I Can Read Your Mind...or

What the Livescribe Pulse PenCan Reveal About Your Students

 by

Joe RussoInstructional Technology Analyst

Loyola Marymount University

Topics

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

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

Introduction to Livescribe

Introduction to Livescribe

Introduction to Livescribe

Explore the pen and notebook…

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

• Paper controls

Video: Paper Recording

Video: Livescribe Desktop

Applications for Instructors

“I Can Read Your Mind…”

• Are they really getting it?• How much is memorization vs. true

understanding?

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!

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!• Student’s notes incomplete? They can go back and add

notes to that page and have it show up alongside the original notes in their computer.

Applications for Instructors

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?

References...

Bass, Randy & Eynon, Bret. (2009, January 7). Capturing the Visible Evidence of Invisible Learning. Academic Commons. Retrieved March 25, 2009, from http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/capturing-visible-evidence-invisible-learning.

Bonnington, P., Oates, G., Parnell, S., 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 replace Professors? Computers & Education, 52(3), 617-623.