The ¨Wii Board¨ features that interest me are: --Very inexpensive (have one in every room even in economically poor districts as long as has data projector) --Can project on a 10 by 7 foot screen so details are large enough for people in the back of class to see. I´ve heard that ActiveVIsion has a Linux version though don´t think it is open source and not sure if it´s working. If you get this working w/ Linux Christopher please post your experiences! David
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Christopher Chan < [email protected]> wrote: > David Groos wrote: > >> I'm not familiar at all with this software but have been thinking about >> something to work with this 'open source' interactive white board by Jonny >> Lee :-) >> > > ...yes, I have heard about the Wii Board and maybe I should try to set one > up at home on my Linux box too... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKCrGvShZs&feature=related < >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKCrGvShZs&feature=related> (please >> excuse the 20 seconds of ads at the start--it really is amazing, though, if >> you haven't seen it.) Would this software work with something like that? >> Not only is the Wii 'smartboard' extremely affordable, it solves the size >> limitation of smartboards and promeathean boards. Thanks, David >> > > Activstudio gives the teacher a whole lot more than just the 'Paint' > demonstration. As for head tracking...is there any school that has a VR > environment for their teaching purposes? > > Activstudio itself would most probably have worked fine with the Wii board > so the problem is not replacing the hardware. > > The problem is whether there is a software equivalent to Activstudio. > > But I will have a go at setting up a Wii board if any of them uber > expensive Promethean boards die. > > regards, > > Christopher > > >> >> That piece of software makes it easy for teachers to create content for >> use in their classes and can be used in tandem with a physical >> interactive whiteboard which allow their pupils/students to get >> involved. >> >> A powerful and easy to use content creation tool that is easily used >> with an interactive whiteboard can mean a lot. Not all teachers are >> going to want to use subject specific software. All teachers would >> however appreciate being able to make their own stuff for their >> classes. >> >>
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