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Pencasting
Using SmartPen Technology to Share Mathematics with your Students and Colleagues
Callie J. DanielsSt. Charles Community CollegeCottleville, MO [email protected]
What tools are being used?
Pulse Smartpen and Livescribe Notebook
3D Recordable Headset Computer and Livescribe Desktop Technology Internet and Livescribe Online
What is a Pencast?
A Pencast is a live version of your hand-written notes and audio.
A Pencast is a recording that can be played using your Smartpen or computer.
A Pencast is an Adobe flash movie that can be uploaded to your Livescribe Online Website and shared with others.
A Pencast is a creative way to share informa-
tion with your students and colleagues.
How do you create a Pencast?
This is a link* to a Pencast on my Livescribe Online Website.
How can we share a Pencast?
emailMML Discussion PostingMML AnnouncementMML Media AssignmentFacebookBLOG
emailing a Pencast
1. Create your Pencast.2. Transfer it to your Livescribe Desktop
(Computer).3. Upload it to Livescribe Online using Share/
Page 00 from Notebook/With Online Community.
4. Select Pages & Audio, type a Pencast Name, select Share.
5. Open Livescribe Online and select Make it Public.
6. Send the email using the Email a Friend! option of Livescribe Online.
Inserting a Pencast into a MyMathLab Discussion Posting
1. Create your Pencast, transfer it to Livescribe Desktop, upload it to Livescribe Online, Make it Public.
2. Select Embed This File, highlight and copy the HTML coding, select Done.
3. Open your MyMathLab course and select Discussion Board/Add Forum.
4. Give your Discussion Posting a Title, type a Description, and paste the HTML coding into the body of the Discussion posting.
5. Preview and Submit.
Inserting a Pencast into a MyMathLab Announcement
1. Create your Pencast, transfer it to Livescribe Desktop, upload it to Livescribe Online, Make it Public.
2. Select Get a Link to this File, highlight and copy the link, select Done.
3. Open your MML course and select Control Panel/MML Home Manager/Create Announcement.
4. Type a Title and type the Body of your Announcement.5. Open the Hyperlink Manager, the Type is http, paste
the link URL, type the name of your pencast as the Link Text, select Target/New Window, click OK.
6. Select Save and Email or Save.
Why are Pencasts helpful for students?
Visual and audio input help to create brain connectors.
Oddly, students are comforted by their own instructor’s voice.
If mama’s happy, then everybody’s happy?
Are there other uses for the Smartpen Technology?
Record notes and audio of a meeting or lecture.
Share teaching tips* and techniques with colleagues.
Record basketball plays* and email them to the players.
Additional Resources
www.livescribe.com www.pencaster.com www.youtube.com search keyword: pencasting
