I was sort of hoping for a more simple, streamlined path to the solution.

That 40 minutes spent trying to figure things out was not an intuitive experience. I say this because after reinstalling and testing it out…it is back up and operational. I may have inadvertently, during my first install “forgot” to follow a few of the steps. After about 40 minutes of searching the Internet, text and video, I decided to uninstall the app that comes with the hardware (tablet and pen) then reinstall. That had to wait until after school that afternoon. I ended up having to use my mouse with the whiteboard which is something I was trying to get away from…I didn’t have time to troubleshoot in real time while my students were present. Just 6 days into owning it the pen stopped working while I was preparing to work with a small group of students. Even after it came in the mail I looked at it and thought, how cool would this be if I could just sit with it in my lap while working with my students via our Zoom sessions. I knew this going in, prior to the purchase. One thing I’m a bit disappointed in is the fact that the tablet is tethered to my laptop via USB dongle which feels a bit limiting. I find it easier to use the menu, on the whiteboard, with my mouse, to switch between pen and eraser. This was getting in the way of me trying to just write. I did this because I found that I was enabling the eraser and pen accidentally with the slightest bit of pressure from holding on to the stylus. I write problems down and we have discussions about these problems.

Share some things I am not liking about it.įor about $39.99 you get the drawing tablet, a plastic, battery free stylus, nibs (made of plastic) for the stylus, and the USB-C cord to plug into your computer.Īs I mentioned above, I spend a big part of my afternoons re-teaching misconceptions during my small group Math rotations via the whiteboard feature on Zoom. I got it that Sunday and was able to get it set up for use during the second week of school.

At $39.99 on Amazon, it seemed like a relatively low cost experiment. I did a little research during the weekend of the first week of school and found the XP-Pen Star G640 6x4 OSU tablet. Up until a week ago I was using my mouse to do all of the “writing” during these presentations. I have decided to use the whiteboard function of Zoom to address these misconceptions.

During the Math small group sessions, I go over misconceptions I noticed in the work they did the day before. One of the things I need to do with my students each day is meet with them in small groups.

Xp pen osu setup