Ok, I officially retired my Elmo yesterday as I got my hands on the new document camera by Samsung: SDP 860. Now, most people use their document cameras as a glorified overhead projector, and it is that, however this piece of technology is so much more. How about I just finished a staff development for Birdie Alexander Elementary in Dallas ISD using the camera and Skype.
The SDP 860 is truly a high performance presenter with crystal clear image quality in your own classroom. It has an advanced ISP chip set with 2D/3D noise reduction technology. Why is this important, well with this new document camera you now have the ability to record up to 32Gb of video via an SDHC memory card, the SDP-860 is a complete classroom recording solution, capable of capturing and viewing high resolution still shots as well as movies with audio, that's why. So, when you want to record presentations, it can be done. If you want to pan the entire room to callaborate with another class via Skype, it can be done. If you want to take a video of student interactive, both positive and negative to send to parents or for documentation purposes, it can be done.
I know change is hard, but don't knock the decision to go away from the Elmo brand. Embrace the possibilities with the new Samsung Document Cameras.
By the way, they have a really cool video contest going on right now. You might want to check it out to win cool prizes.
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