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I am excited to announce a new feature on my blog today called " The AssistiveTek Minute ." Each week, I will highlight a piece of assistive or educational technology that I have found to be innovative and useful in the classroom. This week in the  " The AssistiveTek Minute, " I highlight the Franklin AnyBook Reader an easy to use reading tool to engage students in the reading process.  If your company is interested in sponsoring the  "The AssistiveTek Minute then please get in touch with me- it is a great way to get the word out about your company and products. The video was produced using an Apple iPhone 4S and the Swivl

I would like to thank the folks at Satarri, Inc for sending me the Swivl to review, which arrived this past week. The Swivl is an innovative product for the iPhone 4, 4S and iPod Touch 4th generation that lets you capture video without the need for a camera-person. The Swivl is comprised of two different units-the Swivl base and the Marker. The Swivl base is a motorized turret that houses your iPhone and allows the base to communicate with the Marker which can follow your movements as you record. Set up was a breeze at the company provided a Quick Start Guide that got you up and running quickly. To get started I downloaded the free Swivl app to my iPhone 4S, placed the provided batteries (nice touch) into the Swivl base and Marker and then seated the iPhone on the Swivl base and plugged in the connector. I powered up the Swivl base and the Marker, opened the Swivl app and hit the record button to start the video recording. As I moved around the Swivl followed me which made rec...