Anonymity in the Real World
This video is of a group that explored something very interesting with regard to identity in real spaces. You can read for yourself the details of their project on the Vimeo page and on the workshop page, but the gist…
Christen Bouffard
Christen in an instructional designer, Google Certified Apps for Education Trainer, and has worked at eCampus for 15 years. She values inquiry and ingenuity as tools for remaining an effective lifelong learner, and is most excited when engaged in discovering novel answers to unique problems.
Edupunks Guide as a Web Site
Anya Kamenetz’ EduPunks Guide ebook is now available as an easy to navigate web site. So many inspirational ideas in there.
It’s Baaack
Delicious is back and touting a new feature called Stacks that may prove useful when creating collections of linked resources – wherever that may be needed. More importantly, their teaser video for this new feature asks a burning question,…
Wacom’s Latest – Inkling
Wacom’s Inkling is the latest Wacom pen technology, and allows you to draw and sketch on any paper surface while recording your pen strokes. The recordings can be transferred to your computer where they are converted into vector drawings. The…
Alternatives to the Singularity -OR When Grumpy Futurists Get Bored
Spotted linked in a post on the Institute for the Future Web Site, a presentation of Alternatives to the Singularity. I guess we’re all bored with the regular Singularity at this point.
Layar Vision
Layar has announced their new Layar Vision, which allows mobile devices to see virtual interactive information overlaid on IRL objects. Watch the video to see what that means. Among other things, it essentially jumps past the convention of scanning codes…
Internet Speedtest for iPad/iPhone
Lots of popular internet speedtest sites use flash to visualize the results of their tests, which presents a problem for iOS users. Of course, there’s an app for that – in fact, there are many. Speed Test by Ookla provides…
Publishing an AR Layer with Hoppala
I’ve been experimenting with creating augmented reality layers in my free time, what little there is, and in the past few days I’ve finally been able to pull something together fairly quickly thanks to Hoppala. Hoppala makes the process of…
Augmented Reality in Plain English
AR in Plain English Yes, you knew it was only a matter of time before Commoncraft explained AR in their friendly and succinct style. The above video lists some generic applications of augmented reality mostly relying on data overlays. Apps…