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Innovate My Class with Smartpens - Beginner
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 * Date: August 25th - AM - Beginner / PM - Intermediate**


 * **Time** || **Topic/Presenter** || **Resources** ||
 * 8:00 || **Welcome / Sign In**

Carolyn Semet and Beth Richards, Technology Innovation Specialists


 * Sign out a training pen and notebook to use for today from Felton** if you do not have your own smartpen


 * **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.




 * Sign out a MacBook, headphone, and Power Cord from Felton to use for the day if you don't have your own equipment.** || **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** 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

Carolyn Semet, Technology Innovation Specialist csemet@schools.nyc.gov || Smartpen Student Video - PS 145M student
 * RESPOND** to a discussion in the Smartpen Group on our learning network ||
 * 8:45 || **Welcome / Setting the Stage**

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 * 9:00 || **Livescribe Pulse Smartpen**

(the training pen we are using today)
 * Out of the Box** || The Parts of the Pulse Smartpen

The Parts of the Echo Smartpen (recommended for purchase) ||
 * 9:15 || **Sample Uses**

Here is an example of how Smartpens can enhance the process of taking running records

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www.livescribe.com/education ||
 * 9:45 || **Pencasts**


 * 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. || Great example how a Middle School Math Teacher can use a pencast to explain how to solve a polynomial equation.

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 * || Human Body Introduction pencast by Carolyn H. Semet

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 * || Book Talks using smartpens at IS 52M || Rock Cycle Explanation
 * 10:00 || **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 ||
 * 10:30 || Smartpen Videos || * How does a smartpen work?
 * How can a smartpen help you? ||
 * 10:40 || Download LiveScribe Desktop & Create a LiveScribe Account on **your** computer ||  ||
 * 10:50 || **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 || **Questions / Commentary / Final Thoughts**

FAMIS information and Legal Considerations - see below the agenda ||  || Register for another summer offering:
 * 11:**2**5 || **Wrap Up**


 * See events on Our Learning Network
 * Next week's topics: Interactive Whiteboard, Student Response Systems, and Video Editing || PLEASE COMPLETE our survey
 * Borough hosting: Manhattan
 * Class: Innovate My Class with Smartpens ||
 * 11:30 || Adjourn / LUNCH

You are invited to stay for the afternoon Smartpen Intermediate Class from 12:30 - 3:30 to learn how to create a pencast. See agenda Below ||  ||

Innovate My Class with Pencasting - Intermediate
Agenda


 * 12:00 || **Welcome / Sign In**

Carolyn Semet and Beth Richards, Technology Innovation Specialists


 * Sign out a training pen and notebook to use for today from Felton** if you do not have your own smartpen


 * **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.




 * Sign out a MacBook, headphone, and Power Cord from Felton to use for the day if you don't have your own equipment.** || **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** 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 ||
 * 12:30 || **Introduction to Pencasting with** Livescribe Smartpens


 * 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. || Example Pencasts:

Great example how a Middle School Math Teacher can use a pencast to explain how to solve a polynomial equation.

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 * || Human Body Introduction Pencast

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 * ||  || The Water Cycle

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 * 1:00 || Customize with Apps || Most you have to pay for, but some are free ||
 * 1:15 || Create a My LiveScribe Account on **your** computer ||  ||
 * 1:30 || Tips to Making Successful Pencasts

Pencast Creation demo || * 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 || * Creating a Pencast
 * View __[|pencast on sharing]__ || * 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 ||
 * 2:15 || **Time to Create!** || Create a pencast you can use for your curriculum area this coming school year. Be prepared to publish it and share it too. ||
 * 2:45 || **Time to Share!**


 * Uploading demonstration - 2 options**
 * Can upload to Livescribe website
 * Can share as an attachment || **Upload your pencasts //to My LiveScribe//**


 * Share with the group //here//**


 * //Sharing Your Pencasts//**

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 * 3:15 || **Wrap Up**


 * See events on Our Learning Network
 * Next week's topics: Interactive Whiteboard, Student Response Systems, and Video Editing || **Questions / Commentary / Final Thoughts**

PLEASE COMPLETE our survey
 * Borough hosting: Manhattan
 * Class: Innovate My Class with Pencasting ||
 * 3:30 and beyond || Adjourn || Please share any pencasts you create with us in our Smartpen group ||

Smartpen FAMIS Information:

 * **Item Description** || **FAMIS #** || **Price** || **NYSTL Allowed** ||
 * Livescribe 2GB Pulse Smartpen (Titanium) - LIAPA00003 || 311033598 || $107.54 || No ||
 * Livescribe 4GB Pulse Smartpen (Titanium) - LIAPA00004 || 31099084X || $167.78 || No ||
 * Livescribe 4GB Echo Smartpen - LIESP4 || 311447457 || $**127.90** || No ||
 * Livescribe 8 GB Echo Smartpen- LIESP8 || 311447465 || $165.45 || No ||
 * Livescribe Single Subject Notebook 4-Pack, Numbers 1 through 4 - LIANA00017 || 310805708 || **$15.63** || No ||
 * Livescribe Single Subject Notebook, 4-Pack, Numbers 5 through 8 - LIANA00018 || 310805724 || **$15.63** || No ||
 * Livescribe Three Subject Notebook, Number 2, Red - LIANA00025 || 310826993 || $6.23 || No ||
 * Livescribe Three Subject Notebook, Number 2, Red - LIANA00025 || 310826993 || $6.23 || No ||

Downloading the LiveScribe Software
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