet is transmitted on the screen.