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OutSMARTed
I just got a letter from SMART reminding users to only use their software with their hardware and not Restricted Products. Is the best approach to lock down their technology? Do they really have any other choice? Continue reading
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Smartboard Trials and Tribulations
Reflections on my Smartboard test-drive. The hardware is really good, as long as you don’t have to move it. Continue reading
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Mashable Interactive Whiteboard Activites
Several popular classroom games, most of which are customizable — they can be adapted to different topics, levels, and lists of vocabulary. Plenty of great options for Interactive Whiteboard users! Continue reading
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Zoom It with Sys Internals
ZoomIt gives you the ability to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around, and write on the screen. Could be useful with Wii-based interactive whiteboards. Continue reading
More Interactive Whiteboards, Please
Ivan and I presented the $50 Interactive Whiteboard to a standing-room-only audience of other teachers of English to speakers of other languages at Ohio TESOL this weekend. Not only have I now distributed all five from my original Ohio TESOL … Continue reading
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How do I know my IR LED works?
Look at it through your cell phone’s camera. What a great tip! 8 more can be found at Wiimote Project.com. I’m a little bit behind the curve on some of this stuff, but they’ve got great info on building IR … Continue reading
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Successful Deployment of Interactive Whiteboard
I got a chance to use the $50 Interactive Whiteboard in class today and it worked … eventually. I won’t say there weren’t challenges, but most of them were due to the fact that I had just downloaded everything to … Continue reading
Grant in Action – Bob’s Got One
I’ve been buying up parts galore for my $50 Interactive Whiteboard grant. Got 5 Wiimotes and am working on 2 pens for each. (I’ve bought up 2 Radio Shacks worth of infrared LEDs!) So far Bob and Ivan have theirs … Continue reading
Interactive Whiteboard Grant
Just got back from a weeklong family vacation and have good news: I have been awarded a $500 grant by Ohio TESOL to create 5 Interactive Whiteboard prototypes (5 cameras, 10 IR pens). So, I’ll have one in my classroom … Continue reading
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$50 Interactive Whiteboard Demo
Here is the video from my demonstration last week. I’ve included examples of interacting with web documents, text documents, hot potatoes activities, Google Maps, games, and more. I even gave Rob his Wiimote back and bought my own. (Thanks for … Continue reading
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