Most ipads and tablets have a great built-in camera. The Little Prompter can slide neatly over your ipad’s center-mounted camera lens, so the camera can look through the Little Prompter’s glass. You still need a smart device with a teleprompter app to rest on the Little Prompter’s tray, and be able to stand your ipad up, but the Little Prompter is definitely able to help you have a flawless delivery using your ipad or tablet!
Often ipads have a wide field of view, too, so you’d need to zoom in slightly to avoid seeing the inside of the teleprompter. If your camera app doesn’t allow you to zoom, consider an inexpensive alternative app such as Camera Zoom 4 + Video Zoom . . . just $1.98 on the app store.
Dann is Carleton College's Media and Design Specialist, where he works directly with faculty to develop digital instructional tools that meet their pedagogical needs. He has an MFA in Digital Cinema, a BSED in English and Theatre Education from the University of South Dakota, and a certificate in Online Education from UW Stout. Prior to joining Carleton's staff, he taught communication, theatre, and video production for approximately 15 years while working as a professional actor and director--appearing in over forty national and regional commercials and directing and editing dozens of videos and musicals.
Dann’s MFA thesis project involved writing and directing an original, full-length musical, filming the entire development and production process, and editing it into an educational DVD entitled How to Write and Produce Your Own High School Musical. His DVD is currently being distributed by Films Media Group.
His focus in education has been developing effective lessons, studying the psychological impact of directorial choices within films, and engaging in the relationships that make education most powerful. His most recent endeavor is as the developer of the Little Prompter, a small teleprompter designed to help instructors easily create video for online delivery.
Dann has also presented at various national and regional educational conferences and is glad to have joined Carleton in 2014.
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