The world is not enough: Google and the future of augmented reality — from TheAtlantic.com by Alexis C. Madrigal
The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world?
Also see:
On 10/27/2012,
in 21st century, Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, emerging technologies, future, Google, innovation, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Special Education and the Common Core — from goalbookapp.wordpress.com
Excerpt:
The three strategic initiatives below are the most fundamental initial steps to fulfill the promise of this new change:
- Special Educators Trained in Common Core Standards and Curriculum
- Standards Aligned IEPs
- General Educators Trained in Universal Design for Learning
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- Goalbook Nabs $915K From NewSchools & More To Help Teachers Transform Special Education — from techcrunch.com by Rip Empson
Excerpt:
With the new infusion of capital, the startup plans to develop a “Goal Bank,” or a repository of individual goals (aligned with Common Core State Standards) that will include assessments, instructional resources and videos, that is designed specifically for special education teachers.
On 09/26/2012,
in 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Free 123D Catch app makes your iPhone a 3D scanner — from singularityhub.com by Jason Dorrier
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Excerpt:
In three years 3D scanners have gone from $30,000 to $3,000 to—$0.00?! AutoDesk’s free 123D Catch app is now available for the iPhone and iPad. Users can take up to 40 pictures, upload them to the cloud, and receive a digital 3D model. Simply, 123D Catch is a free handheld 3D scanner as mobile as you are. Coupled with 3D modeling software and 3D printing services, Autodesk aims to bring 3D fabrication to the masses.
If you’re an architect or manufacturer or computer animator, chances are you already know Autodesk. Their 3D modeling software AutoCad—first released way back in 1982—is near ubiquitous in the professional world. But not so much at home.
Addendum on 10/4/12:
- The Morning Briefing: The era of 3D printing — from smartplant.com by Charlie Osborne
Compare web-based response systems –– from PollEverywhere.com
Comparison includes:
- Poll Everywhere
- Socrative
- Top Hat Monocle
- SMSPoll.net
- ClickerSchool
- Text The Mob
- Shakespeak
Also see:
- Study examines usage of clickers in college environments — from technapex.com by Brent Hannify
Aerohive enables every enterprise to support Apple AirPrint and AirPlay with free Bonjour Gateway software
Innovation that changed the BYOD market is now free
Excerpt:
Sunnyvale, Calif. —September 17, 2012 — Aerohive Networks™, the pioneer in cloud-enabled enterprise networking infrastructure, today announced they are giving away a free, downloadable version of Aerohive’s Bonjour Gateway solution. Bonjour®, (or Zero-Configuration Networking,) is used to configure services like AirPrint™, AirPlay®, and file sharing. Aerohive’s Bonjour Gateway was released in July as a standard feature in Aerohive APs, but with today’s announcement the Bonjour Gateway is now available as a free VMware virtual appliance. This enables Bonjour services across large enterprise wired and wireless networks even in networks without any other Aerohive equipment.
Also see:
| Aerohive’s Free Bonjour Gateway | The Techvangelist Aerohive’s Bonjour Gateway was released in July as a standard feature in Aerohive APs, but with today’s announcement the Bonjour Gateway is now available … techvangelist.net/aerohive-bonjour-gateway |
| Aerohive’s Free Bonjour Gateway Aerohive’s free Bonjour Gateway is software that runs on the customer’s installed VMWare infrastructure. It enables management and control of Apple’s … info.aerohive.com/Free-Bonjour-Gateway-Info.html?source… |
| Aerohive: Free Version Of Bonjour Gateway For Apple Environments Aerohive launched the Bonjour Gateway as a way to enable Apple wireless functions such as AirPlay and AirPrint to run easily across those networks. www.techinvestornews.com/…/aerohive-free-version-of-bonjo… |
| Aerohive: Free Version Of Bonjour Gateway For Apple … – CRN Wireless LAN specialist Aerohive is making available a free version of its Bonjour Gateway for solving Apple-related BYOD challenges. www.crn.com/…/aerohive-free-version-of-bonjour-gateway-fo… |
| aerohive bonjour gateway | EDUCAUSE.edu http://www.networkcomputing.com/data-networking- management/aerohive-does-an-end-run-around-apples-b/240007438. Trent Hurt CWNA … www.educause.edu/discuss/…/aerohive-bonjour-gateway |
On 08/30/2012,
in corporate / business world, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, education technology, entrepreneurship, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, reinvent, staying relevant, student-related, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
![The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - The Siege of Academe [Kevin Carey]](http://danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/TheSiegeOfAcademy-Sept2012.jpg "TheSiegeOfAcademy-Sept2012")
Excerpt:
The ongoing carnage in the newspaper industry provides an object lesson of what can happen when a long-established, information-focused industry’s business model is challenged by low-price competitors online. The disruptive power of information technology may be our best hope for curing the chronic college cost disease that is driving a growing number of students into ruinous debt or out of higher education altogether. It may also be an existential threat to institutions that have long played a crucial role in American life.
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From DSC:
If higher ed doesn’t respond more forcefully/significantly to the perfect storm it finds itself in, people will find other ways of getting employed and staying employed. The conversation continues to move away from institutions of traditional higher education (here’s but one example). Control is an illusion.
On 08/28/2012,
in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, emerging technologies, health, innovation, nursing, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
IBM working on Watson app for smartphones — from extremetech.com by Sebastian Anthony
Excerpt:
After conquering Jeopardy, battling patent trolls, and chasing down health insurance fraudsters, IBM now plans to bring Watson to smartphones. Watson is an artificial intelligence that is capable of answering very complex questions using natural language answers. In essence, IBM is hoping to build a better, faster, and more professional/enterprisey version of Apple’s Siri, the voice-controlled assistant that debuted on the iPhone 4S.
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Watson, come here: A clue to cancer! — from jumpthecurve.net by Jack Uldrich
Excerpt (emphasis DSC; regarding the video there, I don’t think we can so easily access/create/contain “wisdom”):
Last year, I published my top ten trends in health care. Number Five on the list was “artificial intelligence.” Specifically, I addressed the ability of IBM’s “Watson” supercomputer to revolutionize diagnosis.
Well, the folks at Memorial Sloan-Kettering have now hired Watson. If you’re in the healthcare industry, I can’t encourage you strongly enough to watch the following two-minute video because it points toward the future of cancer diagnosis.
As one of the physicians says in the video, “This is beyond evolutionary, this is revolutionary!” He goes on to add, “This could totally change the way we conduct medicine.”
The zEC12 aims to do what “private clouds” do faster, better, and cheaper.
Excerpt:
IBM would like big enterprise customers to reconsider that whole distributed “private cloud” thing and go back to the original big data solution: mainframes. Today, IBM unveiled the zEC12, its next generation of the System Z mainframe platform. And like the Borg, IBM is hoping that companies will let the zEC12 assimilate their virtualization environments into a big, black cube.
Active in Cloud, Amazon reshapes computing — from The New York Times by Quentin Hardy
Excerpt:
SEATTLE — Within a few years, Amazon.com’s creative destruction of both traditional book publishing and retailing may be footnotes to the company’s larger and more secretive goal: giving anyone on the planet access to an almost unimaginable amount of computing power.
On 08/16/2012,
in innovation, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Dockem’s Koala Wall Mount for iPads is innovative — from macobserver.com by Nancy Gravley
Excerpt:
There are a lot of reasons why Apple customers would like to mount their iPad on the wall, and Dockem has created an aesthetically pleasing mount in the Koala Mount.
Koala Mount holding an iPad with Apple Smart Cover folded back
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iPad luxury accessories by STRUT –– from justluxe.com by Katie Smith
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Photo Courtesy of STRUT
On 08/15/2012,
in blogs / blogging / vlogging, collaboration, education technology, instructional design, pedagogy, podcasting, RSS, social learning / networks, tools, vendors, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
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While on their website, be sure to see information concerning Campus Pack from Learning Objects:
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On 08/09/2012,
in A/V -- audio/visual, Bring your own device (BYOD), collaboration, corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, interactivity, learning spaces, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, tools, using teams, vendors, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
The ability for students to contribute content and instantly share that content would be great! Not just display it, but share it! These are the types of concepts, tools, and technologies that I enjoy pursuing as they facilitate learning and collaboration. They have applications not only in K-20, but in the corporate world as well. (I realize there are some issues to work through with virus detection and potential copyright infringement.)
Speaking of not only displaying files but sharing them as well, it seems like this may be possible with Steelcase’s upcoming FrameOne with media:scape — when combined with HD videoconferencing. But I’m not positive about that.
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On 07/24/2012,
in Apple, Bring your own device (BYOD), corporate / business world, expectations, interactivity, IT in HE, K-12 related, learning spaces, smart classrooms, student-related, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
Aerohive ships Bonjour Gateway, an Apple mobile device management enrollment solution and 2 new 802.11n Access Points — from marketwatch.com
Excerpt:
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jul 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Aerohive Networks, the pioneer in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled enterprise networking, today announced the general availability of its HiveOS 5.1 and HiveManager 5.1. These new upgraded systems provide several significant enhancements including Bonjour Gateway and recently announced JAMF Software Mobile Device Management (MDM) integration for more granular control and management of customers’ BYOD dilemma and advanced reporting dashboards to help reduce troubleshooting.
In addition to the release of 5.1, Aerohive is delivering two new 802.11n access points (APs): AP121 and AP141. Designed to provide greater throughput and coverage, these two new APs are offered at a cost-effective price point ideal for education, healthcare, retail and distributed enterprise environments.
Cisco to unveil Apple Bonjour gateway for enterprise WiFi networks — from techworld.com by John Cox
Cisco joins rivals in giving Apple’s discovery protocol enterprise behaviours
Excerpt:
[July 24] Cisco plans to add code to its wireless LAN controllers to make Apple’s Bonjour-based technologies like AirPlay and AirPrint better behaved on enterprise networks. The code will turn the controller into a Bonjour gateway, and couple this with policy-based end user privileges. For users, this will mean that Apple clients will be able to find and access network-attached AirPrint printers, Apple TVs and the like on different subnets, so everything will just work as it does on their own home networks. A second expected result will be a big decrease in the amount of Bonjour-based discovery traffic that today is putting a heavy load on enterprise nets teeming with Apples MacBook laptops, iPhones, iPads and more.
ARUBA AIRGROUP™: Get your Wi-FI ready for AirPrint and AirPlay
Making AirPlay, AirPrint work in large scale WLANs — from community.arubanetworks.com by genieki
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From DSC:
I hope to use these sorts of tools to enable students to seamless contribute content to the classroom-based discussions. However, this IT-related item is not just relevant to the K-12 and higher ed worlds, but also to the corporate world as well.
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