Livescribe Success Stories and Testimonials

We are so excited about the addition of the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen to our product line. We are still trying to wrap our heads around all that it can do and the implications for student learning.

We recently sent out a few Livescribe Pulse Pens to interested educators in the hopes of getting their feedback on the pen and the results they have experienced in their own classrooms with their own students. These are their Livescribe success stories!

If you have Livescribe success stories after using the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen in your school, either as a teacher, a student, or an administrator, we would really like to hear from you! This pen has limitless possibilities as an assitive technology to both special education and regular education students alike. I have no doubt that we can fill this page up with success stories. Please contact us with your story!

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I have a student who rarely speaks, has major reading issues, and has melted my heart from the time she entered my social studies class. I have been teaching vocabulary for our chapter using my Workspace software which makes it easy to share video and pictures, and have created matching games etc. to practice vocabulary. We took a vocabulary test and she bombed it. I really thought she knew the vocabulary words, but I also knew she couldn't read them well. I thought I would try out the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen with her. She loves techie tools. I made a vocabulary test for her, recording my voice reading the words on one side and the definitions on the other. She had to match them, but could listen to me read them as many times as she wanted. She got 100% correct! She was so excited! I let her record her voice saying, "I got 100!" It was so cool. I ran around the school showing my principal, the special educator, and the speech teacher. Amazing! I knew that the pen is a must have for special education, but I also know there are many more things I can use it for. If she can do that with really difficult words, how many more words could she learn? What about sight vocabulary? How may more practices would it give her? WOW!

--Karen Dux, teacher, Jefferson Intermediate, Fairbury, NE

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I loved the pen; it was awesome! I used it in a co-taught math classroom to take notes and then link the notes to our blog. I even taught a couple of students to use the pen to take notes, when I was not in class. They loved using it, plus they were more conscious about taking notes and making sure they were complete. Students were able to access the notes when they were absent, at home for a review, or even during their study period on the blog. It allowed me to print notes for Resource students and provide a written copy for their notebooks. I'm disappointed that I have to return, but will be visiting with my principal about purchasing at least one if not more. I would love to have a pen available for each of the three grade levels here.

--Bonnie Feeney, teacher, Madison Middle School, North Platte, NE

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