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Education Example: Talking Word Wall

Posted by Steffanie Johnson, Education Marketing Manager in Talking Word Wall, Talking Word Wall, Talking Word Wall, Talking Word Wall, Talking Word Wall, Talking Word Wall on February 22, 2010

Many students need help in remembering the words on the word wall and many of those students need audio reinforcement of the word multiple times. In this example, the teacher records the words using the dot paper and the smartpen, then cuts out the dots and attaches them to the words on the word wall. The smartpen is attached to the bulletin board and the student can use the pen to touch the audio dot to get help with the word

Taken from “12 Ways Educators and Students Are Using the Pen Today”

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Talking Flash Cards (English-Spanish)

Posted by Tim Fahlberg, Education Sales Team in Create Talking Flashcards, How to Create Talking Flashcards, World Language on January 12, 2010

I had a new idea after creating the Interactive (Science) Study Guide and Talking test. Basically I thought that it would be possible to cut out little rectangles or squares from Livescribe paper and use them to create talking flash cards (or talking pages in books, objects in a classroom, words on word wall, etc). I’ll start with talking flash cards made with 3″ x 5″ cards and 1/2″ x 1/2″ Livescribe “talking squares.”

If you’re an ELL/ESL/World Languages teacher you might also consider the essay by Emily Wartinbee here: EFL and ESL: Using the Smartpen to Enhance the Productivity and Effectiveness of ESL Instruction

YouTube version of video (new window): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvqus9cc1a8

Screencast.com version (new window) – with link to downloadable version of video: http://www.screencast.com/t/OTZhM2JjOD

I’d sure value your feedback on this idea. I don’t know – Do students studying languages even use flashcards anymore?

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Credits:

I used an AVerMedia 355AF document camera for imaging, Snagit to create the image above, and JingPro* to record the video, and Camtasia Studio** (Mac and Windows versions now available) to edit and produce the video to mp4 format. Editing was minimal — I mainly increased the volume level especially for the parts of the demo when I was playing audio through the Smartpen since I was recording using a boom microphone that didn’t do a great job picking up the sound from it.

*JingPro is from TechSmith.  It’s like Jing (free) on steroids and well worth $14.95 per year.  You can connect Jing, JingPro, or Camtasia Studio (or Camtasia:mac) to a free 2 GB Screencast.com account (or a Pro account with a lot more space and bandwidth).  Jing and JingPro do both screen capturing and screen recording (5 minute limit).

**Camtasia Studio (for Windows) and Camtasia: mac are from TechSmith.  When you need more than 5 minute recordings, PowerPoint recording, editing, or production to a myriad of formats you’ll want Camtasia or Camtasia Relay.

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EFL and ESL: Using the Smartpen to Enhance the Productivity and Effectiveness of ESL Instruction

Posted by Tim Fahlberg, Education Sales Team in ESL - EFL, Using the Smartpen to Enhance the Productivity and Effectiveness of ESL Instruction, World Language on September 25, 2009

On March 1st 2009, Emily Wartinbee submitted an extraordinarily 34 page Capstone Essay about EFL and ESL Classrooms as part of her Teaching & Learning Capstone Projects at the Peabody College at Vanderbilt University.

Her essay is titled “The Value of Technology in the EFL and ESL Classroom: Using the Smartpen to Enhance the Productivity and Effectiveness of ESL Instruction”

Here are a few excepts:

A tool like this [the Livescribe Smartpen] Read the rest of this entry »

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