Colleen Collett

From chalk and chalkboard to...

Volume 2, Issue 1
July 11, 2015

The evolution.

Chalk and chalkboard

Overhead projector
Document cameras
and data projector

Whiteboard
Interactive whiteboard
Lecture capture

The evolution begins!

Chalk and chalkboard

Overhead projector

The chalkboard has played a

pivitol role in the evolution of
education and can be considered
as one of the first technologies
used in education. The early
chalkboards were individual slate
boards that students used before
or instead of paper and pen. The
first mounted chalkboard was
introduced in the early 1800s.
Chalkboards for the most part
have now been replaced in most
classrooms by better alternatives.

In the early 1960s the overhead projector was used with a

clear sheet of film called a
transparency. Instructors would
write on the film using special
markers and it would be then
displayed on the wall or screens
within the classroom. As with
the chalkboard, you will not see
many of these in todays classrooms.

Livescribe pens

Document camera & data projector

When document cameras were

introduced into classrooms they,
for the most part, replaced the
overhead projector. The document
camera combined with the data
projector, captures and projects
images to the screen of any object
that is in the capture area. Like the
overhead projector, images can be
magnified, but the image from a
document camera is much better
quality. Unlike the overhead projector, the data projector can project 2 or 3 dimensional objects
allowing instructors/teachers to do
live demonstrations with objects.

The lightboard
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/

Other technologies

http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/
reference-material/the-history-of-theclassroom-blackboard/

article/2013/02/vision-learning-history
-classroom-projectors

Interactive projector
Bamboo tablet
3D Printers
Smart Document
camera

The evolution continues!

Whiteboard

Interactive Whiteboard

During the 1990s the whiteboard

slowly pushed the chalkboard
out the door of most classrooms. The whiteboard was a
welcomed change in that no
more chalk was needed, meaning
no more chalk dust. Markers
replaced chalk allowing teachers
to write more easily on the

An interactive whiteboard is an
instructional tool that allows
computer images to be displayed
onto a board using a digital projector. The instructor can then
manipulate the elements on the
board by using his/her finger as a
mouse, directly on the screen.
Items can be dragged, clicked and

copied and the lecturer can

handwrite notes, which can be
transformed into text and saved.

Whats happening now?

Lecture capture
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/50929/1/
Karnad_Student_use_recorded_201
3_author.pdf
http://www.ams.ubc.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2013/07/
Lecture-Capture-in-HigherEducation-AMS-Report.pdf

Lecture capture is not a new concept. People have been doing this
using video cameras for many years.
With the evolution of classroom
technologies however, lecture capture has become more automated
and is another technology that is
available at many schools and institutions.

These recordings are then published and can be placed on a website or within an LMS for students
to access.
These recordings are particularly
useful when a student has missed a
class or needs to review a key element from the lecture.

Many worry that publishing these

lectures will negatively impact atMost lecture capture programs are
tendance but studies have shown
hardware based in the classroom and that that is not the case.
record the instructor/teacher, audio
and video, and also captures everything that is output to the screen.

http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/
solutions/k12/
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=vaCNzpl7jjA

Liverscribe pen

would with any movie player.

Another technology that I found was

quite interesting is the Livescribe pen.
It captures audio as well as everything
that is written or drawn.

This is another tool that can certainly add to creating more learner centered classrooms.

All recordings can then be transferred to a computer and posted

online. The notes are searchable and
have play back controls that allow
you to view the recording as you

It provided students (and parents)

with a recording of the actual
class. Students also have the ability to view the recording over and
over at any time.

The lightboard

ten on the glass highly visible.

The lightboard is a new technology

that was created by Michael Peshkin, an instructor at Northwestern
University as an attempt to increase interaction with his students. Michael has a hybrid class
and wanted to prerecord his lectures so that he could make better
use of class time and engage more
with his students.

The instructor stands behind the

lightboard facing the camera and
can wor through problems or
notes while being recorded.

The lightboard is set up in a space

such as a studio so that your lectures can be recorded.
It is a glass board that is infused
with LED lights. Fluorescent dryerase markers are used to write on
the glass., making the material writ-

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What is your first thought, but the

writing will appear backwards!
These lectures are filmed through a
mirror which inverts the material,
all while the instructor is still facing
the camera.
The result is good quality recorded
lectures without the instructors
body blocking the content and no
editing or post production required.
To date, this is open source hard-

ware. There is no one that makes

this product commercially! Memorial university has constructed it
own lightboard and is now moving
into testing.
http://ctlt.ubc.ca/2014/10/15/ubclightboards-light-up-the-classroom/
http://www.mediacore.com/blog/aninterview-with-michael-peshkin-creator-of
-the-lightboard

http://ctlt.ubc.ca/2014/10/15/ubclightboards-light-up-the-classroom/

Michael Peshkin, Northwestern

University, creator of the lightboard

https://sites.google.com/site/
northwesternlightboard/
http://laughingsquid.com/ingenious-dryerase-glass-lightboard-for-video-lecturesallows-presenter-to-face-camera-whilewriting/

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