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Its Taking Awhile …. But were Getting There: Collaborative Technologies in the Classroom

Apr

2011

For nearly 12 years now I have had a very deep interest in the possibilities of collaborative web technology in education. When I started creating these tool of my own 4-5 years ago a few of these technologies seemed obvious to make their way into the mainstream classroom (eventually o.O), namely open source educational software, ...

The Mobile Immersive Learning Lab 2.0 (CAVE for the Classroom) 3

Apr

2011

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The Mobile Immersive Learning Lab 2.0 (CAVE for the Classroom) ================================================== 3 X http://us.toshiba.com/tv/3d/65ul610u (3 X $4,500) 1 X http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/ (1 X $300) 1 X http://www.apple.com/macbook/ (1 X $1000) Estimated total: $14,800 ================================================== The visualization software we use are open source applications called Opensim & OpenCobalt

Scratch Education Day – Topeka Video 1

Nov

2010

If you missed Scratch Ed. Day in Topeka, fear not ! We recorded all 5 hours of it for your viewing pleasure ! Video of First half Video of Second half

A Few (biased) Immersive Education Observations From the Field: 2

Nov

2010

A few (biased) observations from the field: The ability to provide a rich contextual learning environment IS the primary affordance these 3D immersive environments provide (I strongly contend) …. and that highly immersive rich contextual learning environment, combined with visual hardware (ala a Mobile Immersive Learning Lab to provide even ra richer sense of “being ...

Greenbush Labs Turns 5

Oct

2010

5 years ago next month Greenbush Labs was launched. Greenbush Labs was started as a platform for me to log notes, evangelize the knowledge management affordances of the newer (at the time) Web 2.0 technologies, and to “brain dump” innovative educatioanl technologies. Over the past 5 years it has grown to serve as a broader ...

Crowd Accelerated Innovation – the power of online video

Sep

2010

The Edusim project has certainly been a benefactor of the “Crowd Accelerated Innovation” & the power of web video. TED’s Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation — a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But ...

A Good Day for 3D Immersive Touch

Aug

2010

Two storys today regarding “3D immersive touch” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edusim) . Providing more indications to me that our 3D immersive touch and Edusim projects (now running on 4 years) were right on target with regard to where this technology will some day lead. Touching the 3D virtual learning objects as we would any natural object, and ...

Secondlife Teen Grid Closing – Opensim & Cobalt useage expected to balloon

Aug

2010

Secondlife Teen Grid Closing As many seen years ago, the only real solution for virtual worlds are those based on open platforms, especially where education is concerned. The real solutions are still proving to be Opensim/Wonderland/ and Cobalt based soluations.

3D Immersive Touch User Interface – The Growing Use Cases

Jul

2010

As the year pass and the Edusim & Immersive Touch UI matures more interesting use cases for the 3D immersive touch user interface are starting to emerge beyond education and the classroom. Below is a group using the interface for collaborative city planning & layout !

Virtual Worlds and Advanced Visualization in the K-6 Classroom

Jul

2010

I have been giving this presentation for several years now, here it is again with its latest updates:

Scratch & Legos WeDo – A Simple Example

Jul

2010

In this very simple example I created a Scratch object that monitored the volume from a mic & when the volume exceded a set mark, would trigger the WeDo motor to turn a fan. More about Scratch here http://scratch.mit.edu More about Lego WeDo here http://legoeducation.us

Three Years Ago Last Week – The “3D & Mobile for Education” Post

Jul

2010

Its been almost exactly three years now since the “3D & Mobile Road Ahead” Post … and this is as (or more) relevant as ever. Though the graphic is showing its age (It was developeed before the Iphone, and well before Secondlife had anywhere close to 1 million users), the rate of change we are ...

Android App Inventor, Scratch, & The Android Tablet Touch Lab

Jul

2010

I was very excited to learn of the new Android App Inventor Application today, primarily because of the possibility it holds for putting simple developer tools into the hands of students to CREATE their own gadgets and tools. The App Inventor interface is very very similar to the kids development tool “Scratch” from MIT. I look ...

More AR Goodness – This time from ReadWriteWeb

Jul

2010

Via Read Write Web Using quick response (QR) codes, a camera is able to detect which page the student is on and can display supplementary 3D materials. The student controls the experience by presenting one of three business card-sized QR codes that either activate or advance a sequence of models for each page. They can get ...

3D, Haptics, and Advanced Classroom Visualization with the Interactive Whiteboard 1

Jun

2010

.. An overview of my relevant blog posts on the subject over the past 5 years:http://roots.greenbush.us/?s=3D+whiteboard … in particular: MERGING AND EVOLVING – INTERACTIVE SURFACES AND 3D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

Scratch on the Mobile Device (Android?)

Jun

2010

…. Very Intrigued by this (Scratch on the mobile device) http://llk.media.mit.edu/projects.php?id=1974 Also … a bit of work yesterday in the lab with Scratch and the WeDo Lego set. http://twitpic.com/1tbdwi http://twitpic.com/1tbrmr http://twitpic.com/1tbudm

Lego WeDo and Scratch: Part 2 Getting Scratch & Enabling the WeDo Block 1

Jun

2010

Feynman: Take the world from another point of view

Jun

2010

Pt 1: Pt 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnzB_IHGyjg Pt 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOghidK2TY Pt 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvqwm6RbxcQ

The Tangible User Interface

Jun

2010

Operating the virtual world – as you would operate the real world !

Collaborative Touch Lab 1

Jun

2010

Expanding on several conceptual frameworks of the Immersive Learning Labs (ala Jan-2010)