December ← 2008 ← Greenbush Labs

Thank you to the Edusim community – Edusim year in review 1

Dec

2008

As a new year approaches I want to take the time to thank the Edusim community very much for being one the pioneers in what I believe will evolve over the next several years into one of the most exciting classroom technologies since the 16mm projector – that being peer to peer based virtual worlds ...

MOODLE’3D – A 3D Layer to the Moodle Interface 13

Dec

2008

I am currently putting together a technical specification document for a project I am calling “MOODLE’3D” that is a 3D layer to the Moodle interface where each student will come into their learning space “room” and be presented with a 3D version of a Moodle workspace for their class. My early thoughts revolve around a ...

Edusim Focus group – kids exploring the new Dino-World (under construction)

Dec

2008

The future of interactive surfaces & the “plausible interactive copy” 4

Dec

2008

My son and I were laying down to go to sleep and began discussing how people might interact with “objects from a distance” some day (or “plausible copies” of those objects). We discussed how it is now possible to “scan” a 3 dimensional object into data….. basically create a “bit copy” of the “atomic object”. ...

Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory PEOPLE

Dec

2008

- Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory PEOPLE ContentPack – People The package is here http://edusim3d.com/packs/ContentPack-People122208.zip

Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory BUILDINGS

Dec

2008

- Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory BUILDINGS ContentPack – Buildings The package is here http://edusim3d.com/packs/ContentPack-Buildings122208.zip

The “Mobile Immersive Learning Lab” Project 2

Dec

2008

Filed under “Exciting New Projects” but really an extension of Edusim (in the hardware space this time) – you will see me post more over the next several months of the “Mobile Immersive Learning Lab”. As I get nearer a prototype (than this very rudimentary design) I will post video and photos, but the concept ...

The Small (or Limited) Multi-user virtual environment

Dec

2008

The Small (Limited) Multi-user virtual learning environment

Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory AIR AND SPACE

Dec

2008

- Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory AIR AND SPACE MODELS ! ContentPack – Air and Space The package is here http://edusim3d.com/packs/ContentaPack-AIRandSPACE122008.zip

Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory DINOSAURS.

Dec

2008

- Open Cobalt-Edusim Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory DINOSAURS MODELS ! ContentPack- Dinosaurs The package is here http://edusim3d.com/packs/ContentPack-Dinosaurs121908.zip

Cobalt – Edusim edition, the interactive whiteboard, and the response system 2

Dec

2008

Below is a simple illustration of the Cobalt-Edusim IWB with response system. * As students are asked to “drive” given sections of the virtual world IWB lesson – the rest of the class can respond to teacher directed inquiry, and data collected, through the automated response systems.

Open Cobalt Model Package for updating your Content/Meshes directory.

Dec

2008

I created the first of what I hope are many .kmz & .zip (collada) packages for users to updated their “Content/Meshes” directories with. These are of good quality & all tested to load in Cobalt. The package is here http://edusim3d.com/packs/ContentPack121708.zip Thumbnails of each model in the package are here: http://edusim3d.com/packs/_ContentaPack121708_.png ======

Greenbush Content Live on your IPhone

Dec

2008

Via Mobile Crunch * GreenbushTV uses Ustream for live streaming of IDL & GB content * Ustream is starting to roll out clients for mobile devices – now the IPhone * Live streaming GreenbushTV & IDL to the IPhone need to start to figure this stuff out ==== this graphic is starting to show its ...

The Middle School Leadership Presentation Room on the Greenbush Grid

Dec

2008

The Middle School Leadership Presentation Room on the Greenbush Grid

The Age of Touch Computing on Slashdot

Dec

2008

I have heard this somewhere before Via: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F15%2F1614205&from=rss “In 2009, touch computing will go mainstream. More and more devices will be legitimately touch-enabled with gesture controls for browsing through photos, tossing objects around the screen, flicking to turn the page of a book, and even playing video games and watching movies. In fact, Gartner analyst ...

Virtual Worlds (1) Instructional Systems (2) Deployments (3) Use Case Example 1

Dec

2008

- I want to take the time to lay out the logic of virtual world (1) instructional systems (2) Deployment Considerations, and (3) a Use Case Example The (simple) logic of the 3 are contained in the following graphics: (1) instructional systems: (2) Deployment Considerations and Components: (3) a Use Case Example – Cobalt:Edusim on the ...

A perfect storm for virtual worlds in education? 1

Dec

2008

Virtual worlds for education may be finding theirself in the midst of a “perfect storm” - http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=56330 (Via eschool News). Duke University is about to embark on a heavily funded project for a virtual world assessment infastructure that should be of interest to virtual world developers as it lays out a national standardized framework for self assessing ...

Open Cobalt: Edusim edition – Alpha 08, Alpha 09, and Beta 01

Dec

2008

The next Alpha release of the Edusim project will be formally known as “Open Cobalt: Edusim Edition” – to more clearly define the relationship between Edusim and the Cobalt project. I hope to have the newer Cobalt code scaled down and bundled into the “Open Cobalt: Edusim Edition Alpha 08″ by the end of December ...

Mice and Keyboards are outdated for 3D virtual spaces

Dec

2008

Nice FastCompany Piece here Our interaction with technology is already more physical than typing and mice: Nintendo’s Wii is raking in the cash because the motion-sensing Wiimote allows for a degree of “natural” control over games that’s not been seen before. Apple’s iPhone and its laptops, incorporate multi-touch technology, making sophisticated command-interactions with the devices ...

Virtual World Assessment Infrastructure Workgroup at Duke University 1

Dec

2008

In North Carolina at the Virtual World Assessment Infrastructure Workgroup at Duke University again today and tomorrow. The group is laying some very interesting foundations for the eventual assessment infrastructure that will some day allow virtual worlds to be “self assessing” virtual worlds. Also got to see the immersive wall !