Some excerpts from SmartDesks.com — my thanks to Mr. Cal Keen at Calvin College for these resources
Nice elevated flooring design here:
Addendum later on 7/18/11:
RTS game runs on a 20 foot-wide multi-touch LCD wall — from gizmag.com by Pawel Piejko
From DSC:
What about if others from another college, university, school, etc. could partake in this as well?
Some items re: Blackboard’s announcement of their Collaborate product:
Telepresence in the classroom: Enhancing breadth and depth of learning — from Cisco by Kerry Best
Excerpt:
All of a sudden, the classrooms lost their walls, and prior geographic and instructional limitations ceased to restrict learning.
INFOCOMM/ORLANDO, Fla. – (June 15, 2011) – Christie, a global visual technology company, today unveiled the newest members of its Christie® MicroTiles™ solutions family, the Christie® i-Kit touch interactivity kit, powered by Baanto™ ShadowSense™, and the Christie® JumpStart software and media server, both on technology preview at the Christie InfoComm booth #2127 through to June 17.
Also see:
Example shown above from Weill Cornell Medical College
Announcing the Cisco umi Mobile App for iOS and Android–– from Cisco by Gina Clark
Excerpt from Cisco (emphasis DSC):
Today, I’m pleased to announce a new addition to the umi family — the Cisco umi mobile app is now available for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices.
The umi mobile app is a cool new way for umi subscribers to access video messages and recorded videos on the go. In addition, you can use your mobile device’s touchscreen to add/edit contacts easily with the onscreen keyboard, or even as a remote control for umi on your HDTV.
Relevant addendum later on 6/16/11:
Telepresence no longer just for the board room – New Cisco value-priced endpoint makes widespread enterprise adoption more affordable — from Cisco
Enhances “any to any” interoperability; Makes Telepresence conferencing easier, smarter and more cost effective to deploy
ORLANDO, Fla. – June 14, 2011 – Cisco today introduced a number of new telepresence products and enhancements as part of its collaboration portfolio designed to give customers new ways to simply, quickly and cost effectively scale telepresence throughout their organizations. The advancements also enhance “any-to-any” interoperability between Cisco TelePresence® endpoints and any standards-based devices, and make the telepresence experience even more intuitive with user-friendly features and capabilities.
From DSC: It would be sharp (and somewhat James Bond-ish) if you could take the concepts within the iTable from Kyle Buckner Designs.com…(esp. motorized parts and a customizable design)
…and combine those concepts with concepts found within a Microsoft Surface type of table: (esp. multi-touch capabilities for a group of people to work collaboratively on)
…and combine those concepts with concepts found within Steelcase’s Media:Scape product… (esp. the ability to bring your own device and instantly “connect” it and press a puck-like device to begin displaying it on the screen/table)
…kinda gives us a flavor for what may very well be part of the integration and continued convergence of devices…and it may be a device in your living room or study.
The Future of Work, NYC — from conversationagent.com by Valeria Maltoni
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Tonight, I will be engaged in a Podio conversation kicking off a series on the future of work with fellow professionals and globetrotters Marcia Conner and Jennifer Magnolfi in New York City.
Moderated by Stowe Boyd, the session will cover several questions on how social media is impacting the world of business on the inside.
In Boyd’s own words:
[…] As our work becomes more social, more mobile, and increasingly channeled through mobile, social ‘work media’, what is the relationship between workers and business?
What will ‘workplace’ and ‘at work’ mean when people work in many locations and increasingly lose the distinction between work and leisure time?
How can business rethink the workplace in light of the primacy of social network-based communication and collaboration?
I’ve been living these questions for most of my career in corporate America.
Next-Gen Classrooms: Aces of Space — from CampusTechnology.com by Jennifer Demski
Four schools use cutting-edge design principles and technology to create next-gen learning spaces, with a focus on collaboration and student engagement.
