The Echo Smartpen: Integrating Technology into the Learning Process
Abstract: Technology continues to change the lives of students and teachers in schools today. Where we will be in twenty years is difficult to imagine. Teachers everywhere are continually searching for ways to incorporate technology into their teaching to improve students’ achievement and prepare them to take their place in the workforce. The advancement of digital literacies has especially impacted the field of literacy education. In this article, the authors introduce the Livescribe™ Echo Smartpen, a pen that captures everything that you hear and write and synchronizes the audio with your written notes. They explain how they used the Davies Framework for Evaluating Educational Technology Integration and the TPAK framework for integrating educational technology with teacher candidates in a literacy classroom.