I Can Read Your Mind...

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I Can Read Your Mind...

• or
• What the Livescribe Pulse Pen
• Can Reveal About Your Students
•  
• by
• Joe Russo
• Instructional Technology Analyst
• Loyola Marymount University

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Topics

• Introduction to Livescribe
• Explore the pen and notebook
• Video Software Demo
• Applications for Instructors
• Online Examples
• Wrap-Up Questions
• Additional References

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Introduction to Livescribe

• 1 GB Pen (inc. notebook, USB cradle) 150
• 2 GB Pen (inc. notebook, USB cradle) 200
• 4 notebooks 20
• Notebooks are typical 1 subject, 100 page spiral
  bound
• Notebooks or specially printed paper is required
• Need a color laser jet printer to print your own
  paper

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Introduction to Livescribe
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Introduction to Livescribe
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Introduction to Livescribe
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Explore the pen and notebook

• On/Off
• LCD screen
• Infrared camera
• Microphone/Headphone jack
• Built-in microphone/speaker
• Ballpoint pen tip
• Paper controls

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Video Paper Recording
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Video Livescribe Desktop
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Applications for Instructors

• I Can Read Your Mind
• Are they really getting it?
• How much is memorization vs. true understanding?

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Applications for Instructors

• Electronic Communication
• Is there time?
• Podcasting homework solutions
• Creating pre-lecture videos
• Creating post-lecture videos
• What about those formulas?
• Write it by hand!

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Applications for Instructors

• Notes, Notes, Notes
• Increase participation attention
• Students are recording audio, so note-taking
  strategies change
• One student or a TA can be a note scribe
• Oops, I missed something
• Run out of time in a lecture? Write it out and
  share!
• Students notes incomplete? They can go back and
  add notes to that page and have it show up
  alongside the original notes in their computer.

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Applications for Instructors
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Examples

• Explore the examples
• Links directly to the Livescribe Community site
• Feel free to post comments directly on Livescribe
  site (requires a Livescribe account)
• Questions, Comments, Additional Applications?

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References...
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Paterson, J., Stratton, W. (2008). A Report on
the Use of Tablet Technology and Screen Recording
Software In Tertiary Mathematics Courses. New
Zealand Mathematics Magazine, 45(1),
1-19. Copley, Jonathan. (2007). Audio and video
podcasts of lectures for campus-based students
production and evaluation of student use.
Innovations in Education and Teaching
International, 44(4), 387-399. McKinney, D.,
Dyck, J. L., Luber, E. S. (2009). iTunes
University and the classroom Can podcasts
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