A student in one of my Algebra classes emailed me a screenshot of her online homework question:
The question, as you can see, is written horizontally, but she told me in her email that she thinks she would understand it better if she could see it worked out vertically. So, I pulled out my Livescribe Pulse smartpen (which is never too far away) and quickly worked out the problem for her vertically and sent her a link to the pencast on the Livescribe community page.
Here is the solution I sent her:
[…] need help on a particular problem. Instead of trying to type back a response to them, I fully explain their solution using a Livescribe smartpen. I then send them the link to the pencast, and I also created a […]
[…] students are required to access the online ebook and take notes BEFORE coming to class. I have Livescribe pencast examples available for them to view on the course calendar as well. For more information on how I am […]
I really like looking through an article that can make people think.
Also, many thanks for allowing me to comment!