Posts Tagged ‘mxl’
Bumptop and surface computing
Posted by: ashleytan on: April 9, 2009
Will someone please marry BumpTop and a low-cost surface computing surface already?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqcmPJ-oVL0
Hey, we might do just that at the MxL!
Game recommendations and the MxL
Posted by: ashleytan on: February 18, 2009
All four of my classes have started their journey on educational/serious gaming by this week. We focused on Flash and Wii-based games.
I am thinking of getting some handheld gaming devices and games for the next semester as this would make me less reliant on the MxL as a venue. I would like to get Nintendo DS and [...]
Walkabouts
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 15, 2008
This week marked the end of the first round of walkabouts at the MxL. We continue with another round next week.
What are walkabouts, you ask? I conduct walkabouts by getting my preservice teachers to present their final projects in a less conventional manner. They are assigned a booth at the MxL and they can set [...]
The future is now
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 18, 2008
One of the things that we are working on at the MxL is multitouch technologies. This means that users simply use their fingers to create and manipulate objects directly on the computer screen. There is no need for a mouse and keyboard. This is evident in the Apple iPhone and Microsoft’s [...]
Rehearsals galore
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 5, 2008
I have spent much of this week with my trainees discussing their demo topics and rehearsing in the MxL.
I am hoping that this activity gives them some insight into effort required to prepare resources and to plan for and implement a 20-minute activity. It gets them to wear the hat and walk in the shoes [...]
