Shae’s Tech Research

 The Digital Microscope is designed and made by SONY.  The TechnoLOOK allows for the user to save the images to a memory stick so the images can be reviewed at later time.  The price and the technology itself can be obtained at http://www.caltexsci.com/digital_microscope.htm .  The Digital Microscope would be easier and more effective for students to study sciences […]

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 KidPad is a program that promotes students to work together while enabling them to create a story with visuals.  It provides basic drawing functionability on a zooming canvas enabled by Jazz.  The program was developed by Juan Pablo Hourcade, Ben Benderson, Gustav Taxen and Allison Druin at the University of Maryland.  There are three major goals […]

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http://www.directron.com/cyberpad.html. 
Adesso has came out with a new CyberPad Digital Notepad that intergrates the familiarity of pen-on-paper feel.  The way it works is you insert the paper on top of the pad and then use the inking pen to write directly on the paper.  This means you have the hard copy (your notebook paper) and the […]

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With all of the fears about a flu epidemic one would think there would be talk about precautions in the school room.  One such precation could be the foldable, illuminated keyboard by Adesso.  The keyboard is lightweight and hermetically sealed and can be “immersed in any common disinfectant to eliminate the collection of harmful agents […]

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The docupen has came a long way in it’s little bit of time in existance.  The newest breakthrough is the DocuPen RC800 that is capable of full color 24 bit scanning and quickly scan and store hundreds of pages into memory.  The DocuPen RC800 is especially unique in its ability to scan full page width.  This […]

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http://www.turningtechnologies.com/
Turning Point is a new twist to the standard classroom PowerPoint Presentation by turining the presentation that is interactive and capitivating to students. Teachers can display questions, surveys, opinion polls and games that allow every student in the class to select a response by using their ResponseCard keypads (”clickers”) and transmit the data immediately to the […]

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 Educator’s of any grade level now have the technology to keep students more alert and active in the classroom.This magic wand comes in the form of a wireless remote looking device known as Beyond Question. Pressing any button allows the student to instantly communicate with the teacher’s computer. With this device each student can simutanlsly […]

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 Electronic Copyboards
          
http://www.electronicwhiteboardswarehouse.com/electronic_copyboards.htm
 This technology is pricey but awesome!!!!  The electronic white board looks like the average white board.  However, with this board a person can save, e-mail, or print (in black & white or color) the information written on the board.  This is done through a built in memory card function that allows you to scan and save your written notes […]

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http://www.ectaco.com/ECTACO-Partner-ES800/
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  Finally something to help those of us that never really mastered that highschool foreign language!  It’s called the ECTACO Partner ES800.  This awesome little device (about 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9in) is a revolutionary. It’s expandable bilingual dictionary is one the biggest around; containing over 1,010,00 words. The audio phrase book isn’t anything to sneeze […]

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 Podcasting is becoming a valuable tool to many in the world of education.  Podcasting is defined as  the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video programs, over the internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Professors are already starting to podcast their lectures.  It will prove to […]

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