AL11 Make a wii Remote into a smart board - under $100

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Permalink Reply by _ on February 8, 2009 at 9:59am

Will this at all hurt my MarioKart racing times? My 3-year old is counting on his old man to keep unlocking the new karts and characters. It sounds way cool and innovative..can't wait to check it out.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas McLaughlin on February 9, 2009 at 8:30am

I hope not...I hope to see you there ...we are going to try to stream it on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/giorgi-live

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Permalink Reply by Diane Nicolo on February 8, 2009 at 10:29am

Hi Tom,

I can't wait to see it! What software are you using? Did you use Johnny Lings or some other one? I have the equipment and now all I have to do is get the best software for it.
Thanks so much for offering this!
Diane Nicolo

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Permalink Reply by Thomas McLaughlin on February 9, 2009 at 8:32am

I am using Johnny's software and talking about the SMART board notebook program from SMART it can be gotten for free...Blue soil works well for the blue tooth interface... We will be also streaming live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/giorgi-live

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Permalink Reply by John Brougher on February 9, 2009 at 8:36am

I love the idesa of the Wii remote. I would love to learn more about the issues that you ran into when using it in the classroom. I have just demod a similar device called the onfinity and would like to know if the Wii remote just as nice of a solution.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas McLaughlin on February 9, 2009 at 11:40am

I have a smart board for real so i have not really used it but I have tried it in serveral presentaitons and as long as the screen is a wall and not a movable screen it works very well

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Emery on February 9, 2009 at 12:33pm

I have a SmartBoard also, but many of my teaching partners to not. We are actually moving away from buying SmartBoards and instead just buying more projectors. All classrooms have the SmartBoard and Notebook software already installed. This seems like a great way to get the benefits of an interactive whiteboard without the cost. I was unfortunately stuck out in the hall and then had the doors closed on us, so I was not able to hear the whole presentation.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas McLaughlin on February 9, 2009 at 2:54pm

We recorded it...its not great quality but I hope this helps

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1138453

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Mae on February 14, 2009 at 3:59pm

Took this workshop, and I have to say, not only was the information AMAZING, but the presenter was great! Can't wait to utilize this in my classrooms!

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Permalink Reply by MJOSmith on February 16, 2009 at 3:38pm

Hello,
I attended your workshop and I would like to explore the information further. I tried to get to your website for the wiimote but it looks like the link is inoperable. Can you check this please?

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Permalink Reply by Thomas McLaughlin on February 16, 2009 at 9:06pm

My school district server is offline ...should be back up tomorrow

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