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Classroom TechnologyJournals for Technology in Classrooms

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Introduction

Technology has been around for many of years, but not much in the classroom. Teachers are bringing technology to the classroom. The concept of technology is to help students become more interested in learning. The teachers who use more technology in the classroom get better results from their students. The students start to get more involved in the classroom. The three journals together set good explanations of technology in the classroom.

The goal of this project was to search for new ideas of technology in the classroom. The ideas will appeal to all teachers and students, easy for teachers to use, students can access at home, and updated technology. As pre-service teachers we need to start searching for these tools to improve our classrooms. The journals of technology in the classroom consists of helpful ideas for teachers as well as pre-service teachers.

As pre-service teachers, we believe by following these journals will enhance your teaching abilities and share with other teachers the new technology.

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Livescribe Launches Teacher Resource Portal

I found this journal to be useful for teachers to read. The journal discusses a new technology pen used in the classroom. The students can use the pen for taking notes and the teachers use it for lecture notes.

The best thing I found out about the new pen was the audio. The author quotes, “ Audio can be recalled at a specific point in the note-taking progress, synchronizing with instructor or student created classroom notes, using either Livescribe’s desktop software or the pen itself (Nagel, D. (2011). Livscribe Launches Teacher Resource Portal. The Journal: Technological Horizons in Education. Retrieved from: http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/04/19/livescribe-launches-teacher-resource-portal.aspx )

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discusses instructors using interactive pens in the classroom.

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Livescribe Launches Teacher Resource Portal

Below, I have selected a You Tube video for students who have used the Livescribe Pen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8n6nFkVZKk&feature=player_embedded#at=19

The desktop software can detect when a user taps at a specific part of his or her notes on a piece of paper and then play back the part of the lecture. The audio and notes are called pencasts.

One of my “a-ha” moments about this journal was the smart pen and audio notes can be saved to a computer.

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Livescribe Launches Teacher Resource Portal

Personal Reflection› My personal reflection over this journal is

good, because the smart pen can benefit me as a student now and a teacher later. The smart pen and audio notes make students have fun taking notes. I know I would love to take notes with a smart pen. I think I would have paid more attention to the teacher with the new technology.

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NEC Intros Networkable Classroom Projector

I found this journal to be useful for teachers to present their lessons plan over the projector. The summary of this journal describes the new portable, 3-D projector and all the high-qualities that come with it.

The one thing I found interesting was the author describing the projector. The author says, “The new V300X is a portable, 5.5-pound DLP-based projector that features a resolution of 1, 024 x 768 (XGA) and a contrast ratio of 2,000:1 (Nagel, D. (2011).NEC Intros Networkable Classroom Projector. The Journal: Technological Horizons of Education. Retrieved from: http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/04/05/nec-intros-networkable-classroom-projector.aspx?admgarea=pre )

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website discusses a new portable, 3-D capable classroom projector.

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NEC Intros Networkable Classroom Projector

Below, some pictures are displayed to show the different sides of the projector.

The unit projects 80 percent of its maximum brightness and offers a lamp life. The projector can provide a great tool for the teacher to play educational videos, or movies. The good part about this projector is it can be built-in a wall correction with color adjustments.

One of my “a-ha” moments was reading about the networkable projector that offers up to 5,000 hours of lamp life in economy mode.

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NEC Intros Networkable Classroom Projector

Personal Reflection› After reading this journal about the new

projector; I wanted one right away. I think this is the perfect classroom tool for teachers to use. As a pre-service teacher, I would use this in my classroom for videos, movies, or pictures. The students will be engaged to the projector, because a white board could connect with it so the students can write or do math problems. The projector will help the teacher be more prepared and more knowledgeable of technology.

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Promethean Rolls Out Interactive Whiteboards with Gesture Support

I found this journal to be useful for students who would like to write on a whiteboard. The whiteboard allows students and teachers to move, rotate, scale, or fling images across the board using only their fingers. The students would enjoy using their fingers to resize images or to write on the board.

As I was reading the journal the one thing that the author said was very interesting. The author states, “ The enable touch controls and animations, the new series of whiteboards use Promethean’s Activlnspire Professional Edition, an application that features handwriting tools, shape recognition tools, page turn effects, and the ability to import both files and content from multiple applications including PowerPoint, Adobe, Microsoft, and Smart NoteBook (Thompson, D. (2011). Promethean Rolls Out Interactive Whiteboards with Gesture Support. The Journal: Technological Horizons in Education. Retrieved from: http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/02/09/promethean-rolls-out-interactive-whiteboards-with-gesture-support.aspx?admgarea=pre)

Description› This website discusses a

company named Promethean that offers student response systems, interactive whiteboards.

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Promethean Rolls Out Interactive Whiteboards with Gesture Support

Below, here is a website that has a video showing how the students use the whiteboard.

http://www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.21892

The ActivBoard 500 Pro offers multiple hardware and two different whiteboards: 87- inch ActivBoard 587 and 95- inch ActivBoard 595. Each board will have a pair of short-throw projector.

One of my “a-ha” moments was reading about the features of the whiteboard. The software includes teacher profiles, time stamping, and support for both sound and screen recording.

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Promethean Rolls Out Interactive Whiteboards with Gesture Support

Personal Reflection› The whiteboard is a good technology to

use in the classroom. As a pre-service teacher I would love to have this board for students to show their work and have fun doing it. The teachers would enjoy using this board to make class more interesting. My overall view point of the new technology is good to engage the students of learning. The students would love to use the whiteboard for learning and listening.

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• In conclusion, my power point consisted of technology being used in the classroom. I chose these three journals to describe the technology I might use one day in my classroom. I thought it was important for me to research these journals, because it relates to me as a pre-service teacher. I hope for the pre-service teachers to look at my power point to see what they are looking forward to. The technology today is exciting for the students because they can grow each day from using it.

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Work Cited

http://thejournal.com/Home.aspx

http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/04/19/livescribe-launches-teacher-resource-portal.aspx?admgarea=pre

http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/04/05/nec-intros-networkable-classroom-projector.aspx?admgarea=pre

http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/02/09/promethean-rolls-out-interactive-whiteboards-with-gesture-support.aspx?admgarea=pre

http://goole.images.com