Interference from a gadget.. replaced!!

Well, all the enthusiasm around new gadgets for recording, documenting and sharing experiences at the recent ACE e-mentor day (plus a recent stimulus package from KRudd).. made me let down my guard and purchase the Medion graphics tablet from Aldi supermarket on my day off. (Apparently it’s a  rebranded Aiptek 12000U.)

Which turns out to be a really good thing, because not only do i now have a graphics tablet that works, but i’ve discovered that the older graphics tablet was preventing (macromedia/ adobe) Flash mx from working properly. For a long time now, my Victorian government-subsidised copy of Flash would completely crash.. on opening! i had renamed the application Crash Flash.

So imagine my relief on un-installing the drivers for my old AceCad tablet.. and finding that Flash is back in action. Best drawing tools of any image editor i’ve found!

(Still not the world’s best illustrator.. but i can fake drawing more easily now.)

Very weird to find hardware drivers interfering with software applications. But that’s windows for you. (Actually windows warned me not to install the original tablet drivers.. “Not Passed Security Check: STOP!” they said. Well, clearly i should have listened.)

Anyway, if you’re looking for a graphics tablet.. jump into Aldi supermarket and grab one ($80). i think it would be fun to use in a literacy classroom.. with laptop and datashow.. pass around on a long USB cable and give everyone the chance to draw, or “hand-write” on the big screen.

So a question for you, dear reader:

• Would you ever use a graphic tablet?
• What would you do with one?

photo credit: figlioDiOrfeo?

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