The Flex Cam
The Flex Cam is usually used for video conferencing or as an
attachment to a microscope to capture images for display on the computer screen.
This allows the user that has video capture capabilities in their computer to
digitize any images the camera takes. The Flex Cam can also display its image
directly into a television set. This in many ways replaces an opaque projector or
overhead and has
the added advantage that it can easily display 3D images in real time.
This is one example of how a science teacher has used
this piece of equipment to share materials with the whole class when she only had
This is Dawn Hester, a science teacher, sharing a book on Gargolyes after our
field trip to
the Washington National Cathedral. She uses the Flex Cam to display
the book on the television. This makes the graphics
easily visible to
every student in the room
This shows the book used to display on TV, via the Flex Cam.
This also shows a picture
of the television display.
Here Dawn shares Richard Macaulay's book Cathedrals. The TV display
is easy to see by all students. She can even point to different parts of
the book as needed. This will show up on the
Another science teacher used this to have students display the crystals
they grew. This allowed all the students to see what was going on in the front of
the room via the TV. It avoids having 30 students crowd around a display or having
materials passed around the room as the student was trying to give their report.