Conference Talk

After attending FETC 2012 in Orlando and TCEA in Austin, I came away with a fresh wind of perspective as the 2012 ed-tech conference season got under way. A strong document camera technology presence was the most visible and thriving component of the educational exhibit halls at these conferences.  Strong new players joined the existing market leaders, stepping up to compete with the interactive whiteboard (IWB) crowd. The bottom line: the document camera market is growing, getting smarter, and maturing. And that's because the document camera is clearly loved by teachers.


By the way, I am scheduled to again deliver my popular 2 -hour workshop, Cultivating Your Donkey Cam Kung Fu, at the Colorado TIE Conference in Copper Mtn,  June 19-21. Be there if you can.

It's All in the Touch

Vidifox PV 700ST

It's the new kid on the block, sort of. Vidifox manufactures Optoma document cameras and two of the Buhl doc-cam models (the VP 25 and the VP 35). But at FETC and TCEA, they showcased their own line of products.  Vidifox has just introduced a portable document camera with a built-in touch sensitive 7" tablet. This new portable document camera works with a computer, but doesn't require a computer.  It allows users to annotate and archive up to 400 annotations on board, retrievable through a flash drive or computer.  See this press release for further information.