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Document Cameras
A current technology that has emerged in the last few years that shapes learning or productivity in my industry is the document camera. The document camera is a technology that stemmed from a previous technology, the overhead projector.
The document camera allowed for the same usages a chalkboard or whiteboard would allow, but it provided an easier and faster way for whole group instruction to occur. Some problems or challenges that have been associated with the document camera’s technology are the limitations associated with using the camera. It does not have much features on the camera itself. The camera also is not a stand-alone device. It needs a computer for it to work and to control all the other capabilities it has. The technology would be better if it had more capabilities of it’s own and did not rely so much on the hook up to the computer. If not for the software on the computer, the document camera would not provide much benefit in education.
