While trying to print a word document last week, I learned about the glories of the SMARTnotebook capture. It shows up as a printer option – and I’ve always just clicked cancel. Well SURPRISE! The notebook capture does just that – it copies the document into the SMARTboard software as an image. This is HUGE [...]
Things are going more smoothly with the MacBook and the SMARTboard software now that I removed the old version and installed the newest one. I’m hoping everything went according to plan and the newest version of the software is also installed on my classroom computer. I’m waiting for a switch so I can have both [...]
All the parts are in and I’ve had a little over a week to play with the system. I’m working on a detailed write up and video of everything I have learned so far, but it’s going to take me a while to polish the document and video. Until both are ready I thought I [...]
Off course he gave a talk ;) Also, if you haven’t seen them already, I recommend checking out the video responses to his original YouTube post.
After a bit of my own research and reading over some great info supplied by the five STJA students working on the project, I went head and ordered enough equipment to construct two Wii remote multi-touch whiteboards. Yay. 2 Wii Remotes: These items are rather key. ($39.98 each from antonline.com) Nyko Wii Remote Charing Station: [...]
What we think of as a smartboard is simply a surface that tracks a writing tool. Traditional smartboard surfaces can easily cost $1,000+. What if you could track a writing tool for $50? Check out the video posted right here. The phenomenal Johnny Chung posted all the software he wrote along with detailed instructions on [...]