IMC+Smartpen

=Agenda= Return to Tech Liaison Meetings


 * Dates**: Dec. 14
 * Topic: Innovate My Class With Smartpens**


 * **Time** || **Topic** || **Resources** ||
 * 8:30 || **Welcome / Sign In**

Carolyn Semet and Beth Richards, Technology Innovation Specialists

Sign the smartpen equipment receipt sheet and bring it to Beth Richards to receive your 8GB Echo Smartpen
 * Get your Smartpen from Beth if you are a PDN Grant Teacher or PDN Grant School Tech Liaison**


 * Sign out a training pen and notebook to use for today from Carolyn** if you are not from a PDN Grant school


 * **Charge your pen by plugging into the USB drive on the computer**
 * If you have your own computer, download the software onto your computer first if you haven't already ( you may have problems doing this at HRTC due to the proxy) See the directions at the bottom of this agenda.


 * Download LiveScribe Desktop & Create a LiveScribe Account on **your** computer || **JOIN** our learning network if you are not a member: @http://ted21c.ning.com/


 * PDN Grant Teachers - Join PDN Grant Group if you are not a member
 * Technology Liaisons - Join Technology Liaisons group if you are not a member
 * All participants join our Smartpen group


 * READ** a review:
 * The Pen that Never Forgets
 * Article about a Staten Island School that uses smartpens
 * Bloomberg Businessweek article
 * NY Times Smartpen review by a HS student>
 * Comprehensive Pulse Smartpen Review

READ an article:

The Pen That's Smarter than the...Pen


 * READ** a blog post and comment:
 * SmartPen Blog - Find a post of interest and comment
 * 12 Ways Educators and Students Are Using the Pen Today
 * The Nerdy Teacher - The Smartpen is awesome


 * RESPOND** to a discussion in the Smartpen Group on our learning network


 * RESPOND to this poll**


 * Click on this link**

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 * 9:00 || **Welcome / Setting the Stage**

Carolyn Semet, Technology Innovation Specialist csemet@schools.nyc.gov

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 * 9:15 || **Livescribe Echo Smartpen**

(recommended for purchase)
 * Out of the Box** || The Parts of the Echo Smartpen

The Parts of the Pulse Smartpen (the training pen we are using today) ||
 * 9:20 || **Getting to Know Your Smartpen** || * Turn the pen on to digitize your notes
 * Recording Basics
 * Settings
 * Date & Time
 * Storage
 * Battery
 * Audio & Volume
 * Display
 * Right vs. Left Hand
 * Calculator
 * Starter Notebook (show example)
 * Science Notebooking Sample ||
 * 9:40 || **Sample Uses**

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www.livescribe.com/education

Educational Uses of LiveScribe Pens ||
 * 9:50 || **What are Pencasts?**

Pencasts are online interactive Flash videos of handwritten notes and audio captured by the smartpen. When you upload your recordings to your myLivescribe account, Livescribe automatically creates a PDF and a pencast from your content that you can then share with others ||  ||
 * 10:00 || Human Body Introduction pencast by Carolyn H. Semet

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 * 10:10 || Rock Cycle Explanation

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 * 10:20 || The Water Cycle

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 * 10:25 || Identifying Music Composers

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 * 10:30 || **Using the Smartpens in Centers**


 * TIP: Assign a book and pen to a center** || Using Smartpens in the Science Center ||
 * 10:40 || **Smartpen Best Practices ** || Tips to Making Successful Pencasts ||
 * 10:50 || Break


 * Practice Taking Notes** || * Take Notes on one page in the Starter Notebook
 * Paper Replay and listen to your notes
 * Practice using the Calculator ||
 * 11:15 || **Time to Create!**
 * Center Activity** || Choose a Center and complete an activity using the smartpen based on the activity card in each area

Choose a center - no more than 4 people in a center ||
 * 11:45 || **Time to Test!**

Independent Practice || Choose a Center or two and complete the activity and build on what is created by the other participants ||
 * 12:15 || LUNCH || //Lunch is hosted by CDW-G// ||
 * 1:15 || **Introduction to Pencasting with** Livescribe Smartpens

Janet Sankar, Consultant JSankar@livescribe.com

www.livescribe.com/education


 * What are Pencasts?**

Pencasts are online interactive Flash videos of handwritten notes and audio captured by the smartpen. When you upload your recordings to your myLivescribe account, Livescribe automatically creates a PDF and a pencast from your content that you can then share with others. ||  ||
 * 1:30 || **How to take it from the notebook to online**


 * Uploading demonstration - 2 options**
 * Can upload to Livescribe website
 * Can share as an attachment || * Smartpen Basics - how to record
 * Pencast Basics - 3 Parts
 * 1) Paper and pen recording
 * 2) Doc the pen to digitize and create a pencast
 * 3) Share the pencast by uploading
 * Pencast creation demo ||
 * 2:00 || **Time to Create!** || Create a pencast you can use for your curriculum area. Be Prepared to share it and publish it. ||
 * 2:40 || **Time to Share!**


 * Uploading - 2 options**
 * Can upload to Livescribe website
 * Can share as an attachment || * Ways to share: on Livescribe website, as an attachment, embedding on a wiki
 * Use Livescribe Connect
 * Uploading pencasts to My LiveScribe
 * Share pencasts with each other - add the link to this discussion and view at least one other pencast and comment ||
 * 3:00 || Customize with Apps || Most you have to pay for, but some are free ||
 * 3:15 || **Wrap Up**
 * Questions / Commentary / Final Thoughts**

FAMIS information and Legal Considerations - see below the agenda

Register for upcoming workshops:


 * See events on Our Learning Network
 * Next month's topic: Google Apps in Schools
 * Register for any workshop by logging in to our Learning Network and click on Your RSVP. You must be logged in to see the RSVP box.
 * See Technology in Action: Attend an Innovation Field Trip || **Questions / Commentary / Final Thoughts**

PLEASE COMPLETE our survey
 * Borough hosting: Manhattan
 * Class: Innovate My Class with Smartpens ||
 * 3:30 and beyond || Adjourn

See Something to think about below || Please share any future pencasts you create with us in our Smartpen group ||

Follow these steps if you are having trouble downloading the LiveScribe Software from the standard link on the NYCDOE network:
If you are having a problem downloading our Livescribe Desktop software from the standard link, below is a link you can use to download and save the full Windows Livescribe Desktop installer from our FTP server. To download and install the software:

1. Click on (Go to) the link below:

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2. Save the file to your Windows desktop.

3. Once saved if prompted click “Open”, or double-click the new “LDWin###_#####_##.zip” folder on your desktop.

4. Double-click the “Production-LivescribeDesktopInstall.exe”.

5. At the prompt select “Extract all”, leave the Windows desktop as the default location, and click “Extract”. A new unzipped folder will be created on your desktop.

6. Double-click the new “LDWin###_#####_##” folder to open it and double-click the “Production-LivescribeDesktopInstall.exe” to run the file.

7. Follow the prompts to install the software.

This should resolve the issue with downloading software through the NYCDOE network.

Something to think about:
Smartpen Legal issues

Legal considerations in NY - As long as one party to the conversation consents to being recorded it is legal. So obviously the party doing the recording can provide consent.

"Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia permit individuals to record conversations to which they are a party without informing the other parties that they are doing so. These laws are referred to as “one-party consent” statutes, and as long as you are a party to the conversation, it is legal for you to record it." See Taping Legal issues

Additional Resources
Livescribe Education K-12

How to share your pencast and embed it into a wiki or website Tutorial

Smartpen Videos

Download the Education Idea Book


 * Print out Livescribe Paper** - Open up Livescribe Desktop > go to Tools > Printable Notepads