[edu-eu] Schools and FS interactive w/b project

[Sam Tuke]

On Friday 26 November 2010 18:01:12 address@hidden wrote:
> share information, case studies, 
> contact and background information you have about the different 
> stakeholders so that others can benefit from your experience

This is an idea, rather than an experience: introducing schools to this 
project:

http://kde-
apps.org/content/show.php/kmando+human+computer+interface?content=47105

Basically its a cheap, software driven solution to the need for interactive 
whiteboards. It needs only a low grade webcam, a projector screen, and a low 
spec computer (all three things many schools already have). In the UK at 
least, from what I've read spending on proprietary, hardware based interactive 
whiteboards is staggering, and many schools both need and can't afford them.

I don't know how well this software works, but it seems to me to have 
significant potential, and if its good enough to roll out in classrooms then  
it could provide a good opportunity for FS advocates to visit schools, demo 
it, talk about FS, etc..

Interactive whiteboards are a buzz word in some education systems (for some 
they've become symbolic of a schools level of IT investment), and I'm sure 
there are plenty of schools that would welcome a cheap alternative that they 
can maintain themselves, and which has replaceable parts (a camera and a 
projector screen).

Just an idea!

Thanks,

Sam.

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