August ← 2008 ← Greenbush Labs

Greenbush Word Cloud from our “About Us Page”

Aug

2008

Educational technology takes center stage – Coming Soon: A National Center for Edtech Research

Aug

2008

Via PBS Teachers This past week, President Bush signed into law a bill that will establish a new national research center for studying digital technology and learning. The center aspires be to edtech what the National Institutes of Health have been for medical research. The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies ...

Successful projects require – the Maven, the Salesman, & the Connector

Aug

2008

Great piece from Lifehacker today Mavens are information specialists. They are the ones who tell Connectors about what’s hot. They always have the newest inside scoops on gadgets and specials. They tend to be creative. They tend to create and discover new things. The upside of Mavens is that they amass a vast store of ...

Nortel making progress on their virtual world web.alive

Aug

2008

Level the educational playing field by Freeing the Airwaves

Aug

2008

http://www.freetheairwaves.com/

Virtual Worlds on the Smartboard/Activeboard/Mimio/eBeam Interactive Whiteboards – Edusim turns 1

Aug

2008

- We launched the Edusim project approximatley 12 months ago – creating the first virtual world for the interactive whiteboard. The Edusim users group is approachng its 800 th member – our videos on TeacherTube & Youtube are approaching 100,000 views and virtual worlds are becoming bigger-quicker than ever imagined. This year we plan to ...

Open source, Choice, and early adopters

Aug

2008

“The idea with open source software is to allow early adopters access to the buggier pieces of code so they can help fix them or let people who want to wait for a solid release the ability to do that,” says developer Casey Borders. “The key is choice”.

Social networks for the enterprise

Aug

2008

Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.No, it’s not a real estate explosion. In industries from retail to high tech, banking and manufacturing, companies are increasingly building networks behind the firewall where employees can create profiles and connect with one another in ways first ...

As a new school year approach’s – look them in the eyes !

Aug

2008

GreenbushGrid Opensim Developments (as of 8-07-08) – Cells, Clouds, & Windmills 1

Aug

2008

“Opensim Kid Browser” is ready for Download

Aug

2008

Slims down default SL client menus making them much more Kid friendly – removes SL search – tweeks the pie menus to take out “remove cloths” options .A Mac & Windows version are both available. * Mac Kid Browser * Windows Kid Browser

The next 5,000 days of the web

Aug

2008

The web is roughly 5,000 days old – what should we expect in the next 5,000 days:

Using direct manipulation simulations to be a better surgeon

Aug

2008

In making another case for Edusim type virtual environments on direct manipulation surfaces here is a related story – Surgeons are using direct manipulation simulations (Wiimotes) to be a better surgeon – Via: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=6256882 Dr. Jeff Henke, a surgical resident at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, is playing games in hopes of becoming a better surgeon. The ...

Opensim virtual world “Opensim KidWorld Viewer”: a Greenbush Labs Project

Aug

2008

I am going to need to tweak the SL viewer a bit more for our GreenbushGrid Opensim Project to remove all irrelevant and un-necessary menu items. Especially many of the floating pie menus (related to clothing & edit functions). Ill post screenshots & links of the “Opensim KidWorld Viewer” as the Mac & Windows versions ...