I am amazed, Daniel! Johnny Lee's videos using the Wii were fantastic! Nancy E. Hultquist Brandon Elementary School nhultquist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: owner-schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Daniel Howard Sent: Wed 12/26/2007 12:39 PM To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [school-discuss] FLOSS on Wii? I'll take that challenge! I've already proposed to Atlanta Public Schools and my daughter's principal and the teacher technology committee there to do just that. We were planning to buy a few projectors anyway, and all teachers now have laptops, so it seems ripe for a test. "Wiil" keep the group posted. Actually, just to be clear, a quick search of pricing seems to indicate that in quantity you can get interactive white boards for $1100 to $1500 (latter includes Promethean's ActivStudio software, e.g.). Since you need a good projector for the Wii solution as well, from where did the $5000 number originate? Since a Linux version has yet to be developed, I wonder how much we'd have to pay a student or consultant to develop one quickly? If the board really is $5000, seems like for that price we could get a Linux version done for us. Best, Daniel Yishay Mor wrote: > so here's a new year challenge: install one in your local school and > post a video on YouTube! > > On 26/12/2007, *James P. Kinney III* < jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 12:05 +0000, Yishay Mor wrote: > > Have a look at Johnny Lee's stuff. Pure genius: > > http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/ > > > > I imagine Prometheum is quaking in their gold-plated boots over this. > For the $5000 price of one Prometheum board, schools can get 7 complete > Wiimote boards with the XGA projector. > -- > James P. Kinney III > CEO & Director of Engineering > Local Net Solutions,LLC > 770-493-8244 > http://www.localnetsolutions.com > > GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) > <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7 > > > > > -- > ___________________________ > Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab > http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html > http://yishaym.wordpress.com > https://www.linkedin.com/in/yishaymor > http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com > +44-20-78378888 x5737 -- Daniel Howard President and CEO Georgia Open Source Education Foundation -- This message has been scanned by the Securiant SpiderISA for spam and viruses, and is believed to be safe and clean.
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