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Group D: Jessica Duddle, Alex Green, Nicole Stensrude, Angela Zummack

We think that the document camera is more beneficial than the Aver pen! -allows for the whole class to be involved -don’t need special overhead sheets -you can show small/detailed things to the whole class so that everyone can see properly -could hook document camera to a smartboard (if one was available) -has multipurpose use -less likely to break down -zooming in and out in real time is very helpful for students to understand concepts/ideas

Aver Pen -the technology is in its first stages at this point -later versions may be better -would be beneficial for a small group activity -if everyone had a pen to work on (for example) a math question the teacher could see everyone’s work at the same time -problem: children might be embarrassed to get the answer wrong -not enough pens to use as a whole class -more likely to break down -what you can do with an aver pen you can do with other equipment (like a whiteboard)