Link: Samsung's Android-based 7-inch Galaxy Tab |
- Link: Samsung's Android-based 7-inch Galaxy Tab
- EduTech: ClassDroid, Collaborative PrimaryPad, Android Apps - Lots of Possibilities!
- Future of Screens, Interactive Video Research, XNA 4.0 Multitouch, Pogue's Recent Post
| Link: Samsung's Android-based 7-inch Galaxy Tab Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT I think that Galaxy Tab would be great in educational and healthcare settings! Do More on the Go with the GALAXY Tab™ According to the Samsung website, the 7-inch Galaxy tablet will be available through AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon. It has a a front facing camera and a rear facing camera, which can be edited within the system. It supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1, a variety of HD video content formats, and apps from the Android Market. It accepts a variety of input interactions, including SWYPE. Here is some information from the website: "With 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth® 3.0, the Samsung GALAXY Tab takes mobile communication to a whole new level. By combining Samsung innovation with the Android OS 2.2, the Tab is truly an always on communication and entertainment tool. Its large battery (4,000 mAh) provides more than 7 hours of movie viewing time and because it's powered by a Cortex A8 1.0GHz application processor, it's designed to deliver high performance." http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com   | ||||
| EduTech: ClassDroid, Collaborative PrimaryPad, Android Apps - Lots of Possibilities! Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:42 PM PDT ClassDroid is an application designed for Android-based smartphones. It lets you take a picture of the student's work, or of the student, or anything else, and instantly upload it to the student's on-line portfolio. ClassDroid is available for free from the Android Market. According to Johnny McClear, the app "supports images being stored on the wordpress site which can be accessed through a web browser on any web-enabled device. Parents and pupils can then view their work and grades online." UPDATE ClassDroid might be a great app for the new Android-based Galaxy Tablet:  Credit: Reuters/Thomas Peter Samsung launches Galaxy tablet for U.S. market (Reuters, 9/16/10) SAMSUNG: Do More on the Go with the GALAXY Tab Here is a demo video of ClassDroid: PrimaryPad is a "web-based word processer designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real time". Primarypad - Etherpad Guide from ian addison on Vimeo. PrimaryPad is a clone of EtherPad, a web-based collaborative word processor application that is now part of Google. It is similar to PiratePad, which is powered by EtherPad. The EtherPad code is open source and can be found at http://code.google.com/p/etherpad/ Additional information can be found at http://etherpad.org/ Exciting Ways to Use Primary Pad in the Classroom Primary Paint goes public Beta! (Primary Paint is part of Primary Pad, I think.) RELATED John McLear's School Technology Top 10 Google Android Apps for School #education (John McLear) Richard Byrne's blog: Free Technology for Teachers http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com   | ||||
| Future of Screens, Interactive Video Research, XNA 4.0 Multitouch, Pogue's Recent Post Posted: 19 Sep 2010 12:12 PM PDT Here are a few topics and links of interest: THE FUTURE OF SCREENS, CIRCA 2014 If you haven't seen this short video clip, take a look. It was created by TAT MobileUI, and includes examples of how screen interaction can take place across a variety of surfaces and settings. "This is the result of TAT's Open Innovation experiment. It is an experience video showing the future of screen technology with stretchable screens, transparent screens and e-ink displays, to name a few." TAT MobileUI TAT stands for The Astonishing Tribe. According to information from the TAT website, "TAT is a Swedish software technology and design company offering products and services that differentiate and enhance the user experience of portable devices. TAT is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, and has local offices in Korea and USA." Ola Larsén, the Vice President of Marketing at TAT, recently spoke at the ARM Multimedia conference in Taiwan, focusing on UX trends and tablets: "Enabling a cross device connected user experience". To dig deeper, see the original post in Gizmodo and take a look at the comments: The Future of Screens Circa 2014 (Kyle VanHemert, Gizmodo, 9/1/2010) INTERACTIVE VIDEO RESOURCES/EXAMPLES I have a need to create "touchable" interactive video, and I plan to share what crosses my path on this blog from time to time. Over the past several months, there has been some growth in the world of interactive video. The information below is just a beginning: Interactive Video Research Thanks to a link from Johannes Schöning, I learned about the Dragon project, headed by Dr. Jan Borchers of the Computer Science Department at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. I haven't yet explored the research or used the application, which can be downloaded from the Dragon project website. Description (from the Dragon website): " DRAGON is a direct-manipulation interaction technique for frame-accurate navigation in video scenes. This technique benefits tasks such as professional and amateur video editing, review of sports footage, and forensic analysis of video scenes." "By directly dragging objects in the scene along their movement trajectory, DRAGON enables users to quickly and precisely navigate to a specific point in the video timeline where an object of interest is in a desired location. Examples include the specific frame where a sprinter crosses the finish line, or where a car passes a traffic light." "DRAGON is a research project by Thorsten Karrer, Malte Weiss, Moritz Wittenhagen, Jan Borchers and others at the Media Computing Group. It is funded in part through the German B-IT Foundation and the UMIC DFG Excellence Initiative." Related Publication (more can be found on the Dragon website) Christian Brockly. Evaluation of direct manipulation techniques for in-scene video navigation. Master's thesis, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, February 2009. 
Demonstration of Drag Video Function (Bluebell Inventions) I'm continuing my search for examples of the use of interactive video in education- particularly video produced for larger touch-screen displays or IWBs. INTERACTIVE MULT-TOUCH GAMES SUPPORTED BY XNA 4.0? Shaun Hargreaves Explains It All: Touch input on Windows in XNA Game Studio 4.0 DAVID POGUE'S RECENT POST & COMMENTS FROM HIS READERS RELEASED TOO SOON (David Pogue, NYT, 9/16/2010) Since most of my readers are interested in emerging technologies, I thought I'd share a link to one of David Pogue's recent posts. David Pogue knows what he's talking about. He's a guy who keeps up with new technologies better than most. In the article, Pogue discusses his review of a new product, Vulkano, which was designed to record TV shows and also provide a means to watch shows via the internet. Although his post focuses on the problems that can ensue when a product is marched to market before it is ready, the best part is the conversation generated by his post about this problem. Pogue's comments struck a chord among people across a range of industries. The comments should be must-reads for university students preparing for careers in the world of business and technology! http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com   |
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