Instructional+Devices

=__** Ipods **__ = =** By Tara Fleet ** = =Most people never thought that Ipods would have any impact in the classroom other than being a distraction and getting students sent to detention or the principal’s office. However, now days there are lots of things ipods can do in the classroom such as helping children read, reminders of important events that are coming up and even taking attendance for the entire school. This has allowed the schools to become more technological with the devices they use. = =Success Story: __[]__ = =Tutorial: __[]__ = =About the Device: __[]__ = =How to incorporate it in the classroom: __[]__ = =*Testing Clickers = =With testing clickers it makes it easier for teachers to track the progress of students progress because they are able to have the students take more quizzes and test and some of the programs that use the clickers have the ability to instantly pull up grades and percentages to see who is understanding the material and what needs to be worked on. This not only works to help out the teachers but the students as well because they don’t have to worry about bringing in scantrons and blue books for a test just their clickers. = =Success Story: __[]__ = =Tutorial: __[]__ = =About the Device:__[]__ = =How to incorporate it in the classroom: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[]__ =

**Elmo** //Derrick Williams// What is an Elmo__?__ A document camera and projection system that is commonly used as a descriptive name for all such systems, regardless of who manufactures them. This is not a correct use of the term and many companies fear when a situation like this develops that they could actually lose the value of their name. In most cases, if the brand is unknown, using the term //document camera// or //document projector// instead of //Elmo projector// is advisable. The main purpose of an Elmo™ projector is to display documents and other objects that are not translucent -- in other words, documents that are not made with transparencies. These documents require a video camera and projection lens in order to work properly. The Elmo™ camera is usually digital. However, they are able to display more than just documents. In many cases, they can be used to display three-dimensional objects as well, though they will be rendered in two dimensions on the screen. The thought behind the Elmo projector is similar to that of the overhead projector, which came into widespread use during the 1980s and continued through the 1990s. Such projectors were useful in making materials available to a wide audience in a classroom or group setting, but could only display documents put on transparent material. While duplication to transparencies is easily done, it required an additional step. Further, three-dimensional objects could not be displayed. They would instead be rendered as a black shadow in the area where they were blocking light from passing through.



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**Document Camera** //Derrick Williams// <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A DocuCam is a digital projector that allows the teacher to project whatever is under it from a tabletop onto a screen in the front of the classroom. This allows the teacher to demonstrate close-up work to the whole class at once in a way that what is happening is visible to everyone in the classroom. Because the image is being digitally captured, it can also be recorded and posted on the teacher's Web site too, so that kids can watch the demonstration again at a later date. The DocuCam can also capture for future storage and retrieval (for a Web site or a future classroom lesson) notes, drawings or other items that were used in class that day. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .25in .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ● <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Teachers can easily store, retrieve, and share notes, experiments, and demonstrations <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .25in .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ● <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Use it to demonstrate writing technique, art, science experiments, geometry, and a host of other items. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .25in .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ● <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Classmates can share classroom notes and presentations <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .25in .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ● <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Students can easily see close-up lessons done via the large projected image on the screen

<span style="color: #ee3a3a; font-family: Arial; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .25in .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <span style="color: #ee3a3a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .25in .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Docu Cam Video:

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