Google buys BumpTop: 3-D multitouch tablet interface on the way? –– from gigaom.com
On 05/20/2010,
in education technology, interaction design, multi-touch, technologies for your home,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/17/2010,
in Apple, multi-touch, multimedia, music, smart classrooms, technologies for your home,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/15/2010,
in multi-touch, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
Microsoft’s Deskerity Project combines the powers of pen, touch, gesturing, voice — from FastCompany.com via Mr. Yohan Na, Calvin College, Teaching & Learning Digital Studio
On 05/08/2010,
in A/V -- audio/visual, multi-touch, multimedia, presentations, publishing, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
This is where publishers need to go — at least as part of their delivery of educational content. Bring up a textbook, maneuver to chapter ___, and drag the video from the left side of the screen to the right side. Or drag an entire chapter to the right side of the screen to have that chapter unfold before your eyes — and then select the item you want to focus on. Drag your fingers to enlarge the graphics/graph/photo/table/etc.; when you are done discussing that item, shrink it back down, gesture it to the side, and go to the next item. Have the board take pictures accordingly and send those pictures to multiple sources.
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On 05/05/2010,
in higher education, K-12 related, multi-touch, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
This is the type of board — preferably a very large multi-touch surface — that I would
like to see in the Future Smart Classroom. That’s one big giant iPad/iPhone! 🙂
Beyond the iPad: Massive MultiTouch Displays Have Big Social Potential — from Wired.com [via touchuserinterface.com]
Apple appears to have been right in betting that people would embrace a big version of the iPod Touch; the increased sense of intimacy with no keyboard or mouse chaperons is palpable. But even larger touchscreens, like the one the Finnish company MultiTouch let us play around with last week, can track each fingertip of a large group of people — a key distinction that enables a more social set of behaviors, because multiple people can use them at the same time.
These screens maintain their sensitivity to touch even when mounted behind bulletproof glass up to one inch thick, which makes MultiTouch’s screens equally suited to the board room, a university lab or public displays. Though they are probably too expensive to put one in your home, unless your home has been featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous or Cribs.
Recommendation from DSC:
Investigate piloting a multi-touch wall in one of your smart classrooms. I am aiming for this — as it is nicely addresses multiple disciplines.
On 04/22/2010,
in art, computer science, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, economics, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, engineering, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, learning spaces, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, physics, programming, project-based learning, psychology, science, smart classrooms, sociology, storytelling, student-related, user experience (UX), virtual field trips, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
What sorts of cross-disciplinary assignments come to mind when you view these items?
- Visitors explore the electromagnetic spectrum on a custom 100? multitouch table
- AudioTouch Multitouch Audio Table
- MT 50 Multitouch Table
- Microsoft Surface – The Possibilities
- Innovative use of technology
- Interactive Retail Solutions
- “Holographic” Multitouch (Eatang Digital Technology)
- The Big Screens Show
- Touch Topics
- Multi Touch Music Wall
- Video-wall / Multi-display / Big Screen / Super Size Display
- How to Build a 20′ Multitouch Screen in 3 Weeks
- Interactive Storytelling on Microsoft Surface
- More Multi-touch: Multi-touch Table at Schlossmuseum Linz, by Struckt Design Studio (added 4/24/10)
For these and other reasons, I’m trying to get a multi-touch wall built into our future smart classrooms.
Talk about keeping students engaged! Talk about working together in teams — very real-world!
On 04/07/2010,
in multi-touch,
by Daniel Christian
Gartner: Most kids will use PCs with touchscreens by 2015 — Mashable
See also:
Gartner Says More Than 50 Percent of PCs Purchased for Users Under the Age of 15 Will Have Touchscreens by 2015
However, Fewer Than 10 Percent of PCs Sold to Enterprises in 2015 Will Have Touchscreens
On 04/07/2010,
in multi-touch,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/06/2010,
in multi-touch,
by Daniel Christian
