Communities that form around platforms such as Classroom Presenter and Group Scribbles should provide a forum for instruc-tional models that educators develop and share with their peers.

In "Ink, Improvisation, and Interactive Engagement:Learning with Tablets," Jeremy Roschelle and colleaguesdiscuss how today’s approaches to teaching have movedbeyond the notion of learning as recollection to newmetaphors and approaches. They describe how com-munities that form around platforms such as ClassroomPresenter, GroupScribbles, and related applicationsshould provide an excellent forum for advances in theuse of tablets in educational settings.

Socrates’ pedagogical use of an early learning technology - improvising an informal sketch in the sand - demonstrates why today’s teachers might prefer Tablet PCs over desktop or laptop computers to structure interactive, engaging learning experiences. Given the central role of teaching practice in learning outcomes, advances in the use of tablets in education will be driven not primarily by technology features but rather by instructional models that reflective educators develop and share with their peers. Communities that form around platforms such as Classroom Presenter and the authors’ own Group Scribbles should provide an excellent forum for such advances.