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Rich?s Blog: The future of interactive surfaces in the classroom
2007-12-29 12:00:00
Wikipedia information Research has been carried out to track the worldwide Interactive Whiteboard market by Decision Tree Consulting (DTC) a worldwide research company * Interactive Whiteboards continue to be the biggest technology revolution in classrooms * Across the world there are over 750,000 boards installed * ...
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The future of interactive surfaces in the classroom
2007-12-29 07:00:00
Wikipedia information Research has been carried out to track the worldwide Interact ive Whiteboard market by Decision Tree Consulting (DTC) a worldwide research company * Interactive Whiteboards continue to be the biggest technology revolution in classrooms * Across the world there are over 750,000 boards installed * Over 3 million classrooms are forecast to have Interactive Whiteboards installed by 2010 * UK is the biggest market with annual sales of 100k and 300k boards installed in around 75% of classrooms * Mexico’s Enciclomedia project to equip 145,000 classrooms is worth US$1.8 billion and is the largest education technology project in the world
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Rich?s Blog: Why Should We Learn By Doing? - Schools competing for students
2007-12-27 01:32:00
[www.engines4ed.org] My Observations: The Kids got a Wii this Christmas - so we un-boxed and set it up. The graphics are not what PS3 and XBox has to offer - but the interface is amazingly intuitive. The kinetic/movement method to complete game tasks is amazingly powerful I have observed - Watching kids learn is an amazing experience … ...
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Rich?s Blog: Stream live video from your phone - to the world
2007-12-27 00:39:00
[www.qik.com] What's Qik all about? Go live with your life by streaming anytime, anywhere Â? right from your phone. Be an eyewitness, capture those first steps, or whip up your own streaming video blog. Very cool…. scary for schools !
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Why Should We Learn By Doing? - Schools competing for students imaginations
2007-12-26 20:32:00
http://www.engines4ed.org/hyperbook/nodes /NODE-224-pg.html My Observations: The Kids got a Wii this Christmas - so we un-boxed and set it up. The graphics are not what PS3 and XBox has to offer - but the interface is amazingly intuitive. The kinetic/movement method to complete game tasks is amazingly powerful I have observed - Watching kids learn is an amazing experience ... and devices like this have this sort of kinetic value that is hard to explain. The Natural input to explore and modify virtual objects seems so powerful as I watch the kids move in natural ways to accomplish virtual tasks. It seems Obvious physically touching the surface to move & interact with he objects are the next evolutionary steps - and perhaps a glove type of device to provide texture to those touched objects. As I watch it occurs to me that schools are in the business of competing for kids imaginations - and with devices like these game consoles in the home, that will be hard. If the prevailing vi...
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Stream live video from your phone - to the world
2007-12-26 19:39:00
http://www.qik.com/ What's Qik all about? Go live with your life by streaming anytime, anywhere — right from your phone. Be an eyewitness, capture those first steps, or whip up your own streaming video blog. Very cool.... scary for schools !
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Rich?s Blog: ImmersiveTouch - virtual environment, direct manipulation, nat
2007-12-22 07:08:00
- This is about as close as I have seen that combines ALL of the key elements that we are trying to emulate (at extremely low costs and obviously will not duplicate it exactly - this is very high end, but NOT multi-user !) with Edusim. Its called ImersiveTouch - [www.immersivetouch.com] As is posted here: [rich.greenbush.us]
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ImmersiveTouch - virtual environment, direct manipulation, natural input, &
2007-12-22 02:08:00
This is about as close as I have seen that combines ALL of the key elements that we are trying to emulate (at extremely low costs and obviously will not duplicate it exactly) with Edusim. Its called ImersiveTouch - http://ww.immersivetouch.com
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Rich?s Blog: Smarttech meets with Greenbush to discuss Edusim - 3D environm
2007-12-20 19:52:00
Smarttech made a visit to Greenbush Dec. 19th to observe the Edusim project - and discuss the possibility of bringing it (or something very similar - possibly a Qwaq forums service) into the Smarttech suite of products. The Edusim work is helping not just students, and teachers envision the potential of 3D virtual environments as ...
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Smarttech meets with Greenbush to discuss Edusim - 3D environments
2007-12-20 14:52:00
Smarttech made a visit to Greenbush Dec. 19th to observe the Edusim project - and discuss the possibility of bringing it (or something very similar - possibly a Qwaq forums service) into the Smarttech suite of products. The Edusim work is helping not just students, and teachers envision the potential of 3D virtual environments as learning tools, but the hardware makers also are imagining what a classroom might be like with robust Edusim like lessons on surfaces and 1:1 student tablets in the classroom.

Rich?s Blog: Interactive Surfaces are to 3D spaces what a mouse is to the G
2007-12-20 08:10:00
"Interactive Surfaces are to 3D Spaces What a Mouse is to the GUI" The importance of touch: [en.wikipedia.org] Gibson (1966) defines the haptic system as "The sensibility of the individual to the world adjacent to his body by use of his body". The haptic perceptual system is unusual in that it can include the sensory receptors from the ...
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Interactive Surfaces are to 3D spaces what a mouse is to the GUI
2007-12-20 03:10:00
"Interact ive Surfaces are to 3D Spaces What a Mouse is to the GUI"

Rich?s Blog: Edusim leads others to try Croquet worlds on surfaces (kinda)
2007-12-19 11:49:00
Edusim leads others to try Croquet worlds on surfaces (kinda) [www.edutechie.com] Our vision for haptics in Croquet/Virtual Environments have not gone un-noticed either ! [rich.greenbush.us] Though our belief that touching the interactive whiteboard surface is haptic in nature (that it provides touch feedback) in and of itself - the need for the future surface to provide more feedback ...
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Technology trends - education - and why it matters ****
2007-12-19 11:19:00
When todays student’s are tomorrow adults, technology literacy will be (is) as important as any skill they can learn in school today - what are the trends likely to bring to them? (1) 700 mhz auction - will ensure low cost wireless broadband internet connections to everyone with a device. (3) “Touch & multi-touch” surfaces will not ...
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Rich?s Blog: Live streaming video - from your cell phone - to grandma and g
2007-12-19 10:42:00
[www.flixwagon.com] With a 3G/WiFi mobile phone & Flixwagon (IPhone anyone?) - you can stream live video to the world - from your phone - Grandma and Grandpa need not ever miss another pee wee soccer game (though arguing with the ref will be a little more difficult for Grandpa)
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Edusim leads others to try Croquet worlds on surfaces (kinda)
2007-12-19 06:49:00
Edusim leads others to try Croquet worlds on surfaces (kinda) http://www.edutechie.com/2007/12/haptic-n ovint-falcon-navigates-virtual-space Our vision for haptics in Croquet/Virtual Environments have not gone un-noticed either ! http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry= entry071108-194251 Though our belief that touching the interactive whiteboard surface is haptic in nature (that it provides touch feedback) in and of itself - the need for the future surface to provide more feedback via mini electrical pulses would highten the user/educational experience Or via a haptic stylus like the one we covered a few months ago - http://www.merl.com/projects/hapticstylus
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More on technology trends - education - and why it matters ****
2007-12-19 06:19:00
When todays student's are tomorrow adults, technology literacy will be (is) as important as any skill they can learn in school today - what are the trends likely to bring to them? (1) 700 mhz auction - will ensure low cost wireless broadband internet connections to everyone with a device. (3) "Touch & multi-touch" surfaces will not only make an impact on the new phones - but surface in general will be smarter - walls, tables - allowing direct manipulation of virtual objects - and my belief is un-wavering that virtual environments will ultimately benefit most by the direct manipulation surfaces (as they become main stream and abundant). (4) Hardware will become smaller, more powerful, and we will become more dependent on our tiny communication devices (5) Content is either mobile - immersive - or convenient ======
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Live streaming video - from your cell phone - to grandma and grandpa
2007-12-19 05:42:00
http://www.flixwagon.com With a 3G/WiFi mobile phone & Flixwagon (IPhone anyone?) - you can stream live video to the world - from your phone - Grandma and Grandpa need not ever miss another pee wee soccer game (though arguing with the ref will be a little more difficult for Grandpa)
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eBeam turns a regular monitor into a touch surface
2007-12-15 01:17:00
eBeam turns a regular monitor into a touch surface Blog reactions: [technocoach.blogspot.com]
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eBeam turns a regular monitor into a touch surface
2007-12-14 20:17:00
eBeam turns a regular monitor into a touch surface
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Duke Receives Mellon Award for leadership and development work to advance C
2007-12-14 09:54:00
_ Via [jlombardi.blogspot.com] Today, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Duke University a $100,000 prize for leadership and development work to advance Croquet in the open source. The prize was one of ten presented as part of the second annual Mellon Award s for Technology Collaboration (MATC) which are given each year to notâ?�forâ?�profit organizations for leadership in ...
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Duke Receives Mellon Award for leadership and development work to advance C
2007-12-14 04:54:00
Via http://jlombardi.blogspot.com Today, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Duke University a $100,000 prize for leadership and development work to advance Croquet in the open source. The prize was one of ten presented as part of the second annual Mellon Award s for Technology Collaboration (MATC) which are given each year to not‐for‐profit organizations for leadership in the collaborative development of open source software tools with application to scholarship in the arts and humanities. Congratulations Julian ! Looking forward to more wonderful things from the Croquet Consortium !
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Rich?s Blog: TeacherTube - great resource for k-12 videos - and they Like E
2007-12-13 21:25:00
About a year ago we covered TeacherTube on Greenbush Labs [rich.greenbush.us] .. and we have grown to like it even more through the year… we have been sharing our Edusim experience via Teachertube… and they have been featuring our work.. to which we say Thank You! … So go check them out ! [www.teachertube.com]
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TeacherTube - great resource for k-12 videos - and they Like Edusim !
2007-12-13 16:25:00
About a year ago we covered TeacherTube on Greenbush Labs http://rich.greenbush.us/search.php?q=tea chertube .. and we have grown to like it even more through the year... we have been sharing our Edusim experience via Teachertube... and they have been featuring our work.. to which we say Thank You! ... So go check them out ! http://www.teachertube.com
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Rich?s Blog: Edusim Anatomy World Lesson is ready for download !
2007-12-12 11:05:00
[edusim3d.com] Video is here: [www.youtube.com] Blog Reactions: [blog.loaz.com]
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Edusim Anatomy World Lesson is ready for download !
2007-12-12 06:05:00
http://edusim3d.com Video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vop7EqUpd 4 Blog Reactions: http://blog.loaz.com/timwang/index.php/20 07/12/12
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Rich?s Blog: The $50 interactive whiteboard - Hacking the Wii-mote has neve
2007-12-11 00:40:00
Wow … to think hacking the Wii-mote makes a $50 interactive whiteboard device… & with Edusim — What a low cost combination! Something I definately plan to tinker with ! [www.hackaday.com]
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Stars aligning for the ultra mobile internet revolution - starts other move
2007-12-10 22:51:00
_ As the stars start to align on the “ultra mobile internet revolution” a few things to monitor (1) 700 mhz auction - providers opening up their networks (past labs posts - [rich.greenbush.us]) (2) “gPhone” Android runs the new phone (Linux on the low end) (3) “Touch & multi-touch” starts in the phone - ends up everywhere - ...
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The $50 interactive whiteboard - Hacking the Wii-mote has never been cooler
2007-12-10 19:40:00
Wow ... to think hacking the Wii-mote makes a $50 interactive whiteboard device... & with Edusim -- What a low cost combination! Something I definately plan to tinker with ! http://www.hackaday.com/2007/12/09/wiimot e-projector-whiteboard/
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Stars aligning for the ultra mobile internet revolution - starts other move
2007-12-10 17:51:00
As the stars start to align on the "ultra mobile internet revolution" a few things to monitor (1) 700 mhz auction - providers opening up their networks (past labs posts - http://rich.greenbush.us/search.php?q=700 ) (2) "gPhone" Android runs the new phone (Linux on the low end) (3) "Touch & multi-touch" starts in the phone - ends up everywhere - tables spawn a new life ! (4) Small powerful cheap "mini-laptops" - roll over, start to crawl http://eeepc.asus.com (5) If its not mobile - its immersive (or its convenient)
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