Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Fly Pens

FLY Pens are one of the newest most innovative writing utensils on the market today. It is a bit bigger than a normal sized ink pen, but can do so much more!

FLY Pens are pentop computers that work on FLY Paper. It comes with its own LeapFrog software that can allow you to write anything you want, and it will be digitally transformed into a computer document. This is a great tool for English/Language Arts because it can be used when writing, and it is an efficient way of working.

Other than English classes, it can be great for mathematics classes too! Students can write out a problem and use their pen as a calculator. These pens have greatly enhanced the abilities of handheld classroom tools.

Example
http://edtech.wetpaint.com/page/Flypen

Tutorial
http://www.leapfrog.com/etc/medialib/leapfrog/fly/ffls_37735.Par.40053.File.tmp//Users/na/Desktop/Parent%20Guides/FFLS_37735_PG.pdf