We are excited to launch this collaborative resource portal for educators to discover and share creative smartpen uses for the classroom and beyond. Many of the innovative tips and ideas are designed for educators, by educators.  From ideas for smartpen beginners to more advanced training for seasoned pencast publishers, this interactive blog is the go-to source for general and special education professionals.

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Gaby White, a Spanish Teacher, uses pencasting to support grammar lessons throughout the school year while creating a “Grammar Library” to be used year after year.

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With this week’s topic focussing on tablets and mobile computing, I thought I’d throw a curve ball.  I attend a number of meetings where it is not really appropriate to have a computer in front of me, yet I am able to take electronic notes, simultaneously record the conversation (with participant”s permission of course), then upload the notes and recording and have the participants access these meeting notes from the web – all without a computer at the meeting.

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Livescribe Echo Smartpen: Principal Lauren Ormsby

Every day Scholastic’s Ken Royal works with educators to identify the best and the latest in education technology. Recently, Ken caught up with Lauren Ormsby, a Principal in Ripley Central School District in Ripley, New York. Principal Ormsby is a big smartpen advocate and shared a little with Ken about how the technology is used in her school. …

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Carla Hirschfeld, a Computer Science professor at WSU-LC uses her smartpen to reduce her workload and create better feedback for her students.  This is her story:

The class that I teach most often is CS 205 Intro to Computer Literacy and Office Automation. We cover Computer Hardware, Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint. Students get labs and exams on everything but PowerPoint. That is a project which is due at the end of the quarter.

So at the end of the quarter, I have about 40-60 PowerPoint Projects to grade. …

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