CoachENG

 Livescribe’s Smart Pen is an amazing tool for English teachers and their students. The pen enables teachers to capture authentic English language conversations for language analysis with the learner.  Watch the short movie below to see a lesson with the smart pen in action.  The movie below is best viewed  enlarged ( click play button and then arrow on top  right hand side) and then click to hide the preview which is the bottom squiggly line in the lower right hand corner. The lesson objectives appear below the movie!

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    In the sample lesson below I worked with a 15 year old Israeli student who studies English in school.

Sample Lesson Language Objective : To give clear and accurate  spoken instructions in order to enable a partner to recreate a drawing

1. I  tore out a page from my smart pen notebook and tore the page  in half.

2. I gave  Roee  half of the paper and invited him to  draw anything he wanted without showing it to me.

3. When Roee was ready, I clicked  the record button on the smart paper and he  proceeded to describe his drawing to me. We were sitting back to back so I could not see Roee’s drawing.

4. I asked Roee questions and his answers guided me in the recreation of the drawing.

5. We then compared the drawings and Roee analyzed the differences in the two.

6. This activity could have been done using a regular pen and paper, however,  having the opportunity to watch the pencast and analyze the language that was ellicted during the activity added value to the lesson.  

I hope you enjoyed this sample lesson.  I am currently developing more  content and ideas for teaching with the pen. If you are interested in joining me in this exciting adventure and would like copies of my worksheets /lesson plans please subscribe to my mailing list at the top of my page, email me  or follow me on twitter.

Comments/Questions/ Feedback are most welcome!