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<\/a>The Marine Military Academy is implementing the use of document cameras, projectors, and laptop setups this semester.\u3000Five document cameras with projectors were purchased this school year and installed in the English\u00a0 and Math Departments. \u00a0Teachers have welcomed the use of this equipment in their classrooms.\u00a0 A document camera<\/b> is one of the easiest and quickest ways to integrate technology into a classroom because very few special skills are needed to use this piece of equipment and they have such a variety of uses.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\nDocument Camera\u00a0Uses<\/h2>\n
Check out “58 Ways Teachers Use Document Cameras”<\/a> to see all the possibilities this asset possesses!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To learn more about the Marine Military Academy visit our website at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org<\/a> or request information admissions_form2.html<\/span><\/span> at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/MMA\/admissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marine Military Academy:\u00a0 Document Camera in the Classrooms The Marine Military Academy is implementing the use of document cameras, projectors, and laptop setups this semester.\u3000Five document cameras with projectors were purchased this school year and installed in the English\u00a0 and Math Departments. \u00a0Teachers have welcomed the use of this equipment in their classrooms.\u00a0 A document […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-technology"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12713,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/12713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>During a lesson, teachers easily switch back and forth between the document camera<\/i> and the computer. Teachers easily transition from PowerPoint presentations to guided practice worksheets, sample essays, passages, and grammar exercises. This one piece of classroom technology can be used to actively engage students in the learning process. A computer connected to the internet can provide a wealth of supplemental material for daily lessons and be displayed for the entire class using the document camera<\/u>.\u00a0 Due to the growing number of visual learners at MMA, this technological aid is essential to the academic growth of our students.\u3000Additionally, students confidently share their own work with the rest of their peers by creating and presenting PowerPoint presentation projects.\u00a0 On a practical note, the new equipment eliminates the need for scanners and cuts back on the need for copies saving valuable time and paper. Instead of copying 30 quizzes for a class, place a copy of the quiz under a document camera and have students answer the questions on a sheet of paper.\u00a0\u00a0 Schools are always looking at ways to maximize the financial resources that are available and the Marine Military Academy <\/a>is no different, saving can be allocated to other\u00a0means to enhance education.\u00a0 Considering the cost of\u00a0 other options, such as Smartboards, put the document camera and projector into a price range that is easily affordable during these times and allows the Academy to expand technology throughout the school.<\/p>\nClick Document Camera<\/a> to learn more.<\/h3>\n