Not to be outdone by the current rage surrounding the homemade Wii remote interactive white board comes a homemade multi-touch surface. A simple webcam, a box, a piece of glass and tracing paper allows you to interact with your Windows machine through a multi-touch interface. These interfaces are being developed by a number of companies, [...]

Phun is an pretty impressive piece of software that provides users the ability design and explore 2D multi-physics simulations. You can create any shapes you like, and link them together with hinges, springs, or play with the density, friction, or mass of the object. As a simulator of physics it seems to do a pretty [...]

Google is hosting the Google Teacher Academy (GTA) at the Googleplex Mountain View, CA on June 25, 2008. It is a free event where tech savvy educators and professional developers can participate full-day workshop.
The GTA is an intensive, one-day event (8:30am-7:30pm) where participants get hands-on experience with Google’s free products and other technologies, learn [...]

I’d heard about this DIY interactive whiteboard project before, but hadn’t actually seen it in action. He used a Wii remote and a home made IR pen, and demonstrates drawing, multi-touch surface interactions, and amazing head-sensing safety glasses. After watching this video I think every school should pool the change they find in the halls [...]

I recently found 20 minutes to sit down and watch a TED Talk with Alan Kay, titled ‘A powerful idea about teaching ideas’. It is a talk given by Alan in March 2007, but just found its way online this March. I haven’t watched nearly enough content provided by TED, and plan to watch most [...]

Christopher Dawson, a physics teacher and contributer over at ZNet, has introduced twitter to his students and it’s not going so hot out of the gate. Half of the students get it, while half don’t — but the half that seem to ‘get’ it aren’t really using it effectively. With three twitter focused activities planned [...]