Livescribe announces Discounted Education Pricing on SmartPens.

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="sky_record" class="image1" height="192" src="http://www.livescribe.com/images/smartpen/sky/overview/sky_record.jpg" width="200" /></div><br />I'm a huge fan of the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/livescribe-sky-wifi-smartpen-save-notes.html">Livescribe SmartPens</a> and use them daily in my role as CIO. I had also used it as a teacher. May administrators I know are looking at them for teacher evaluations and notes and students love them.<br /><br />These pens let you take handwritten notes, as well as record audio, and then sync these notes to Evernote, Google Drive and more. It's a great way to take notes and then have them available anywhere. In addition, struggling students can use the audio record feature to help them review their notes, learn English, and much more.<br /><br />Livescribe has announced some discounted education pricing on the Smartpens which make them more attractive to schools. Savings range from $40 to $72 per item.<br /><br /><br />See more in the official press release below:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;">Livescribe Announces Discounted Education Pricing Bundles on Smartpens</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Livescribe’s Customized Training Programs and Livescribe Helper App Also Available to Improve Learning in the Modern Classroom</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">Oakland, Calif. — Jan. 29, 2013</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;"> —Livescribe for Education announced today at the </span><a href="http://fetc.org/Events/Florida-Educational-Technology-Conference/Home.aspx" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Florida Educational Technology Corporation (FETC)</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #0070c0;">national conference their new their new Smartpen Education Bundles and customized training programs that offer significant savings for K-12 educators and higher education institutions. Dedicated to the education industry, Livescribe is pleased to share special offers on the latest smartpen model, the </span></span><a href="http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/sky/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sky wifi smartpen</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">, which is the first digital pen to integrate WiFi technology and cloud services to make learning easier anytime, anywhere. To deliver an improved learning experience at schools, Livescribe also launched the new Livescribe Helper application to give teachers and students the added option of syncing their notes and audio from their smartpen to their Evernote account over a USB cable, using a computer’s Internet connection.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">These new offerings have been developed as part of Livescribe Education’s pilot program for the Sky wifi smartpen at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, Calif. Livescribe is deeply immersed in the pilot program to assess use cases, as well as the impact of using the Sky wifi smartpen, both at school and beyond classroom walls. The initial findings from this pilot and feedback from other customers helped influence the education bundles, training and additional services. Livescribe also developed the Livescribe Helper app to accompany the Sky wifi smartpen, so schools with closed WiFi networks can still sync notes to their private online account without a WiFi connection. The Sky wifi smartpen pilot program will culminate later in 2013, at which time Livescribe will share the highlights and results of the program.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">The Sky wifi smartpen digitizes everything students, educators or administrators write and hear and automatically syncs it to their personal Evernote</span>^{<span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">®</span>}<span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;"> account, where it is securely stored and readily available to search, play back, organize and share. Students and teachers can have convenient access to their recorded notes and audio whether from paper, tablet, smartphone or computer – making notes and educational materials available any time, anywhere.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">Ideal for students and teachers wanting to make the most of their smartpens in a classroom environment, the new education bundles include the smartpens, their respective accessories, and other special features such as tailored training courses and a Best Practices Guide for Educators. The Best Practices Guide supports innovative teachers who are using new technology to improve the learning experience. It includes sample learning activities for blended learning environments, group activities such as creating class portfolios with Evernote to display student work, formative assessment strategies for educators, and special tips and tricks for educators to share interactive course materials. Livescribe is also offering special training options for educators, including customized webinars and onsite professional development.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">To meet the Livescribe team at the FETC national conference, visit booth #137 at the Orange Country Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. On Thursday, January 31 at noon, visit Room S230G at FETC to learn teaching tips and techniques from educators that use Livescribe smarptens effectively in their classrooms.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">To learn more about available education pricing bundles or place an order, visit the Livescribe online store for education at </span><a href="http://www.livescribe.com/k20_how_to_buy" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.livescribe.com/<wbr></wbr>k20_how_to_buy</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">Students and educators interested in purchasing specially discounted education bundles may contact Livescribe for further information at </span><a href="mailto:K12support@livescribe.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">educationsales@livescribe.<wbr></wbr>com</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">To download or learn more about the Livescribe Helper app, visit </span><a href="http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/support/sky/howto/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.livescribe.<wbr></wbr>com/en-us/support/sky/howto/</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">####</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">About Livescribe for Education</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">Livescribe’s smartpens bring handwritten notes and lessons to life to enhance educator effectiveness and improve student learning. Livescribe syncs handwriting and audio so students can take better notes and educators can record interactive lessons. Teachers can easily capture, store and share difficult concepts and class lessons with Livescribe so students can study material at their own pace.  Used across K12, special education, and higher education institutions, Livescribe makes learning more engaging, customized and accessible. </span><a href="http://www.livescribe.com/education" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.livescribe.<wbr></wbr>com/education</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div>

Livescribe announces Discounted Education Pricing on SmartPens.

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Another great feature of Evernote - integrated in Outlook

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="125" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tiaRHOrWU_DboowoQJUoYigpjZtZwhCal0KeGem0UZWeOzwW6oKnP8eD70nIQgTkcH_tx8o9BpWS1H9MTJ-JxTLeK0HLiTIWortTOeFRylJKfUhsvWs" width="200" /></div><br />I love <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a>. It's no surprise. I use it for everything and even more now in my <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-new-chapter-in-my-career-im-now-cio.html">new job as Chief Information Officer of the district</a>. It allows me to keep everything - notes, files, and more all accessible anywhere on any device. I use the web clipper, <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/11/livescribe-sky-wifi-smartpen-very-handy.html">Livescribe SkyPen</a>, <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/android-for-education.html">Android</a> App, web app, and Windows Desktop App.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Outlook icon" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/507/564/ZA102800576.png" title="Outlook 2010" /></div><br />As a teacher, we all used the web version of Outlook. Administration and office staff use the desktop version of Outlook because we utilize more features. I had always used the web version of <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a> as a teacher and now use the desktop version (more features that I need). After installing Evernote, I noticed an Evernote logo on Outlook. What a great surprise. I can easily and quickly save any email (and attachments) or contact right to Evernote from Outlook.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKOMBAmrM8haeuoup0aHgua3QceoK06vVhXu8_BRgwiP76aHywbjfxcfU-aZNLGPTti15FdCuOS-ywP1gbXG0PR01lkurV_2Uj9nvjHZ8J8yYmawGbxkNXzPa7AqPbSz2SVgQYfdqiv2I/s1600/evernote+on+outlook.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKOMBAmrM8haeuoup0aHgua3QceoK06vVhXu8_BRgwiP76aHywbjfxcfU-aZNLGPTti15FdCuOS-ywP1gbXG0PR01lkurV_2Uj9nvjHZ8J8yYmawGbxkNXzPa7AqPbSz2SVgQYfdqiv2I/s320/evernote+on+outlook.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />This has become invaluable to me as I get organized and keep track of information, contacts, and resources. Instead of setting up a bunch of mail folders, desktop folders, and Evernote notebooks, I just put everything into Evernote. It also means I can access all of this from anywhere, very easily. I have my important personal and work notebooks set up to offline sync on <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/10/android-smartphone-and-apps-i-use-as.html">my smartphone</a> and <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/google-nexus-7-initial-impressions-and.html">Nexus 7 tablet</a> so I can always access them, and I have the desktop versions of <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a> at work and home for offline access and backup.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pPwvrWuICYTb9cdRXu4Gi97j3U01WUptvOA39A31IbEcq3hxMp5cfJ-17dv7iYW9a7osLv0JNG8h1xFE4AN35-gt5imPK9TPhyphenhyphenGX0sP4b19mBX9LV3UBu5FaibcwqxezdaBpR_92r4eq/s1600/evernote+cio+notebooks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pPwvrWuICYTb9cdRXu4Gi97j3U01WUptvOA39A31IbEcq3hxMp5cfJ-17dv7iYW9a7osLv0JNG8h1xFE4AN35-gt5imPK9TPhyphenhyphenGX0sP4b19mBX9LV3UBu5FaibcwqxezdaBpR_92r4eq/s320/evernote+cio+notebooks.png" width="167" /></a></div><br /><br />Once again, <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a> has made my life easier and more organized.<br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote for Educators Resources</a><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/11/livescribe-sky-wifi-smartpen-very-handy.html">Livescribe SkyPen</a> - automatically sync your handwritten notes and audio recordings to Evernote via WiFi.<br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/google-nexus-7-initial-impressions-and.html">Nexus 7 Android Table Review</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Another great feature of Evernote - integrated in Outlook

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Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen - very handy in my new job

<div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKSR_UQGXEUDuZF5iMBfQVTvMs_RzJdBcx5abNZpXIOdiqDLgvzGtWChLKI-40Cwznn_7TBkC4x1lnEpCt57L2oHhl1sGt_cfun6HS8yvslVdQy93pOxmE4u8hE5M-hLLnB_Lk1IV1ZZ_/s320/Livescribe++++Never+Miss+A+Word-113758.png" width="320" /></div><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-new-chapter-in-my-career-im-now-cio.html">Two weeks ago I started a new job. I'm the Chief Information Officer for my district</a>. In this capacity, I oversee the IT department and coordinate technology issues with all other departments, as well as advise on educational technology issues, products, and pedagogy.<br /><br />This job entails a lot of meetings, issues, and challenges. One way I have been able to keep up with things is through my <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/livescribe-sky-wifi-smartpen-save-notes.html">Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen</a>. With this smartpen, I'm able to take notes in meetings on paper, which is very efficient, especially with my note taking style, which incorporates sketches, symbols, arrows, and more that don't translate well with a keyboard. The smartpen saves all of my notes and syncs them to Evernote over WiFi. This means that all of my notes are stored in<a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html"> Evernote</a> so that I can access them anywhere. They are even searchable. I can also record audio in important or fast moving meetings to make sure I don't miss anything.<br /><br />I have used it extensively and it has made me more efficient and organized. I am able to take notes quickly, and then have them saved and accessible from anywhere.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/livescribe-sky-wifi-smartpen-save-notes.html">Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen - save notes and audio via WiFi to Evernote</a><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote for Education Resources</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen - very handy in my new job

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Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen - save notes and audio via WiFi to Evernote

<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=724457839898909214"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKSR_UQGXEUDuZF5iMBfQVTvMs_RzJdBcx5abNZpXIOdiqDLgvzGtWChLKI-40Cwznn_7TBkC4x1lnEpCt57L2oHhl1sGt_cfun6HS8yvslVdQy93pOxmE4u8hE5M-hLLnB_Lk1IV1ZZ_/s1600/Livescribe++++Never+Miss+A+Word-113758.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKSR_UQGXEUDuZF5iMBfQVTvMs_RzJdBcx5abNZpXIOdiqDLgvzGtWChLKI-40Cwznn_7TBkC4x1lnEpCt57L2oHhl1sGt_cfun6HS8yvslVdQy93pOxmE4u8hE5M-hLLnB_Lk1IV1ZZ_/s400/Livescribe++++Never+Miss+A+Word-113758.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />I love my <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">Livescribe SmartPen</a>. I use it all the time to take notes at meetings and keep myself organized. I love how it also records audio and keeps it in sync with your handwritten notes. The only issue was that I had to go back to my computer and plug in the pen to get the files uploaded to either<a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html"> Evernote</a>, Google Docs, or other services.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="sky_record" class="image1" height="192" src="http://www.livescribe.com/images/smartpen/sky/overview/sky_record.jpg" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>That has now changed. <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">Livescribe</a> has just announced it's <a href="http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/sky/">Sky WiFi Smartpen</a>. It works just like the other smartpens - you write on special paper (buy or print your own) and it records what you write. It also has a built in voice recorder. The difference is that the Sky smartpen has WiFi built in and will automatically sync your written notes and audio recordings with your <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a> account. This is a great resource for anyone.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="sky_wifi_cloud" class="image2" height="190" src="http://www.livescribe.com/images/smartpen/sky/overview/sky_wifi.jpg" width="200" /></div><br />I received one last week to try out and it works great. It's very easy to set up and connect to WiFi. I used it in a meeting that was fast moving with a lot of information and as I took hand written notes, it was also recording the audio of the meeting. During a break, I synced everything with my Evernote account and it was all there for me to access anywhere. The audio files will come in handy when I need to review parts of the meeting that I didn't get good notes from. The notes, both written and audio, were immediately in my Evernote account and accessible on all of my devices. I didn't have to wait to get back to my computer to sync my notes.<br /><br />The smartpen is also easier to take notes with then a keyboard, or even a stylus on a tablet. I use symbols, diagrams, arrows and more when I take notes and this allows me to do that very easily.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="sky_share" class="image3" src="http://www.livescribe.com/images/smartpen/sky/overview/sky_share.jpg" /></div><br />The Sky smartpen comes in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB varieties with costs from $170 to $250. They come with a starter notebook and two sets of stickers with the commands so that you can place them anywhere that is convenient, including your own printed notebook. These commands and "buttons" are how you record, connect to WiFi, and more. It handles secure WiFi also. Connections to Evernote are standard and future connections include Dropbox, Google Drive and Facebook (coming early next year).<br /><br />The Livescribe team has an education group and they are working with schools on ways to utilize these smartpens in education. This type of device is excellent for special needs students to help them take notes and record audio. The audio is synced with your written notes, so you can tap a word in your written notes and the pen will play back the audio from that point. Students could also have others take notes for them and share them via Evernote, and eventually through other services.<br /><br />I shared the notes from my meeting to others by sharing the Evernote note with them.<br /><br />It's very easy to use and a great resource for anyone. They will be available in stores on November 1st.<br /><br />I'll be sharing more about it and my use of it as I go along with it.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><div><br /></div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/livescribe-smartpen-5-years-of-smartpen.html">Livescribe SmartPen - 5 years of smartpen use and my review</a><br /><br />Here's the press release from today.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 11pt;">Livescribe Launches Sky™ wifi smartpen Pilot Program with Education Institutions to Evaluate Uses and Impact on Learning</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">Oakland, Calif. — Oct. 29, 2012</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"> —Livescribe Inc. announced today the consumer launch of its <a href="http://www.livescribe.com/blog/press/?p=6741" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Sky wifi smartpen</a>, the first digital pen to integrate WiFi technology and cloud services. Dedicated to the education industry, Livescribe is kicking off a pilot program with select school districts and higher education institutions to assess use cases, as well as the impact of using the Sky wifi smartpen both in and out of the classroom. The results of the pilot program will help influence education product bundles, training and additional services in the future. Livescribe will officially launch the Sky wifi smartpen in the education market in early 2013.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">The Sky wifi smartpen digitizes everything students, educators or administrators write and hear and automatically syncs it to their personal Evernote</span>^{<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Malgun Gothic'; font-size: 10pt;">®</span>}<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"> accounts, where it is securely stored and readily available to search, play back, organize and share. Now Livescribe customers can have fast, convenient access to their recorded notes and audio whether from paper, tablet, smartphone or computer – making notes and educational materials available any time, anywhere.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">This allows students to listen to their teachers’ explanations of difficult concepts or new material as many times as they need on nearly any device. Similarly, teachers can record interactive lessons or homework assignments, called pencasts, and post them to their class blog or website, where students can review the material from their computers or mobile devices before or after class.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">“The Sky wifi smartpen makes it easy for educators and students to create, share, review and collaborate using pen and paper,” said Byron Connell, chief marketing officer, Livescribe Inc. “With our pilot programs in K12 and higher education, we hope to advance our understanding of how to best integrate the Sky wifi smartpen into instruction and improve learning, assessment and collaboration.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">Higher Education Sky wifi smartpen Pilot Program</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">The higher education pilot program for Sky includes several highly esteemed institutions, including UC Berkeley, North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Tarrant County College – Southeast Campus. The disability services departments at both UC Berkeley and NCSU will loan Sky wifi smartpens to students in need of note-taking accommodations to use in their classes. They will evaluate the impact of providing students with the smartpen from both student and institutional perspectives. In addition, the pilot program at NCSU will also be extended to assess the impact of the Sky wifi smartpens on students in AP courses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">At Tarrant County College, the Sky wifi smartpen will be used in the mathematics department in classroom settings where the professor will use the Sky wifi smartpen to share interactive lessons and materials with students using Evernote.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">“UC Berkeley prides itself on being at the forefront of delivering the best and most innovative services and accommodations to our students,” said Paul Hippolitus, Director, Disabled Students’ Services at UC Berkeley. “We look forward to the pilot program and evaluating the benefit and impact of Livescribe’s wireless smartpen to provide our students with additional ways to access, interact and share information they learn in class to not only improve understanding, but to also better prepare them for entering the workforce.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">K12 Sky wifi smartpen Pilot Program</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">A pilot program at Opal Public Charter School in Portland, Oregon will explore how elementary school students can use smartpens to create more dynamic and informative digital portfolios that show student growth over the school year, as well as year-over-year. Students and educators will use the Sky wifi smartpen to collect samples of student schoolwork and assignments, which can be stored in Evernote notebooks and privately shared with students, parents and other teachers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">“We’re creating digital student portfolios to catalog students’ ideas, assignments and projects throughout the school year and to give students a unique way to document, reflect upon and share their own learning. We believe the Sky wifi smartpen will make it simple to sync pencasts with Evernote notebooks for each student, bringing their portfolios to life,” said Rob van Nood, Anchor Teacher fo<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=724457839898909214" name="13aacd0f87d60e47__GoBack" style="color: #1155cc;"></a>r the pilot program at Opal School. “These digital portfolios provide teachers and parents with a unique opportunity to track student growth and progression throughout the year, in a more dynamic, accessible and easy-to-share format. With digital portfolios we are able to identify and address each student’s individual needs.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">The Sky wifi smartpen pilot program will culminate in the spring 2013, at which time Livescribe will share highlights and results of the program.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">####</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-style: none none solid; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">About Livescribe for Education</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">Livescribe’s smartpens bring handwritten notes and lessons to life to enhance educator effectiveness and improve student learning. Livescribe syncs handwriting and audio so students can take better notes and educators can record interactive lessons. Teachers can easily capture, store and share difficult concepts and class lessons with Livescribe so students can study material at their own pace.  Used across K12, special education, and higher education institutions, Livescribe makes learning more engaging, customized and accessible. </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">www</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">livescribe</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">com</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">/</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">education</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div></div>

Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen - save notes and audio via WiFi to Evernote

I love my Livescribe SmartPen . I use it all the time to take notes at meetings and keep myself organized. I love how it also records audio ...

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Livescribe SmartPen - 5 years of smartpen use and my review

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="LiveScribe :: Never Miss A Word" height="65" src="http://www.livescribe.com/images/layout/logo_inactive_frost.gif" width="209" /></div><br />I love my <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">Livescribe SmartPen</a>. It is a great resource for me to take hand written notes and then have them digitized and saved. It also includes a voice recorder that syncs with your written notes. I've been using it at conferences, meetings, and to do science work and calculations. It is much faster than typing and works great for math, science, symbols, and diagrams. I love that I can then view my notes on any device and even send my notes via email, to <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a>, Docs, or a variety of apps.<br /><br />This is Livescribe's 5th anniversary. Happy Anniversary!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="291" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lyYsiJwKITUm6I4Ev2wSMQxUAwpOoNRGujSNOE-dLvREFCtte84WtHgiIHkJ5nqcH2RLmR8fDSWz6ZOyTC_FW1GxyPUtCIJYS7vaCg7Ezs4UcuQmGGA" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The ability to record your hand written notes is very useful in Math and Science, since it’s very hard to take notes in these areas with a keyboard or even a tablet/pad. It can also make an audio record of what you say or hear as you are writing and it timestamps and syncs the written notes with the audio notes.<br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img height="202px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kbINzxFA1FEV6iVQVpMPhtPZnoY7MVGs1TZ3CuDhP6aUCr7chvUMrTba-JQuSOqcwOeiVl_9kd-luMXOo3Brh7CbioyOKys9wWT7qjnFOx0KlJoDgAE" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="297px;" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Your notes get synced to your computer using a mini-usb cable and the Livescribe desktop application. There is also an application that you can get that will transcribe your handwritten notes into digital typeset notes. You can even search for words in your notes. The desktop application allows you to organize your notes and shows a thumbnail of each notebook. You can then view each notebook page and page forward and backward.<br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px;"><img height="227px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yB8qlxYB7GALhDlC6dwyzNixpqQT95ABS-uf6HdAiqHPs1ONZBvdsWgdDhDL36rCNaCF-demzI4MRv1X9BTZ9yWXxOIj7WGJs68xLLaL4VmkF6YosuI" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="300px;" /></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />The pen is controlled by tapping on certain symbols in the notebook, which is pretty cool. You use this to select other applications in the pen, start, stop, and playback audio recordings and more. Inside the front cover of the Livescribe notebooks is a “calculator” that allows you to use the pen as a calculator. There are also controls on each page that allow you to change the volume on the pen, jump around your recordings, and even bookmark a spot in your notes. </div><div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px;"><img height="221px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ljgrjzeZeticQYPPbiluYwKixWQK5nEtTSD9sB0YKUsY16rozX1hBXmYOIoHgPLhIgLFendnr5PVo2ODdXTmMNub1y21qV0eN_DuuEEWjgnYUSV6oOI" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="177px;" /></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />You can share your notes and recordings as a pencast, PDF, or audio file. The desktop application has one-click sharing with <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a>, Facebook, <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Docs">Google Docs</a> and Email. This means you can always have your notes available to you. You can also sync your pen notes to multiple computers. During meetings, one person can be the official note-taker and then share the notes out with everyone else. </div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px;"><img height="257px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cINDZdFeAGitEyAVl0VC73joC4KV2WBg8jNu6c1khk_G__pPGcQuQMy-R3mnkspWyVbtn1D7SbblBQigidYG0motTfi-sbtkpgeqGTGY9h3MYrfqDx8" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="422px;" /></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />There are <a href="http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/apps.html">apps</a> available also that you can download to add more functionality to your pen, including dictionaries, translators, games, productivity tools and more. <br /> <br />There is a vibrant user community and support team as well as resources for using the <a href="http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/education/">Livescribe Pens in Education</a>. These pens are great for taking notes and then sharing and saving them. I can see a lot of great uses for these in education. The site has some great tips and uses for using the pens in school and even has reports of how the pens have helped increase student achievement. The Livescribe help website is easy to use and understand and makes using these pens very easy. Set up only takes a couple of minutes. </div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Below is a great infographic about <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">Livescribe Smartpens</a> and how they have been used around the world.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="1440" src="http://www.livescribe.com/blog/noteworthy/files/2012/05/Livescribe-Infographic-Fifth-Anniversary.jpg" width="492" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Livescribe SmartPen - 5 years of smartpen use and my review

I love my Livescribe SmartPen . It is a great resource for me to take hand written notes and then have them digitized and saved. It also inc...

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Buy a Livescribe SmartPen by April 30th, get 1 yr Evernote Premium free. Great deal.

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="161px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tiaRHOrWU_DboowoQJUoYigpjZtZwhCal0KeGem0UZWeOzwW6oKnP8eD70nIQgTkcH_tx8o9BpWS1H9MTJ-JxTLeK0HLiTIWortTOeFRylJKfUhsvWs" width="258px;" /><img height="181" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lyYsiJwKITUm6I4Ev2wSMQxUAwpOoNRGujSNOE-dLvREFCtte84WtHgiIHkJ5nqcH2RLmR8fDSWz6ZOyTC_FW1GxyPUtCIJYS7vaCg7Ezs4UcuQmGGA" width="200" /></div><br />I'm a huge fan and user of <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a>. I'm a huge fan and user of <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">Livescribe Pens</a>. If you've thought of purchasing a <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">Livescribe smartpen</a>, and like <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a>, you should buy the smartpen before April 30th. If you do, you'll get one year of <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">Evernote</a> Premium free.<br /><br />I know this sounds like an advertisement, but I love a good deal, so I figured I'd pass it on to you.<br /><br /><b>Evernote for Educators:</b> <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html">http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/evernote-for-education.html</a><br /><b>Livescribe SmartPen review</b>: <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/livescribe-smartpens-updated-pricing.html">http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/livescribe-smartpens-updated-pricing.html</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_2080077532"></span><span id="goog_2080077537"></span><span id="goog_2080077544"></span><img alt="Buy a smartpen by April 30th and get one year of Evernote Premium* for FREE" src="http://i9.cmail3.com/ei/y/A4/283/5FD/080814/images/120424_main.jpg" /><span id="goog_2080077545"></span><span id="goog_2080077538"></span><span id="goog_2080077541"></span><span id="goog_2080077542"></span><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_2080077533"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Buy a Livescribe SmartPen by April 30th, get 1 yr Evernote Premium free. Great deal.

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Livescribe Pen - great cyber-Monday deal (save $80)

<br /><div style="background-color: transparent;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="181" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lyYsiJwKITUm6I4Ev2wSMQxUAwpOoNRGujSNOE-dLvREFCtte84WtHgiIHkJ5nqcH2RLmR8fDSWz6ZOyTC_FW1GxyPUtCIJYS7vaCg7Ezs4UcuQmGGA" width="200" /></div><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a </span><a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Livescribe Echo Smartpen</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and love it and find it to be very useful. The </span><a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Livescribe smartpens</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are pretty cool. They record what you write, and hear, and then you can load this into your computer to keep a digital copy of your written notes and even share your notes with others. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(full review <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/livescribe-echo-smartpen-very-cool-and.html">here</a>)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The model I have is an 8GB pen. You get the desktop software, stylus tip, two ink cartridges, the cable, a starter notebook, and 500MB of personal online storage. The 8GB Echo retails for $199 so it’s not cheap, but it is another tool that can be very useful in education, business, and even just for taking personal notes. The 2GB pen is only $99. There are discount prices available to educators, anyone interested can email </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:educationsales@livescribe.com">educationsales@livescribe.com</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  for details.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>UPDATED PRICING :</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You can <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">get 15% off the price of a Livescribe Pen by using this link </a>(directly to Livescribe, not secondary vendor)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>CYBER MONDAY PRICING: The 8GB Echo is on sale for $99.95! Huge savings and <a href="https://refer.livescribe.com/offers/994906937/interstitial/1jX4r?dist_src=link">if you buy one before</a> January 31st 2012 you get a year free to <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/01/evernote-get-organized-free-and-on-all.html">Evernote</a> Premium!</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #252525; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/livescribe-echo-smartpen-very-cool-and.html">You can read my full review of the Livescribe Smartpen here</a>. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"></div>

Livescribe Pen - great cyber-Monday deal (save $80)

I have a Livescribe Echo Smartpen and love it and find it to be very useful. The Livescribe smartpens are pretty cool. They record what yo...

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Livescribe Smartpens - updated pricing and discounts

<br /><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="181" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lyYsiJwKITUm6I4Ev2wSMQxUAwpOoNRGujSNOE-dLvREFCtte84WtHgiIHkJ5nqcH2RLmR8fDSWz6ZOyTC_FW1GxyPUtCIJYS7vaCg7Ezs4UcuQmGGA" width="200" /></div><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a </span><a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Livescribe Echo Smartpen</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and love it and find it to be very useful. The </span><a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Livescribe smartpens</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are pretty cool. They record what you write, and hear, and then you can load this into your computer to keep a digital copy of your written notes and even share your notes with others. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(full review <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/livescribe-echo-smartpen-very-cool-and.html">here</a>)<br /></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ability to record your hand written notes is very useful in Math and Science, since it’s very hard to take notes in these areas with a keyboard or even a tablet/pad. It can also make an audio record of what you say or hear as you are writing and it timestamps and syncs the written notes with the audio notes. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The model I have is an 8GB pen. You get the desktop software, stylus tip, two ink cartridges, the cable, a starter notebook, and 500MB of personal online storage. The 8GB Echo retails for $199 so it’s not cheap, but it is another tool that can be very useful in education, business, and even just for taking personal notes. The 2GB pen is only $99. There are discount prices available to educators, anyone interested can email </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:educationsales@livescribe.com">educationsales@livescribe.com</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  for details.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>UPDATED PRICING :</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You can <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">get 15% off the price of a Livescribe Pen by using this link </a>(directly to Livescribe, not secondary vendor) They are also offering a free year subscription to <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/01/evernote-get-organized-free-and-on-all.html">Evernote</a> Premium. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main reason that I see these as an essential tool for many people is the ability to record hand written notes. Many people, myself included, take notes very efficiently with pen and paper, using symbols, diagrams, arrows, and the like to make the notes more meaningful. It’s also great for people who have to take notes using math and science equations and symbols. Being able to easy capture, save and then share those notes is a great thing. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/livescribe-echo-smartpen-very-cool-and.html">You can read my full review of the Livescribe Smartpen here</a>. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>

Livescribe Smartpens - updated pricing and discounts

I have a Livescribe Echo Smartpen and love it and find it to be very useful. The Livescribe smartpens are pretty cool. They record what yo...

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Qualcomm shows off cool new e-pen technology

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img src="http://techgadget-review.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/d23b50c0tcomputex11-150x150.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.qualcomm.com/">Qualcomm</a> has announced a very cool ultrasonic pen at the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/computex2011">Computex</a> expo. The pen has an ultrasonic transducer on it and connects with a smartphone that has 3 microphones. The signal is triangulated and the phone can determine the location of the pen. The phone can then capture the movements of the pen and the handwriting that is done by the pen, on regular paper up to a distance of 30cm. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is similar to the <a href="http://www.mimio.dymo.com/">Mimio</a> device I use in my classroom. The Mimio </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">turns my white board into an interactive white board. I can capture my notes, operate my computer and presentation from the board and more. There is a stylus to use or some models let you put a dry erase marker in a special holder that has a transducer on it to transmit to the receiver. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's also similar to the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/livescribe-echo-smartpen-very-cool-and.html">LiveScribe pen I reviewed</a> last week. The Livescribe stores the data internally and needs special paper (which you can print) and then you transfer the data to your computer. I would be surprised if LiveScribe hasn't already been looking at this kind of new technology. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Technology and gadgets don't invent themselves. We need to encourage our students to get into STEM course and career fields and be curious and inventive. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.qualcomm.com/">Qualcomm</a> is an American mobile electronics and technology company and was the inventor of CDMA and many 3G wireless technologies. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/03/qualcomm-takes-sci-fi-one-step-closer-to-reality-at-computex-vi/">Engadget </a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img height="213" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/02/qualcomm-ultrasonic-pen-mwc-20115964.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(photo from Engadget - platform paper and phone are on are just for demo)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>

Qualcomm shows off cool new e-pen technology

Qualcomm has announced a very cool ultrasonic pen at the Computex  expo. The pen has an ultrasonic transducer on it and connects with a sma...

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Livescribe Echo Smartpen - very cool and very useful

<div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9749363930895925" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I recently acquired a </span><a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Livescribe Echo Smartpen</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to use and found it to be very useful. The </span><a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Livescribe smartpens</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are pretty cool. They record what you write, and hear, and then you can load this into your computer to keep a digital copy of your written notes and even share your notes with others. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img height="353px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lyYsiJwKITUm6I4Ev2wSMQxUAwpOoNRGujSNOE-dLvREFCtte84WtHgiIHkJ5nqcH2RLmR8fDSWz6ZOyTC_FW1GxyPUtCIJYS7vaCg7Ezs4UcuQmGGA" width="388px;" /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ability to record your hand written notes is very useful in Math and Science, since it’s very hard to take notes in these areas with a keyboard or even a tablet/pad. It can also make an audio record of what you say or hear as you are writing and it timestamps and syncs the written notes with the audio notes. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img height="202px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kbINzxFA1FEV6iVQVpMPhtPZnoY7MVGs1TZ3CuDhP6aUCr7chvUMrTba-JQuSOqcwOeiVl_9kd-luMXOo3Brh7CbioyOKys9wWT7qjnFOx0KlJoDgAE" width="297px;" /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your notes get synced to your computer using a mini-usb cable and the Livescribe desktop application. There is also an application that you can get that will transcribe your handwritten notes into digital typeset notes. You can even search for words in your notes. The desktop application allows you to organize your notes and shows a thumbnail of each notebook. You can then view each </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">notebook page and page forward and backward.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img height="227px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yB8qlxYB7GALhDlC6dwyzNixpqQT95ABS-uf6HdAiqHPs1ONZBvdsWgdDhDL36rCNaCF-demzI4MRv1X9BTZ9yWXxOIj7WGJs68xLLaL4VmkF6YosuI" width="300px;" /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The pen is controlled by tapping on certain symbols in the notebook, which is pretty cool. You use this to select other applications in the pen, start, stop, and playback audio recordings and more. Inside the front cover of the Livescribe notebooks is a “calculator” that allows you to use the pen as a calculator. There are also controls on each page that allow you to change the volume on the pen, jump around your recordings, and even bookmark a spot in your notes. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img height="221px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ljgrjzeZeticQYPPbiluYwKixWQK5nEtTSD9sB0YKUsY16rozX1hBXmYOIoHgPLhIgLFendnr5PVo2ODdXTmMNub1y21qV0eN_DuuEEWjgnYUSV6oOI" width="177px;" /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can share your notes and recordings as a pencast, PDF, or audio file. The desktop application has one-click sharing with </span><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/01/evernote-get-organized-free-and-on-all.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evernote</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Facebook, </span><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Docs"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Docs</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Email. This means you can always have your notes available to you. You can also sync your pen notes to multiple computers. During meetings, one person can be the official note-taker and then share the notes out with everyone else. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img height="257px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cINDZdFeAGitEyAVl0VC73joC4KV2WBg8jNu6c1khk_G__pPGcQuQMy-R3mnkspWyVbtn1D7SbblBQigidYG0motTfi-sbtkpgeqGTGY9h3MYrfqDx8" width="422px;" /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are </span><a href="http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/apps.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">apps</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> available also that you can download to add more functionality to your pen, including dictionaries, translators, games, productivity tools and more. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is a vibrant user community and support team as well as resources for using the </span><a href="http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/education/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Livescribe Pens in Education</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. These pens are great for taking notes and then sharing and saving them. I can see a lot of great uses for these in education. The site has some great tips and uses for using the pens in school and even has reports of how the pens have helped increase student achievement. The Livescribe help website is easy to use and understand and makes using these pens very easy. Set up only takes a couple of minutes. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had seen an early model a few years ago, but wasn’t interested because you needed to buy special paper in order for it to work. While you can still order the special paper, you can now print out your own too (as long as your printer is an Adobe PostScript-compatible color laser printer with a print resolution of 600 dpi or greater, which, luckily, mine is.)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The model I have is an 8GB pen. You get the desktop software, stylus tip, two ink cartridges, the cable, a starter notebook, and 500MB of personal online storage. The 8GB Echo retails for $199 so it’s not cheap, but it is another tool that can be very useful in education, business, and even just for taking personal notes. The 2GB pen is only $99. There are discount prices available to educators, anyone interested can email </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:educationsales@livescribe.com">educationsales@livescribe.com</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  for details.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>UPDATED:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You can <a href="http://refer.livescribe.com/a/clk/1jX4r">get 15% off the price of a Livescribe Pen by using this link </a>(directly to Livescribe, not secondary vendor)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main reason that I see these as an essential tool for many people is the ability to record hand written notes. Many people, myself included, take notes very efficiently with pen and paper, using symbols, diagrams, arrows, and the like to make the notes more meaningful. It’s also great for people who have to take notes using math and science equations and symbols. Being able to easy capture, save and then share those notes is a great thing. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>

Livescribe Echo Smartpen - very cool and very useful

I recently acquired a Livescribe Echo Smartpen to use and found it to be very useful. The Livescribe smartpens are pretty cool. They recor...

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