I can’t wait ’till this idea hits the shelves: it’s a keyboard-in-a-glove. The following podcast by Robert Scoble features the inventor of the mouse, Doug Engelbart. He’s showing off a keyboard replacement that uses a glove and a binary letter-coding system. [podtech content=http://media1.podtech.net/media/2008/01/PID_013327/Podtech_DougEngelbart2.flv&postURL=http://www.podtech.net/home/4864/meeting-the-user-input-visionary&totalTime=1806000&breadcrumb=9509f63cf2134c8e83725bb018c9f2b7] I teach keyboarding now and my middle school students always struggle with [...]
Archive for the ‘techie’ Category
Radio Shack’s new campaign, “Do Stuff” caught my eye tonight with a TV spot that combined a remote control truck, digital camera, and video iPod. RadioShack.com even has the project outlined under Caroling 2.0 howto on their website. What I like about this campaign: Cheeky (I think) use of the “2.0″ tag. Clever mashup. Instructions [...]
On the EDTECH mailing list, I recently offered the following advice to someone asking for a free hosting service for teachers: Any chance wikispaces or any of the free blogging sites would work? Unless the point is learning HTML, I find that either of these free options are excellent choices. They let the site builder [...]
