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Document Cameras Help Teachers Deliver the Six Teaching Principlestm
by Kayla Vestal
Students and faculty at Landmark Elementary•Middle School (EMS) have adapted and innovated out of necessity amid the limitations and protocols in place as a result of the pandemic. HUE HD document cameras have been a valuable tool in allowing teachers to watch in real time as students perform work and assignments.
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When students are learning remotely, they show their work in a Google Meet via the camera’s video feed. The cameras have a flexible gooseneck, which is helpful for angling above a worksheet to see student work, handwriting, and math problems. Tutors use the cameras to see a student’s spelling activities, their handwriting and cursive formations, and even their LiPS tracking activities in real time. Kaufman spelling tests were also administered this fall with the use of these cameras, so advisors could see how students were spelling words from the list without having to ask students to read the work to them. Christopher Woodin, Landmark EMS Mathematics Department head, said, “The cameras enable teachers to receive written feedback from students as they perform their work. Math written output is not linear and does not lend itself to being typed into Google Docs. Access to the camera’s real time view of the students’ written work product lets math teachers provide on-the-fly feedback to guide them as they work through problems.”
Cameras have also been used during keyboarding instruction to ensure that students are using the proper hand posture when typing. With these cameras, teachers can better handle error correction while students are working. Teachers are collecting work from students as they arrive to class during their in-person week, but the impact of watching their production unfold while virtual has really helped keep Landmark’s core principles and values alive. We provide opportunities for student success when we can help walk them through the steps of a math problem, use multi-sensory approaches when virtual with the use of the tracking blocks and felts, and ensure automatization through practice and review because mistakes can be corrected in the moment, when it is meaningful for them.
