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The October, 2009 District Administration magazine cites the Diggiditto Smart Document Camera as a “newest pick”. (more…)

4th in a series of articles

It’s no mystery that students absorb information differently when viewing and hearing a lesson compared to only reading it (especially younger students). However, it’s not always easy to repeatedly demonstrate a portion of a lesson to each student whenever they have a question. If you’re undergoing a science experiment, students are sometimes too far away to view the demonstrated details from their seats and having all of the students get up and gather around you still doesn’t guarantee that some students’ views won’t still be blocked by their classmates. Conducting multiple demonstrations of the same experiment could become monotonous for you and is also too costly with materials. What’s the ideal solution? (more…)

3rd in a series

As a teacher, you might find yourself repeating one or more segments of the day’s lesson, either to a smaller group of students or re-emphasizing key concepts to the entire class while preparing for a test. But what if one group of students wanted to review what was covered that morning while a different group wanted to focus on what was covered last week? After all you can’t be in two places at once – or can you? (more…)

2nd in a series of articles on the first Smart Document Camera

Talking with students in class day in and day out, you might be used to shifting your body from facing students for showing an object and having a discussion, to facing the blackboard to write down notes for students to copy onto their notebooks. But is this how it should be done? Shouldn’t there be a more efficient way? Shouldn’t the class be able to focus more on the valuable discussions that inspire critical thinking rather than spending much time writing down the notes? (more…)

First “Smart” Document Camera creates interactive learning opportunities

As technology becomes increasingly important in education, administrators and educators are needing cost effective solutions which support their time and resources. One of the fastest growing product categories in classrooms is the document camera. A popular subject with educational bloggers since its usefulness seems to expand with every class it’s used in, some first said the document camera is simply a digital version of the overhead projector, but in fact it can be much more than that. Not all document cameras are created equal. (more…)

Smart document camera is the first of its kind with image recognition capabilities and integrates sound and links multimedia files for easy classroom use

Allowing educators and students to create and view full multimedia presentations, the Diggiditto Smart Document Camera from Califone International, Inc., delivers features ideal for classroom and school use. (more…)