There is clapping, cheering, and laughter from the audience for this TED talk, in which innovator Johnny Lee demonstrates how to turn a Wii game remote into a trendy teaching tool. Lee is highly motivated to bridge the divide between those organizations that can afford to experiment with the cutting edge of technology and those who can only sit back and watch.
In this video, Lee demos how to create an affordable interactive whiteboard by taking advantage of the “high-performing infrared camera” that is in the tip of a Wii controller. He combines the motion-sensing camera of the Wii with a $50 infrared pen (available from Radio Shack)—you just have to see the video to appreciate it.
Since posting this idea on his website, there have been over half a million downloads.
“Teachers and students around the world are already using this.”
Check out Lee’s website for other “little great ideas.”
April 25, 2008 at 10:25 am
This is too cool! I was working on a list of “learning predications” for 2008 last December, and one of the predictions was that someone would hack the Wii for useful primary learning applications. Looks like it has been done, and it took less than half a year to pull off. I wonder what’s next?
April 25, 2008 at 11:30 am
Ah yes, we have seen the future and it is now. I’d love to hear from anyone who’s actually used this whiteboard hack.
May 8, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Games For Gamecube…
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