Comments on: Improve Curriculum Delivery with Document Cameras

By: iPod Nano Scavenger Hunt: Connecting Math & Art | The Teaching Palette

iPod Nano Scavenger Hunt: Connecting Math & Art | The Teaching Palette — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:31:10 +0000

[...] two point, high, low or normal vanishing points. While in Miss Millan’s Geometry class I used a document camera which I found to be extremely helpful in my demonstration and presentation to a large class. Our [...]

By: Monika

Monika — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:13:37 +0000

While I love the idea of a document camera for many reasons – the main one being that EVERYONE can see, I have certain hesitations regarding its use for projecting 3 D objects. The moment the real objects are seen on a screen they are not in its full threedimensional form but already in a 2D rendering. One might as well look at a reproduction at that point… as a starting point this is great, but it cannot replace working from life.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:30:50 +0000

Having a bonafide document camera would be nice. For my small budget, a web cam works wonderfully. I have a web cam with a goose neck that I use in the same way. Just this past week I did an entire clay demonstration using a web cam and projector. The kids followed right along without having to leave their seats. jan