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by education poisted in Resources › Grade Level › 9-12, United States | Comments (0)
According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2.5 million public school students were identified as having learning disabilities in 2009. The most prevalent of these disabilities is dyslexia.* A parent-student team in Wichita, Kansas has found a way for students with dyslexia to leverage the smartpen and pencasts to relieve the pressure of capturing an entire lesson in only one class period. …
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by education poisted in Resources › Grade Level › 9-12, United States | Comments (0)
This year in my Advanced Placement Literature class I was introduced to some of the newest forms of technology, such as Smart Boards, IPADs and the Livescribe Pen. The one I enjoyed the most was the Livescribe pen. Now I am not the type of person that likes technology- in fact sometimes I would rather boycott it all together, but I found the Livescribe pen extremely helpful and interesting.
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Apps Make Smartpens Even Smarter
09/11/11by education poisted in News › Education Trainings, United States | Comments (0)
If you have a Livescribe smartpen, you know how helpful it is when taking, reviewing and sharing notes and lessons. But the usefulness of this tool doesn’t stop there. Oftentimes our smartpen customers are unaware that they can enhance their pen’s functionality by adding apps to their smartpen. We even have a series developed especially for educators and wanted to walk you through just a few.
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by education poisted in Resources › Grade Level › 9-12, United States | Comments (0)
By Claudia Felske, 2011 Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year
‘Twas the end-o-the-year in AP English. Our high-stakes, studied-for-all-year test was finally behind us, and we were looking for fun, academic fun that is: a meaningful, yet amusing project for my exhausted yet brilliant Advanced Placement English Students (APES).
Enter, Livescribe pens.
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by education poisted in News › New Coverage, United States | Comments (0)
The Livescribe 2GB Echo Smartpen Can be the ESL Student’s Best Friend
Students taking English as a Second Language (“ESL”) courses are learning that the Livescribe 2GB Echo smartpen is one of the most helpful tools available on the market. Learning a second language is never an easy task, but this smartpen can make the job a little easier.
People who are skeptical about the value of smartpens may not understand what the Livescribe 2GB Echo smartpen is able to do, how it works, and how it’s able to provide some much-needed assistance to students who are trying to become proficient in a new language. …
