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YouTube Pattie Maes: Unveiling game-changing wearable tech

22 Apr, 2009

From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Cell Phone| Emerging Technology| Math| News

http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/
A conversation about integrating student cell phones into classroom curricula.

01 Mar, 2009

Poll Everywhere – Text your response

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Cell Phone| Emerging Technology| Fine Arts| Math| Response System| Web 2.0| World Languages

http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It’s the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print — anywhere. It can help you to raise money by letting people pledge via text messaging. Its simplicity and flexibility are earning rave reviews.
Poll Everywhere [...]

30 Jan, 2009

Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Emerging Technology| Interactive Whiteboard| Open Source| Presentation

Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/245
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/


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