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Walma Whiteboard – Virtuaalinen piirtopöytä verkossa
Osana tavoitettamme tuoda parempaa oppimista kouluille pyrimme etsimään ja kehittämään tätä tukevia työkaluja. Koulujen tablettihankintojen innoittamana kehitimme uudenlaisen virtuaalisen piirtoalustan verkkoon. Piirtoalustana se on kahdelta osin erityinen. Se on...
lue lisääTervetuloa messuosastollemme Educaan 27.-28.1.
Tervetuloa messuosastollemme (1b 31) Educaan 27.-28.1. Asiasta kiinnostuneilla on mahdollisuus vierailla perjantaina myös kabinetissamme (neuvotteluhuone 306). Kabinetissa esittelyssä mm. uusia ideoita opetuskäyttöön mahdollisuus tavata Opinsysin tuen ja kehityksen...
lue lisääNew experiment: Walma – Collaborative Whiteboard
Schools in Finland are buying tablets like crazy now. The weird thing is that nobody really knows what they are really good for in school environment, but everybody seems to see good potential in them. That's why we are also experimenting with tablets. This prototype...
lue lisääTesting some web-based services on the android tablet
In my aim to find an answer to the question: "can our teachers replace laptops with tablets?“ I've done a little testing. But before we look at that, let's just have a short look at the presumptions one could have about using tablets and that, in fact, I did have...
lue lisääTablets in schools – some thoughts on using them for writing
In this post I will deal with writing on the android -tablet, Acer Iconia 500 tab, I've been trying out for a about a week now. While I do this I'm projecting my mind, so to speak, into a classroom and school setting. When one is asked to evaluate a new thing, be it...
lue lisääAndroid tablets to be tested
Why is someone interested in the possibilities of using tablets or pads in education? Well, it's novel. New technology and tools that let's the user access and do stuff with digital data in new ways is interesting. Combine this with the ongoing trend of developing...
lue lisääjQuery Live Search plugin with support for multiple search urls
Thank you Andreas Lagerkvist for Live Search plugin. This will turn a normal form input element in to a live ajax search widget. I added few configuration options to this plugin: minLength: minimum number of characters width: the number of pixels in the div-element of...
lue lisääMimio on linux – test results
MimioTeach is quite different from other tested whiteboard models as it doesn't actually have a whiteboard, but just a receiver that can be placed on any flat surface. It is meant to be used with normal inkboards, but really any surface should work. Touch recognition...
lue lisääSmartboard on linux – test results
Smartboard participated in the project later than other with a short quick notice, so we couldn't give it as much time as for others. Here at Opinsys we are most familiar with Smartboards as our customers have been using them for some time. Having a test whiteboard...
lue lisääPromethean on linux – test results
Promethean is traditional wallmounted interactive whiteboard. The model in our tests was pen controlled Activboard ABV378S300. Touch is recognised when the pen touches the board physically. The tested whiteboard didn't have loudspeakers, so we couldn't test how well...
lue lisääInteractive whiteboards on linux – Test results
Our interactive whiteboard testing project is finally getting finished and it's time to wrap up the findings. We have focused on testing the boards' technical usability on linux. Pedagogical usability and deeper analysis of features has not been done as part of this...
lue lisääMimio – toimivuus linuxilla
MimioTeach on laitteena hyvin erilainen muihin testissä olleisiin perinteisiin älytauluihin verrattuna. Ensisijaisesti Mimio on tarkoitettu käytettäväksi yhdessä perinteisen tussitaulun kanssa, johon heijastetun kuvan laite muuttaa kosketusnäytöksi. Käytännössä...
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