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The $50 interactive (wiimote) whiteboard with our Edusim - as intuitive as a Promethean as far as I could tell

Added by Rich White on January 15, 2008 at 2:11pm — No Comments

Free Edusim Training at Greenbush Education Service Center Feb 22nd from 9:00 - 3:00

Free Edusim Training at Greenbush Education Service Center Feb 22nd from 9:00 - 3:00

I will be doing an introduction to Edusim on the interactive whiteboard & How to build a simple lesson in Edusim for your IWB

We will also being giving out the first 2 Edusim training booklets.

Send me an email (rich.white@greenbush.org) if you are coming (and include your name) and we will get you on the roster.…

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Added by Rich White on January 15, 2008 at 10:38am — No Comments

Edusim Day & Night : Earth & Moon Lesson Available for Download

http://edusim3d.com

Added by Rich White on January 14, 2008 at 6:48am — No Comments

Edusim - 3D interactive whiteboard lessons : Fun With Colors (now available for download)

Grab the lesson @ http://edusim3d.com

Added by Rich White on January 7, 2008 at 7:18pm — No Comments

Edusim Interactive Whiteboard Butterfly Lifecycle Lesson is available for download

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Added by Rich White on January 4, 2008 at 9:57pm — No Comments

Edusim 3D Quick Start Guide Videos - 8 Minute Lesson & Quick Frog Parts

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Added by Rich White on December 30, 2007 at 7:53pm — No Comments

Why Should We Learn By Doing? - Schools competing for students imaginations

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… Continue

Added by Rich White on December 26, 2007 at 12:37pm — 1 Comment

Stream live video from your phone - to the world

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 !

Added by Rich White on December 26, 2007 at 11:41am — No Comments

Smarttech meets with Greenbush to discuss Edusim - 3D environments on interactive surfaces

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… Continue

Added by Rich White on December 20, 2007 at 6:55am — No Comments

Edusim leads others to try Croquet/Virtual worlds on surfaces (kinda)

Edusim leads others to try Croquet worlds on surfaces (kinda)

http://www.edutechie.com/2007/12/haptic-novint-falcon-navigates-virtual-space

Our plans for haptics in Croquet have not gone un-noticed either ! …

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Added by Rich White on December 18, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

6th graders colonizing Mars

Added by Rich White on December 17, 2007 at 7:24pm — No Comments

eBeam turns a regular monitor into a touch surface

eBeam turns a regular monitor into a touch surface … Continue

Added by Rich White on December 14, 2007 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Edusim Anatomy World Lesson is ready for download !

http://edusim3d.com

Added by Rich White on December 11, 2007 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Using a $50 Wiimote to turn your wall into an interactive whiteboard

I really want to see http://Edusim3d.com with this hack… Continue

Added by Rich White on December 10, 2007 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Edusim at this years Midwest Technology Conference - St Charles Mo.

We have been invited by SmartTech to do an Edusim Demo at their booth at the Midwest Technology Conference (http://www2.csd.org/metc2008.htm) if you are interested in see some of the new stuff - http://edusim3d.com - we also have a new support frum here - http://edusim3d.com/forum

Added by Rich White on December 6, 2007 at 10:42am — No Comments

Waterworld for your interactive Whiteboard

Edusim Waterworld Lesson is updated and ready for download at http://edusim3d.com

Added by Rich White on December 3, 2007 at 11:59am — No Comments

WOW - 3D internet QUCIKLY approaching

Amazing conf. call today ... big announcement on Dec. 10th here - http://www.opencroquet.org ..... will definitely shape the future of the 3D internet.

Added by Rich White on December 1, 2007 at 1:37pm — No Comments

The Future of Direct Manipulation Immersive Environments in the k-12 Classroom

Some of my ramblings regarding my work on "Direct Manipulation Immersive Environments in the k-12 Classroom" for students

Here are the big broad strokes of where I would like to go with the Edusim project in time (and other projects like it).

Focus & Criteria:

LOW Cost, Low Barrier, 3D, Small Footprint, Natural, K-12, Immersive, Direct Manipulation, Multi-User

Edusim generation 1 (current development)

* Surface devices… Continue

Added by Rich White on November 30, 2007 at 1:39pm — No Comments

The long awaited Yahoo for teachers is now available

the long awaited Yahoo for teachers is now available ! -- http://beta.teachers.yahoo.com ---- message me for an invite !

Added by Rich White on November 30, 2007 at 11:37am — 1 Comment

Ultra-mobile internet devices coming soon to a school near you - Android brings the tools to you 700 MH spectrum brings the network

Internet blocking will soon become nearly impossible. Time to start teaching appropriate use.

[via http://www.computerworld.com] Google is prepared to bid on its own without any partners (in January 2008), the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The newspaper said Google is working out a plan to finance its bid -- which could run to $4.6 billion or higher -- that would rely on its own cash and possibly some borrowed…

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Added by Rich White on November 26, 2007 at 7:06pm — No Comments