Aruba MOVE delivers high-quality video simultaneously to 100 iPads in a single classroom at the University of Ottawa — from ArrubaNetworks.com
Multimedia applications included Apple Facetime and AirPlay, Blackboard Mobile™ Learn, Distribution Access Learning, HaiVision and Turning Technologies

Excerpt:

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 13, 2011 – Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) today announced that it and several application partners delivered the next-generation classroom experience at the University of Ottawa. Validated by the university information technology (IT) department, the classroom experience consisted of six leading multimedia educational applications delivered to 100 iPads, concurrently. Each of the applications was delivered simultaneously to all 100 iPads with the highest quality and without any noticeable jitter, delay or frame loss. 100 percent of the iPads passed the multimedia Service Level Agreement (SLA), as measured by VeriWave WaveInsite, which was also used to objectively verify sustained performance of 1Mbps of multimedia streaming to each iPad.

From DSC:
I think there may be something here for the Smart Classrooms of the future. I can’t help but think of some of our courses in astronomy, for example, and that I think that sometimes we are using the wrong technologies to display images and videos to our students. Without investing an enormous amount of money on very high-end projection systems, we lose too much detail with a variety of images that feature galaxies, constellations, etc. with a projected image.

What about if a student could control where they want to zoom in on an image — and not lose any resolution or brightness? What about if they had such high res images available for viewing directly on their iPads? Sounds very interesting to me.

Also see:

  • Haivision Acquires KulaByte and MontiVision; Forms Internet Media Division
    Haivision driving toward $50 million revenue with new division combining Internet streaming and cloud transcoding to enable over-the-top media delivery
    MONTREAL and CHICAGO
    July 21, 2011  Haivision Network Video, a leading provider of the most advanced video networking, digital signage, and IP video distribution solutions, today announced that it has acquired both KulaByte Corporation of San Marcos, Texas, and MontiVision Imaging Technologies based in Germany. The technologies of both companies, including advanced encoding, transcoding, cloud computing, and workflow solutions, will be combined to form Haivision’s new Internet Media Division.

 

 

Some excerpts from SmartDesks.com — my thanks to Mr. Cal Keen at Calvin College for these resources

 

Equator™ Conference Table

 

Equator™ Conference Table with Wings Raised

 

MacTable™ for iMac and Mac Pro Computers

 

 

Quark™ Mobile Computer Table

 

 

Collab Tables by CBT SMARTdesks installed in Learning Center Studio Space

 

Nice elevated flooring design here:

 

Nice raising flooring example from SmartDesks.com

 

Addendum later on 7/18/11:

 

  • Get the Most Out of Your Learning Space — from Chief Learning Office by Natalie Morera
    Corporations can learn much from higher education institutions when it comes to utilizing physical learning spaces. When used properly, they can facilitate better learning.

 

RTS game runs on a 20 foot-wide multi-touch LCD wall — from gizmag.com by Pawel Piejko

A graduate student has developed an RTS game played on a 20-foot wide LCD multi-touch wall...

A graduate student has developed an RTS game played on a 20-foot wide LCD multi-touch wall
(Image: University of Illinois)

From DSC:
What about if others from another college, university, school, etc. could partake in this as well?

 

 

Rat Stands releases versatile new iPad stand– from PadGadget.com by Lory

Excerpt:

The manufacturer of high-quality professional music stands, Rat Stands, has just announced the  release of their newest creation, The Z3. What makes this new music stand so special is that it is an iPad stand. Created specifically for the iPad to hold the tablet at standing level heights, the Z3 is a versatile and lightweight mechanism for holding your tablet so that you don’t have to.

 

Rat Stands Releases Versatile New iPad Stand

Nice! Adidas France – 3D Mapping Projection — from narrativenow.com by siobhan

 

Adidas France 3D Mapping Projection -- incredible creativity and innovation!

 

From DSC:

Incredible creativity and innovation in this event/piece. Are we fostering this type of creativity in our schools/classes/curriculums?



 

 

 

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LG EzSign TV

 

 

Digital signage meets television

 

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Forget the next iPhone, your next TV will be on the Internet — from forbes.com by Brian Caulfield

Excerpt:

It looks like we’ve reached an inflection point for Internet-connected televisions. Forty-seven percent of all flat-panel televisions shipped worldwide in 2015 will have some form of Internet connectivity, up from more than 25% today tech tracker DisplaySearch said Tuesday.

 

ACU’s Learning Studio – Great Learning Spaces — from design 4 learning by Chris Johnson

 

Learning Studio room

Learning Studio room

 

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Sony camcorder has a projector for viewing 60-inch videos — from dvice.com by Raymond Wong

 

Sony camcorder has a projector for viewing 60-inch videos

 

Required features of video wall controllers — from videowalls.org

 

 

Video in the emerging connected home -- upcoming report from Informa

 

From DSC:
Again, keep in mind that though this trend mainly relates to entertainment-oriented applications (as of mid-2011), educationally-related applications will be able to leverage these sorts of trends, technologies, and platforms.



12 Trends from Cannes 2011 - from The Social Practice

 

  1. Social TV
  2. Digital storytelling
  3. HTML 5 and the rise of web apps
  4. Collaboration and co-creation
  5. The power of real-time
  6. The rise of social business
  7. Designing for networks and understanding social spread
  8. Seamless integration across devices
  9. The power of the tangible / creating social objects
  10. The rise of the tablet
  11. Getting creative with players and browsers
  12. Socially connected objects

 

See also:

Reflections from DSC (additional emphasis by DSC):

I ran across Braden Kelley’s posting over at Blogging Innovation that’s entitled, “An Innovation Perfect Storm? In that posting, Braden lays out a powerful vision that he’s had for at least 2 years:

I believed two years ago and still believe that what the world needs is not more smart devices, but more flexible and plentiful dumb devices that are driven by the one smart device to rule them all – an extensible smart phone that can not only drive multiple display and input devices wirelessly, but also augment its processing and storage capabilities via wireless devices or the cloud.

Besides mentioning Motorola’s Atrix, RIM’s Blackberry Playbook , and Nintendo’s WiiU, Braden focuses on Apple’s product line. But later on in his posting, he provides a link to Teq’s WiD410 product — a conference room flat panel solution:

 

TEQ AV/IT June-2011 -- might be a part of the future smart classroom

 

Braden’s vision caused me to piggyback on my vision for what I’d like to see in our Smart Classrooms — the ability for students to quickly and easily project/”play” their content for others in the class to see — without interrupting the flow of the class.

This concept holds true for corporate conference rooms & training centers as well.

 

Addendum/see also:

 


 

 

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