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Originally Posted by plusz
Thanks for you input but I guess it does not apply to all type of students. Perhaps university students do utilize computers to write their assignments but I guess lower education level still have to use pen & paper. What about exams? Do the university students write the exams using laptops these days?
I guess the situation may differ much depending on the location (USA, Europe, etc.) and type of school (private, public).
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I am a professor of Computer Science in my university (Bordeaux, France). We use old-style paper for all written exams, but there are plenty of situations where students have to produce some kind of written report, and they almost always do this with some form of word processor (or, better, Latex) - so it's a rather common thing for me to have to grade, or somehow evaluate, PDF documents.
I don't systematically use my Max 2 for this, but with the proper interface, it would easily become my tool of choice for this. I bought the device more for the ability to read scientific PDF documents, and sometimes annotate them.
To make it really comfortable to read students' reports on the Max 2, I would typically need some easy way to transfer files to/from the device, typically through email. I could set up an email account for this, I suppose...