Interactive whiteboards
Now that we have USB2VGA adapter support, has anyone tried an XO with an interactive whiteboard? These things are in every classroom here in Australia. I understand that there are different models that each work differently, and their proprietary nature makes compatibility even more difficult. I've had some success in the past using a normal laptop and Sugar on a Stick, but because we didn't have the manufacturer's software we couldn't calibrate the input to the display. Sridhar Dhanapalan Technical Manager One Laptop per Child Australia M: +61 425 239 701 E: srid...@laptop.org.au A: G.P.O. Box 731 Sydney, NSW 2001 W: www.laptop.org.au ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Interactive whiteboards
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan srid...@laptop.org.au wrote: Now that we have USB2VGA adapter support, has anyone tried an XO with an interactive whiteboard? These things are in every classroom here in Australia. I understand that there are different models that each work differently, and their proprietary nature makes compatibility even more difficult. I've had some success in the past using a normal laptop and Sugar on a Stick, but because we didn't have the manufacturer's software we couldn't calibrate the input to the display. I seem to remember Fedora has tools for communicating and calibrating at least one type of interactive whiteboard and as a result for those models it would be a matter of adding the appropriate packages into the builds. Doing a quick google it seems that quite a few of the IWB's do have various support for Linux including Fedora so support would be possible without too much problem and in this case its likely best for the local teams to add appropriate support into their local builds. Of course a list of models that the schools use in Australia would help making recommendations as to the best route to support. Peter ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Interactive whiteboards
I think the best way to use an interactive whiteboard is to use Sugar as a VirtualBox guest in full screen mode. I would not expect to use an XO ... schools with interactive whiteboards tend also to have far better laptops and computers available for teachers to use. For learner display via interactive whiteboard, I suggest learner laptop screen shared to teacher computer. VNC and the like. I can probably get access to an interactive whiteboard at my local primary school, but I don't have any USB2VGA adapter. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
