Visualizer
[1] [2] Visualizer may refer to:
- Visualizer (advertising), a special position in advertising to assist art directors in producing quick and good quality artworks for presentation
- Visualizer (education), a digital interactive teaching tool* Music visualizer, a feature found in some media player software
In a quick summary, “Visualiser” also called “Document Camera” and “Visual presenter” is a digital teaching tool that will allow instructors / students to display and share a much wider range of information to the whole class and bring lessons to life!
The visualiser/document camera is a cost-effective, time-saving, and easy-to-use ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) tool. Simply connect the visualiser/document camera with a projector or monitor or interactive whiteboard and just switch it on. All that’s left to do is to place the desired object under the camera.
A visualiser/document camera is an extremely flexible teaching tool which allows teachers or students to display just about anything from a piece of paper to a piano, in glorious color, or even a person in a room. You can point, annotate, zoom in and out, or get different views by turning the arm/camera-head of the visualiser/document camera. Its flexibility can also help to develop teachers’ and students’ creativities.
Why is the visualiser/document camera a favorite ICT tool for daily productive teaching? Because it is so simple to use for enriching lessons. Teachers do not need to waste their precious time on learning how to use this ICT tool so they can concentrate on planning lectures or spending more time with students.