Our librarian Carolyn Mast came across a neat product while looking through one of her periodicals. The product is the Pulse Pen made by Livescribe. This pen has a built-in audio recorder and infrared camera.
Using paper you can download from their site for free (or you can buy it too) you can record your audio along with notes you take on paper. Then later you can click anywhere on the notes you took and playback what was being said. It's great for note-taking or lectures. If you like you may also download and share the notes/audio on the web.
We used it in Sue Lloyd's Language Arts class to tie into the student discussion that was supposed to happen afterwards as homework. Students were assigned to comment on topics that their peers introduced in class that day. They were to make posts on the teacher's weblog regarding the discussion. They could listen to the actual discussion if they needed additional detail. Here's the link to the classroom discussion. It's sort of like a built-in podcosting device with real-time note taking added on.
Another innovative use of the pen by our Special Education department is to use it to take notes in class and post the notes online. We're trying to see how it could be used to aid students whose note-taking skills are more limited.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to check out how we are using it in co-taught math, check out Sharyn Gilmore's web site. I've posted all notes I've taken in this class.
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