Pen and Paper of the 21 st Century ~ It Talks!

1. Pen and Paper of the 21st Century ~ It Talks!

2. Introducing the Pulse Smartpen – A Low-Cost, Simple Method to Produce Significant Change Paper-Based, Multi-Media 2

3. Introducing the Pulse Smartpen – A Multimodal ComputerEnhances Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening • WHY IS IT SMART? • Computer in a pen • Microphone • Infrared camera • Built-in speaker • Display • Rechargeable battery • Connects to your computer • 2GB or 4GB of memory • HOW DOES IT WORK? • Records and links audio to what you write • Plays back recorded audio • Uploads content to your computer • Captures everything a student hears and writes, so they never miss a word. • Gives students immediate access to teacher’s instruction/audio by tapping on their notes. 3

4. Livescribe’s Paper-Based Computing Platform * 4 * Also includes developer program & access to tools.

5. Notebooks 3 Subject Notebook: $7.95 Flip Notepad 4-Pack: $12.95 Single Subject 4-Pack: $19.95 Black Journal 2-Pack: $24.95

6. Dot Positioning System • Two-Dimensional Barcode • Camera in pen tip reads 6 x 6 dot region • Each dot can have 1 of 4 positions • 4^36 = 4.72 x 10^21 • Practically speaking, that’s > 7 trillion unique notebook pages

7. Pencasts: Audio-Annotated Animated Diagrams • • Share it with one…or everyone • – Livescribe Community • – Embedded in web pages • • Non-linear access through ink • If a picture is worth a thousand words • – Capture sequence and oral description • Content authoring made easy • – Turn the smartpen on and tap Record • Talk while your write and draw • Tap Stop

8. Livescribe Community (with 500MB of free space)

9. Livescribe Ecosystem: Pencasting in ActionDiverse Use Going Mainstream Popular Mechanics Pencast “How-To” Interview With Space-X Rocket Scientist Government Sacramento,CA Town Hall Meetings Business Education “Crossing the Chasm” – 35K Views HS Algebra Author: Sue Glascoe 100 Pencasts; 33,335 Views Calculus Germany Pole Function AP Physics Homework Help Pencast by Chapter Purdue Mechanics Student Solutions ISU Electronics Transistor Theory 9

10. 2009 18K Per Month 2008 6K Per Month Livescribe Ecosystem: Growing Pencasting User Base435,326 Pencasts Produced Pencasting Growth 2008 - 2010 2010 46K Per Month 2009 18K Per Month 2008 6K Per Month 10

11. How are Teachers Using Pencasting?

12. Student Pencasts • Telling a story with pictures • Sequencing • Oral language practice • Incorporate art into lessons • Create a comic strip with different character voices • Recall steps in a science experiment • Check for reading comprehension

13. Impact on~Building a Professional Learning Community Research shows that effective teachers are the single most important factor in improving student performance. • Teacher Observation/evaluation • Classroom Walk Through • Mentoring Programs for New Teachers • Cross Curricular Collaboration/Multi-grade Collaboration

14. Impact On~ Improved Teaching and Learning Differentiated learning to meet each student’s needs Extension of teacher’s instruction beyond walls of the classroom Student ownership of learning process Simple and easy was to support Parent/Teacher communication

15. Seamless Integration of Technology in the Classroom Appendix Classroom Applications Seamless Integration of Technology in the Classroom

16. “Rear View Mirror” Moment “I feel like this is one of those “rear view mirror” moments in which new technology comes into our lives with enormous potential and we just don’t know what to do with it yet.” “Smartpen as a Digital Ethnography Tool” from blogsite, March 11, 2009 Dr. Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology, Kansas State University (author of the very famous YouTube video “Web 2.0… The Machine is Us/ing Us”)

17. Ideas Supplied From Educators Around the Worldwww.edlivescribe.com • Audio Study GuideThink-Aloud Math Problems- http://juliemcleod.org/mathcasts / Students use the Pulse pen and notebook to work their math problems as they describe verbally the math process they are using. The teacher is able to listen to the child’s process to determine any gaps in the student’s understanding of the math concept. • Dynamic Dictionary – (from Eric Martini, Runanga School, New Zealand) • Students write unfamiliar words in their “Dictionary” and then research to find its meaning. To reinforce their learning, they write keywords or draw some visual cues, and then use the smartpen to record audio of their understanding and meaning of the word, how it is used, and tips on pronunciation for difficult words. Students then review and self assess. Chemistry Pencasts for Student Review Dr. Daniel Stasko, a Natural & Applied Sciences Professor at the University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College, has been capturing chemistry lectures using a Livescribe Pulse Smartpen for over a year now and sharing them as pencasts with his students.  http://danhasclass.blogspot.com

18. In-Class Observations of Students or Teachers • Capture audio linked with observational notations

19. In-Class Observations of Students or Teachers (Stallings, Needles, & Sparks, 1987)

20. Fluency/Running Records – Traditional Method

21. Fluency/Running Records – Using Pulse smartpen

22. Thanks!Check out: www.livescribe.com/educationBlog:www.edlivescribe.com Holly De Leon Vice President, K-12 Division hdeleon@livescribe.com 510-777-0071 X 1348 22