Equil note
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For students with visual impairments I could see a scenario whereby the student can have a large tablet or computer at their desk and have the contents of what the teacher is writing up at the whiteboard streamed to their monitor in real time. The Equil Smartmarker can be used by itself without the need to pair it with computer or tablet and will store over 1000 screens which can then be downloaded to your device once you are setup.
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Its diminutive size makes it ideal to throw in your bag and take from room to room. For teachers that need to capture notes for students this is an ideal device. The Equil Smartmarker can capture quite a large area (16ft x 5ft) and has some really great uses for the classroom. Most of my students were really impressed with the speed in which the whiteboard and written notes appeared on their smartphone. Within seconds they could see my whiteboard, and as I wrote, they instantaneously saw what I was entering on the board.
#Equil note android
I next asked myself what would the experience be like if I streamed the white boarding session to my students’ iPhone’s and Android smartphones? Using the Equil Note HD app from my iPad Air, I started a streaming session which brought up a dialog with a nine digit number that my students could enter into their Equil Note app on their smartphone. Since my iPad Air was connected to the projector, my students could see in real time just how fast and seamless it was to capture my written notes. When I was ready to capture my next whiteboard, I simply pressed on the New Page button on the Equil Smartmarker and erased the contents with the regular whiteboard eraser. Supplied digital erasure which worked really well. If I needed to erase something on the whiteboard I was able to do so with the With amazement everything I was writing on the whiteboard was being captured to my iPad. I then launched the Equil Note HD app on my iPad and took the cap off the marker and started to write on the whiteboard. Once the Equil Smartmarker was paired I got audio confirmation that it was connected.
#Equil note Bluetooth
Next I pressed the IOS button and paired the Equil Smartmarker using Bluetooth with my iPad Air which was rather seamless. So far so good! I next pressed the power button and fired up the device. Once in my classroom I placed the Equil Smartmarker, which has a magnetic base directly on the whiteboard.
#Equil note download
Wanting my students to get engaged with the Equil Smartmarker, I had them download the Equil Note app to their smartphones. In preparation to use Equil Smartmarker, I downloaded the Equil Note HD app to my iPad Air from the Apple App Store. Unboxing and charging the Equil Smartmarker was a great experience and now it was time to test it out in the wild, my classroom. Because of the size and weight you are more prone to use it whenever you are white boarding. If you carried the Equil Smartmarker in your bag you would be hard pressed to notice that it was there, which is the real beauty of the device. For those of you who may not be familiar with the Equil Smartmarker it is a lightweight oval shaped device that when placed on any whiteboard surface can capture what is written with a standard whiteboard marker which is in a special housing. The design of the storage housing and the indicator lights on the Equil Smartmarker and Stylus are great touches to let the user know that the device is fully charged. Plugging the micro USB cable into the base of the storage unit of the Equil Smartmarker quickly charged the device. The packaging of the Equil Smartmarker is exquisite andįunctional and provides a great case for carrying the device. When you first take it out of the case you know from the start that this is a high quality product. The Equil Smartmarker is available from Luidia at a suggested list price of $700 USD. Luidia was kind enough to send me an Equil Smartmarker to test in the classroom. So when I came across the Equil Smartmarker, I had to get my hands on one to review. As an Assistive Technology Consultant I am often supporting students with disabilities who may require that classroom notes be provided to them. When I read about the Equil Smartmarker from Luidia a couple of months ago, I was enthralled with the possibilities. Especially, gadgets that are easy to use and can extend the learning that is taking place in my classroom. Ok, so you already know if you have been reading my blog just how much I love gadgets.