Rich White's Blog – October 2007 Archive (20)

Edusim Math World for WINDOWS is available for download!

http://edusim3d.com

Added by Rich White on October 29, 2007 at 6:22am — No Comments

Edusim Mars & Water World for WINDOWS are available for download

Edusim Mars & Water World for WINDOWS now also are available for download
(got the ready last night)
http://edusim3D.com

Added by Rich White on October 27, 2007 at 9:51am — No Comments

Edusim for WINDOWS (Intro World) - Is now ready for download

Edusim for Windows (Intro World) - Is now ready for download (let me know if you find bugs !)
get it here:
http://edusim3d.com/?page=parts.php&part=2

Added by Rich White on October 26, 2007 at 9:07pm — No Comments

Sliced bread - playing it safe - and staying ahead of the curve

Great Seth Godin Discussion: Seems to have some crossover in the classroom - keeping kids engaged and… Continue

Added by Rich White on October 26, 2007 at 9:28am — 1 Comment

Smart Technologies, maker of the SMARTboard, is showing Edusim on their boards at Educause (this week)!

Teachertube version - http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=858b741132fda313130c

Smart Technologies (maker of the Smartboard) is starting to show Edusim on their boards at trade show - starting this week at Educause in Seattle !

The above video is their… Continue

Added by Rich White on October 25, 2007 at 9:26am — No Comments

Great post from Julian Lombari's Blog Today - "More Bad Predictions"

http://jlombardi.blogspot.com/

Great Video… Continue

Added by Rich White on October 22, 2007 at 10:47am — No Comments

Sorting upper and lower case letters - Edusim lesson is now available for free download - pilot video on the way

Sorting upper and lower case letters - Edusim lesson is now available for download - more pilot videos on the way

http://edusim3D.com

Added by Rich White on October 21, 2007 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Lesson resource pack for the Edusim Math world sim was made available this morning

Math resource pack now available for the Edusim Math world
http://edusim3D.com

Added by Rich White on October 17, 2007 at 9:43am — No Comments

Duke University & the Croquet Consortiums Julian Lombardi previews the Edusim/Croquet Whiteboard Prototype

A great iece previewing the "Teacher builds a lesson" dome

http://jlombardi.blogspot.com

Added by Rich White on October 16, 2007 at 9:52am — No Comments

Math world sim added to the Edusim - lessons to follow

Math world added to the Edusim - lessons to follow
http://edusim3D.com

* Working on the Windows version now

Added by Rich White on October 14, 2007 at 7:22pm — No Comments

Give-mio and Mimio - what a great low cost whiteboard alternative !

Had a Mimio rep. drop in at Greenbush yesterday to show us their Mimio hardware, I was very impressed - we have SMARTboards and ActiveBoards - but for the price of the MImio ($500) I couldnt believe I had not seen one in a classroom yet (compared to around $3000 for the smart & active boards). You basically attach (with suction cups or a clap (I recommend the clamp)) to ANY whiteboard and (with your projector) turns your whiteboard into and interactive whiteboard (Its much more like the… Continue

Added by Rich White on October 13, 2007 at 7:14am — No Comments

Edusim teacher mini-grants coming soon

Mini-grants for the Edusim 3D environment lesson development are on the way - Ill report more as I hear it

http://edusim3D.com

Added by Rich White on October 11, 2007 at 7:46pm — No Comments

Todays pilot group (6th grade students) building a 3D virtual Mars colony using Edusim

Added by Rich White on October 10, 2007 at 9:04pm — No Comments

Google buys Jaiku - Microblogging on the rise?

Google buys Jaiku - Microblogging on the rise?

http://tinyurl.com/ywoh5z

“While it’s too soon to comment on specific plans, we look forward to working with our new friends at Google over the coming months to expand in ways we hope you’ll find interesting and useful. Our engineers are excited to be working together and enthusiastic developers lead to great innovation. We look forward to accomplishing great things together. In order to focus on innovation…

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Added by Rich White on October 9, 2007 at 11:35am — No Comments

Added by Rich White on October 6, 2007 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Our Pilot Group on the Promethean Board Today

Our Pilot Group on the Promethean Board Today.... What a day !

Added by Rich White on October 3, 2007 at 6:59pm — No Comments

Edusim gets a writeup on Mashable.com !

This evening the Greeenbush Edusim application got a writeup on http:/ww.Mashable.com !

http://mashable.com/2007/10/02/edusim/

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EduSim is a very cool whiteboard tool that incorporates a virtual, 3D learning environment for teachers and students, k-12. Built on the

open source virtual world software Croquet, EduSim offers a pretty

inclusive way…

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Added by Rich White on October 2, 2007 at 6:49pm — No Comments