{"id":371,"date":"2010-03-17T12:54:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danreetz.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2010-03-17T13:01:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T18:01:41","slug":"diy-book-scanner-visits-st-annes-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danreetz.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/17\/diy-book-scanner-visits-st-annes-school\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Book Scanner Visits St. Anne’s School."},"content":{"rendered":"

My nephew asked me to be his show-and-tell a few weeks ago. I finally made time to visit him today. The visit was a total success. I presented the DIY Book Scanner project to kindergarteners, 4th graders, and 5th graders. <\/p>\n

I kept the scanner in its bag, and asked the class for help unpacking it.
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The response was pretty enthusiastic. \ud83d\ude09
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Every student got to scan a page from a book. This was Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are.
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The 4th graders were super-attentive. They got the idea of book freedom and scanner utility immediately. They asked great questions, including my favorite (“Have you ever made any stuff that was a mistake or didn’t work?”) — I answered, explaining that I was actually showing them the three or four successes I’ve had among hundreds of failures. They got it, immediately.
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More. Look at those smiles.
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The best thing was having them help handle and assemble the machine. They were totally fascinated with the laser-cut wood, understood that the camera control was something special, and were able to operate the scanner immediately.
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Hands-on. The only way to show the scanner.
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And Ben in front of the scanner. Thanks for inviting me, Ben. I had a great time. Can’t wait to go to Surplus with you this afternoon.
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And thanks to Sarah, for having me, and for taking these pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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