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Never Miss a Word
What is Livescribe?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then Livescribe Smartpens are for you!!
Find out why! Watch the video below!
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An Assistive Technology
Students who often find certain tasks difficult than the average student tend to fall behind due to the lack of ability to complete tasks, but also having a decrease in confidence.
From elementary school to college, students are constantly writing. Some students have difficulty creating complete thoughts, while some have difficulty reading their own notes!
What if there was an assistive technology that could help students not only understand their handwriting, but have the teacher explain those notes with the click of a button? Now there is! Introducing...livescribe smartpens.
How Do Livescribe Smartpens Work?
Smartpen K-12 Educational Goals
Increase Instruction Time
Drives student-centered learning and achievement
Access Student Thinking
Captures students' written and verbal work to access thinking for providing interventions
Accommodate Learning Styles
Provides assistance for ELLs and students with special learning differences
How Can Livescribe Smartpens Help Students with Disabilities?
Note-taking Help
Livescribe Smartpens capture every word said in class so students never miss a word. They also help students describe and interpret diagrams drawn in their notes.
Homework Help
Notes taken by the Livescribe Smartpens can be transferred to computers. This enables students to define and research new terms that are misunderstood. It also helps to organize notes and bookmark important information.
Before the Big Exam
In a sea of notes, sometimes the "big exam" only has certain pieces of information on it. With the Livescribe Smartpens, students can playback only important information that is needed to get ready for the exam. It can also help older students when it comes to study groups!
Training Requirements
When it comes to educational technology, especially assistive technology, training is important. However, it is often difficult for schools to get the teachers the training they need due to certain obstacles - mainly: money and time. So what do students and teachers do when they want to learn how to use Livescribe Smartpens to its greatest potential?
Customers of Livescribe have customer service options, like any other company. However, Livescribe also provides online courses!! These online courses can be taken on the customer's own time. Some courses may cost a small fee, but many are available to guests!
All customers need to do is access www.smartpen101.com and sign up for the courses. It's that easy!
How Do I Get It?
Access the Livescribe Smartpen Store and determine which one fits your or your students' needs!
Products for Sale
Echo Smartpen 2gb $119.95
Easily sends notes to E-mail, Google Docs, Facebook, Evernote, among other outlets.
Sky WiFi Smartpen 4gb $199.99
Holds up to 400 hours of audio... Wirelessly syncs notes to computer
Sky WiFi ProPack 8gb $249.95
Holds up to 800 hours of audio...Wirelessly syncs notes to computer...includes a 1 year subscription to Evernote premium
Want to Know More?
About the Presenter
2nd Grade Teacher
P.S. 205, Bronx, NY
M.S. Instructional Technology
Email: koconn06@nyit.edu
Location: New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY