Zoom Reflectors

by | Oct 21, 2020

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sing John Umekubo’s (@jumekubo on Twitter) Pocket Document Camera design and Amazon boxes, Twila and Elisa Busby just finished cutting/scoring and gluing 120 reflectors for their Tucson, Arizona students. This device redirects a laptop camera from the student’s face to their keyboard, where they can set a paper to draw or write on.
Students can simply hold up a paper to show their work, but it requires a teacher to interrupt the work, break the creative flow, and move from a creative process to a presentation process. This handy mirror is easy to put in place when it’s time to get to work!
“No more holding up the papers trying to get them in front of the laptop camera. Now they can lay designs and work flat on the keyboard and we can see!”, says the duo.
The Tuscon school district will be remote for at least 1 month more and some kids for the whole year. These reflectors will be so helpful. Cost about 25¢ each.
This project extends beyond online-learning during the pandemic, because learning **with** computers and digital documentation is here to stay! Invest time and care into your online programs now, and carry them forward into the classrooms when we are all back together!

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