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Lewis F. Cole Middle School Media Center

Lewis F. Cole Middle School Media Center. Technology Proposal: Document Camera by Cean Spahn. Background. The Lewis F. Cole Middle School currently serves 550 diverse seventh and eighth grade students.

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Lewis F. Cole Middle School Media Center

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  1. Lewis F. Cole Middle School Media Center Technology Proposal: Document Camera by Cean Spahn

  2. Background • The Lewis F. Cole Middle School currently serves 550 diverse seventh and eighth grade students. • Over the last five years the acquisition of newer technology has helped redefine the way lessons are taught. • Smart™ brand interactive whiteboards and InFocus™ projectors have been purchased and installed for use by each department. (Fort Lee School District, n.d.)

  3. Needs Assessment • A recent survey of 100 - 8th grade students’ learning preferences revealed that 75% of them classify themselves as visual learners first. Document cameras meet this learning style need. • Teachers in language arts, social studies, and math have all placed a document camera on their “wishlists” for the last three years. • The few overhead projectors used by teachers are old. Projected pictures are blurry and not very bright. • Overhead projectors can ONLY display transparencies—not 3-D objects—nor can they show real time motion. • The unified arts and science teachers have safety concerns during their demonstrations due to crowding and hovering students.

  4. Document Cameras Defined Digital Camera • Document cameras or “Docucams” are similar to overhead projectors, but take image capturing to a whole new level. • With a digital camera attached to an arm, they use real-time scanning on two and three dimensional objects that are placed on a “stage.” Images of an object can then be displayed through a projector, TV or monitor. Arm (Long Beach Video, 2006) Stage

  5. Features & Benefits • Colorfully projects just about anything including: • Text and pictures printed on paper • Images and print from books • 3-Dimensional objects • Allows even the smallest part of an object to be zoomed in on so that all audience members can see it at the same time. • Objects and text or a presenter’s interaction with those items can be captured as video or still images, then exported into software and saved for later viewing, interaction and/or manipulation. • Many are portable and can be set up within minutes. • Saves valuable classroom time that would be spent passing an item or picture around the room

  6. Subject Area Uses • Language Arts • Display student writing on the spot and edit papers together as a class. • Students can highlight errors and insert corrections. • Project images of art from a text to serve as a writing prompt. • Display and model the use of dictionaries • Demonstrate note taking • Invert camera to capture video or pictures of individual students as they conduct presentations and simulate being on “TV.” (Shutterstock, 2008) (Umatilla Morrow Teachers, 2007)

  7. Subject Area Uses (cont.) History, Civics and Geography • Display maps, charts, old photos in an instant • Show articles or pictures from a newspaper or magazine related to the day’s lesson or current events • Record reenactments or mock jury trials • Project, enlarge and trace an image onto a bulletin board (Shutterstock, 2008) (Umatilla Morrow Teachers, 2007)

  8. Subject Area Uses (cont.) Science • Demonstrate procedures for any lab • i.e.: A dissection of a frog can be done step-by-step for the whole class to see and the images can be captured and saved throughout the demonstration. • Place the lens of the camera up to a microscope’s eyepiece and view slide contents • View pictures, charts, and other images or text directly from a textbook • Zoom in on the smallest measurements on a thermometer (Shutterstock, 2008) (Umatilla Morrow Teachers, 2007)

  9. Subject Area Uses (cont.) Math • Excellent for graphing since the images are so large and clear. • Students can display their written “work” for a problem and it can be analyzed and edited by the class. • Great for showing math manipulatives • Demonstrate how to use the calculator • Zoom in on the smallest measurements on a ruler (Shutterstock, 2008) (Umatilla Morrow Teachers, 2007)

  10. Subject Area Uses (cont.) Art • Model steps involved in drawing or putting together a project • Show motions of a paint brush • Show sample artwork from a book and zoom in on details • Display student artwork, especially fragile items that shouldn’t be handled or touched too much. (Shutterstock, 2008) (Umatilla Morrow Teachers, 2007)

  11. Subject Area Uses (cont.) Music • Display sheet music and increase music reading skills Health • Zoom in on ingredient labels to make comparisons and draw conclusions about the nutritional value of products (Shutterstock, 2008) (Umatilla Morrow Teachers, 2007)

  12. Subject Area Uses (cont.) • All Subjects • Place a piece of lined paper on the stage, project onto an interactive whiteboard. Students will be able to write straighter and neater. • Rather than repeating the page or section to turn to, display a book opened to the page. (Shutterstock, 2008) (Shutterstock, 2008)

  13. Student Benefits • Engages the visual learner in each of us and helps students retain more information • Enlarges images so that visually impaired students can see too • Excites children and young adults about their work being on “TV” or on a “movie screen.” • Motivates students to write neater or type their text since they know the final product may be displayed for all to see • Competes with the interactive games that consume the attention of many young adults (Shutterstock, 2008)

  14. Teacher Benefits • Allows teachers to take advantage of spontaneous learning moments • Saves time trying to scan students’ hand created artifacts. Instead teachers can capture the image and save it directly into a class’s or student’s portfolio • Helps teachers meet the state and national technology integration standards • Reduces the amount of prep time needed to scan items, make transparencies or run off photocopies • Hear more ah ha’s from students as they visually follow demonstrations (Shutterstock, 2008)

  15. Supporting Data • Teachers from the Educational Service District in Pasco, Washington, identified four major changes while using a document camera for the teaching and learning of mathematics in their classes: • Increased class time dedicated to discussions of students' written work and their thought processes; • Greater numbers of students, especially English Language Learners, sharing and explaining their work; • Growth of students’ confidence in their mathematical abilities and better comprehension of concepts • increased teacher understanding of students' thought processes (Brooks-Young, 2007)

  16. Supporting Data (cont.) • Tenafly’s High School, a 2004-2005 Blue Ribbon recipient, along with its elementary and middle schools each have one. • Ridgewood’s District acquired four with last year’s budget approval. • Bergen County Technical Schools have multiple classrooms outfitted with them. (Shutterstock, 2008)

  17. Recommendations Smart™ DocuCam • Since the middle school already uses SMART™ brand interactive whiteboards in throughout the school, it would be wise to also purchase SMART™ brand document cameras. • A total of 6 docucams should be purchased: one for each department and one for the media center. • Six SanDisk™ memory cards (8 GB) need also to be purchased to take advantage of the save features. (Smart Technologies, 2008)

  18. Cost Estimations • $849 per Smart Document Camera • Six-4 GB SanDisk Memory Cards for each will need to also be purchased. They retail for about $65.00 each • Minimal training is needed and it could be hosted by the media specialist at an afterschool workshop for no additional cost. • Total budget with 10% S&H is $6035.00 (Shutterstock, 2008)

  19. Funding Sources • Title I funds for improving the academic performance of the economically disadvantaged • Title IID funds- Enhancing Education Through Technology: 50% of the funds are distributed based on the number of impoverished children in a school. The 50% is given out through state level competitions (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). • Up to $1000 can be funded through a grant from the Fort Lee Education Foundation. • Budgeted money from the media center’s equipment fund. (Shutterstock, 2008)

  20. Summary • A SMART document camera will integrate easily with our existing SMART Boards and projectors. • All disciplines will benefit from the purchase of the document camera for the media center. • There is a distinct need for a replacement to the blurry overhead projectors that haven’t been replaced in years. • Time and money will be saved for teachers and the district’s budget. (Shutterstock, 2008)

  21. Sources Brooks-Young, S. (2007). Are document cameras the next big thing? THE Journal, 34(6),20-21. Retrieved May 8, 2008, from Academic Search Premier. Fort Lee School District. (n.d.). Lewis F. Cole Middle School, [online image]. Retrieved May 8, 2008, from http://www.fortlee-boe.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=12&Itemid=90 Houghton Mifflin and Company. (2006). Title IID: Enhancing education through technology. Retrieved May 8, 2008, from http://www.greatsource.com/grants/titleiid.html Long Beach Video Conferencing Center. (2006). Elmo HV 7000-SX, [Online Image]. Retrieved May 8, 2008, from http://www.lbvcc.com/facilities.htm

  22. Sources (cont.) Shutterstock, Inc.(2008). [Online Images].Retrieved May 8, 2008, from www.shutterstock.com Smart Technologies. (2008). Smart Document Camera, [Online Image]. Retrieved May 8, 2008, from http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+document+camera/ Umatilla Morrow Teachers. (2007). 100 Ideas for data projector and document camera. Retrieved May 8, 2008, from Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District Web site: http://umesd.k12.or.us/techlinks_100ideas

  23. Lewis F. Cole Middle School Media Center Technology Proposal Document Camera by Cean Spahn

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