The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen marries the digital technologies of a pen with an audio tape recorder to give students and teachers the capability to capture math notes in the classroom. Using the PaperReplay technology students can then listen to their teachers at the point in time that they recorded the notes in their notebooks. Livescribe Pulse Smartpen uses special paper notes books with million of imperceptible dots that knows where the pen is on the page. The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is an ideal tool in the classroom for note taking as well as for teachers that want to create pencasts so as to provide a model for students to solve math problems. Once the notes are captured students can replay the notes and hear their teacher step through a process. To watch a pencast in action click on this link.

• The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is an ideal tool for students who may have difficulty listening and taking notes simultaneously. It is also ideal tool for those students who may have dysgraphia. These students can be taught how to use keywords for note taking and then can use the PaperReplay feature to hear back what the teacher has said.  Teachers can also use the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen to create pencasts that can be uploaded to the web.