Averpens run on radio frequency.
Covers 6 of top 10 educational tools in one - video camera, digital camera, response system, whiteboard,interactive software, interactive presenter
Employers are looking for three skills: How well do you express opinion, collaborate and communicate ideas? Are we teaching these skills?
Alan November ISTE - Keynote
"Children's Voices Explaining Content - Kids should design content - Every teacher should be video taped - Student work focuses on authentic - Real-world problems"
How do children learn? We need to hear kids voices. Have kids teach kids. Think about E-portfolios - "I won't take anything on paper."
Try one of these ideas in your classrom:
Solve a story problem and record the student's explanation with the docucam
Record eggs hatching with the continuous camera feature. (Will take a picture at interval you choose for up to 72 hours.)
Record a student explanations of their understanding. This is great for a student that may have trouble taking a test
Record yourself teaching introductory concepts and post on your blog or website for students who were absent or simply need reteaching.
Anything that can be answered verbally - use your document camera to record it.
Go to AverMedia Campus and apply to win a new Avermedia docucam. Enter Referred by: ctbliss
AverMedia gives away one docucam every month.
AverMedia is building teacher options into the student pens. Working on writing recognition - this is a weakness they are aware of.
Nancy.sturm@avermedia.com 408-813-5028 will do Skype trainings with your schools.
