Mathcasts

By the way, Adam Henry let us borrow his students today and they did a mathcast using Camtasia and the tablet. Then I asked them to try the new Graphics tablet I bought for the mathcasts grant ($80) and we hooked it to the Dell Desktop and used Microsoft Producer (Free). The tablet came with software that went into Word. So we used Word to write the problem. They had no problem doing it and said they actually liked the graphics tablet better. They picked up Producer quickly. We are still checking to see if Producer will allow chapter bookmarks but the price is right. It comes out in wmv format but can be converted if necessary. Here is the info. on the tablets. Here is the link on Ebay: [|http://cgi.ebay.com/LATEST-UC-LOGIC-SUPERPEN-6x8-GRAPHIC-DRAWING-TABLET_W0QQitemZ130086990312QQcategoryZ3680QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem] He offers them for $80 with free shipping. It is called a UC-LOGIC SUPERPEN 6x8 GRAPHIC DRAWING TABLET His id is: [|tp104nehu] He has good customer service ratings and the product was brand-new and shrink-wrapped.

While we’re on the subject of sharing, I’ve recorded several math lessons using the Lightsmith for students to review and for those who are absent. I’ve emailed them if they’re fewer than 5 MB or condensed it through Microsoft Movie Maker, but for the larger ones I’ve uploaded to google’s videos and sent the link to the kids and parents. Here’s an example: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2105822342300973174