PreK-12 Market Headlines
Livescribe Launches into the K-12 Education Arena with Pulse Smartpen
Livescribe Inc. —Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Changing How Teachers Deliver Instruction and Students Process Class Information
NECC CONFERENCE – Washington, D.C. – June 30, 2009 – Livescribe Inc. debuted its award-winning Pulse smartpen and mobile computing platform to administrators and educators at the National Educators Computer Conference (NECC). The Pulse smartpen is a computer in a pen that captures everything a person hears and writes and syncs the notes and audio together. Administrators, teachers and students alike can simply tap on their handwritten notes with their smartpen to hear the conversation play back from that exact moment in time. The notes and audio can be transferred to their computer for backup, search, playback or sharing. This simple-to-use technology provides students with on-demand access to teacher instruction and enables school administrators and teachers to evaluate classroom performance, teaching quality and student progress efficiently and accurately.
“The most effective educational technologies are the ones that require minimal behavioral change on the part of the teacher and the learner,” said Byron Connell, chief marketing officer of Livescribe Inc. “Pulse is as intuitive to use as regular pen and paper with all the power and functionality of a computer.”
For more information on how the Pulse smartpen improves student learning and teaching effectiveness, please visit www.livescribe.com/education. Livescribe is exhibiting at the NECC Conference in Washington, D.C. this week in booth 3260.
Examples of Pencasts Created Using the Pulse Smartpen from Teachers and Students
Julie McLeod, Rountree Elementary School, Sixth Grade Math
http://juliemcleod.org/mathcasts/
Chuck Duncan, Kentucky Education Television, Distance Learning Physics
http://www.dl.ket.org/physicsap/physicsapPCast/tocPencasts.html
Kathleen Post, Pocono Christian Home Education Center, Trigonometry
http://mathfcs.wikispaces.com/Advanced+Math
Pulse Smartpen
The Pulse smartpen launched in 2008 and quickly garnered consumer and industry support, winning innovation awards from Popular Mechanics and Popular Science, as well as the 2008 Duke’s Choice Award at last year’s JavaOne Conference and a 2009 Macworld Best of Show award. Pulse is a computer in a pen that captures handwritten notes and simultaneously records and links the audio to the notes. By simply tapping on the notes with the smartpen, consumers can hear the conversation play back from that exact moment in time. All of this information can be uploaded to a computer for storage, easy keyword search or to share with others.
About Livescribe Inc.
Located in Oakland, Calif., Livescribe has developed a new low-cost mobile computing platform that enhances productivity, learning, communication and self expression for anyone that uses pen and paper. The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to handwriting, so users never miss a word. For more information, visit Livescribe at www.livescribe.com.
About Anoto Group AB
Anoto Group is the world leader in Digital Pen and Paper technology and inventor of the first commercialized Digital Pen and Paper system allowing quick and reliable transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media. Anoto works with a global network of partners focusing on user-friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storing of data for a variety of business segments including healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, government and education. The Anoto Group has around 100 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. Major shareholders are Norden Technology A/S, Robur and SEB. The Anoto share is traded on the Mid Cap of the OMX Nordic Exchanges in Stockholm under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anoto.com
