Tuesday, July 6, 2010

E.L.M.O Is Popular With All Ages

When I first heard of the E.L.M.O., I immediately thought of the character from Sesame Street. I thought, how could Elmo help teach students of all ages? After doing some research, I found that the E.L.M.O. could be very valuable in the classroom.

The E.L.M.O (Electric Light Magnifying Object) is a popular document camera used in education.It is much more advanced than an overhead projector that used to be popular for classroom instruction.
Document cameras are the latest electronic imaging devices which can be used to display real three dimensional objects, pages from a book, artwork, etc. They can be very useful for stimulating students and keeping them engaged in lessons. The E.L.M.O. helps teachers deliver visually enticing lessons that keep all eyes firmly fixed on learning. It is especially helpful when grouping objects or concepts into categories such as parts of speech.

One of the benefits of using a document camera is that it can effectively allow students to easily view details of two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects which would otherwise be very difficult for the students to see. The E.L.M.O. can display three-dimensional objects from any angel.

The E.L.M.O. has a portable remote referred to as "Frosty" because it is white and shaped like a snowman. The remote allows the teacher to highlight important details, shade, zoom, brighten or dim the screen from anywhere in the classroom.

I think the E.L.M.O. is a very useful instructional aid and presentation aid in education.

2 comments:

  1. This tool sounds amazing! I have never really heard much about E.L.M.O. until reading your blog post. I, being a visual learner, think that this could help all different students progress in the classroom. In school I struggled some because I was such a visual learner that if I couldn't see something it was hard to learn the material. I think this is a great idea and will help so many people! I would definitely use E.L.M.O in my classroom!

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  2. I have never heard of this either. E.L.M.O. seems to be very interesting. I would like to get the chance to use it and see how exactly it works. Like Alayna, I too am a visual learner, and from the sounds of it, I wish my schools would have had this resource. Hopefully we get to use it one day, and potentially use it in our classrooms.

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