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Livescribe

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Saved by Roxann Nys
on January 7, 2010 at 1:53:45 pm
 

 

 

 

Amazing…simply amazing! Awarded “Best of Show” at MacWorld 2009, the Livescribe Pulse SmartPen records “everything you write and hear so you never miss a word.” For $149 for the pen comes with 1 GB of memory (approx. 100 hours of record time), an infrared camera to record what you write, a microphone to record lectures (or whatever!), a speaker to listen to what you’ve recorded (or use the audio jack for a headset-included), a USB dock/charging station so it can connect and download  your notes to Mac or PC and, oh yes, ink cartridges (replacement 5 paks are $5.95). Replacement "dot paper" can be ordered and prices start at $7.95 for a 3 subject notebook (150 pages) and go up to $19.95 for 4 single subject notebooks (100 pages each.)

 

Although it does require the special dot paper to work, there are instructions on the website about how to print your own on regular printer paper.  Once you transfer your notes to your compute with the included USB cable and you’ll be able to search your notes and/or playback what you’ve written/recorded. (A lifesaver for me...I'm always losing paper!) Using the Livescribe Desktop software, you can export a recording as audio only, notes only, or both audio and notes. The audio exports as an AAC file (playback with QuickTime) or use a converter to change it to mp3 format. The written notes export as PDF files.

 

The new Pulse SmartPen by LiveScribe shows great promise as a tool for easily creating and sharing mathcasts (etc)

without the need to be tethered to a computer while recording the writing and audio. Check out the Math247 wiki to see what one teacher, Tim Fahlberg, is doing with what he calls "MathCasts."

 

Some Useful Links:

Creating "Mathcasts" Using the LiveScribe SmartPen (directions handout) on Kathy Post's Making Math Meaningful wiki

 

Advantages of Pencasts vs Traditional Mathcasts - By Graeme MacNeil. Also, see his wiki for many more uses of the Livescribe pen. 

 

How to create and share a pencast

 

K-7 Mathcasts 500 Project Goal: Create a library of 500+ mathcasts for K-7 math using many student & educator voices.

 

An alternative to create a math/pencast using Sketchcast (web2.0) and a SMART board.

 

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