Comments on: Computer-Assisted Blackboard

By: Michael D

Michael D — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:18:20 +0000

A local high school here in Melbourne is running a trial program with about 15 of those boards in the classrooms with intended use for a wide range of applications.

I think they are using the software from this site:

http://www.easiteach.com

which seems pretty similar to the one above.

of course, a cool whiteboard is no replacement for a bad teacher….

“But sir, *why* does the pendulum swing back and forth like that?”

“…”

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Blogosphere: cool blackboard « Life in physics and nearby — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:27:51 +0000

[...] So, there’s been some discussion in blogosphere about a miracle blackboard (see here). I can’t help to brag a bit: we got this board in our Physics Department! Here is a nice picture of us (well, what you see in this picture is almost the whole “senior part” of our theory group here at WSU) talking about something and actually using the board: [...]

By: Alexey Petrov

Alexey Petrov — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:54:26 +0000

We have a whiteboard like that in our physics department at Wayne State. We don’t have a program that runs carts though , but the board looks very similar. You can draw on it, move objects around, and save your work as a graphics file. Pretty cool toy! I actually wanted to run our particle theory seminars there, but it’s a bit too small. The guy who put it in place for his “Innovation lab” (essentiall, a nice conference room) is no longer with the Department, so we all can use it. Rumor is that the lab with the board cost more than my startup…

By: A Quantum Diaries Survivor

A Quantum Diaries Survivor — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:16:27 +0000

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By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:47:59 +0000

Very interesting a tool, and the demo.

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the coolest toy Computer Assisted Black Board…. « Sharing Points — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:49:08 +0000

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By: nc

nc — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:02:02 +0000

This software is gonna make physics more popular.

By: macho

macho — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:01:34 +0000

Absolutely the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.

By: Sourav

Sourav — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:52:24 +0000

Now if only it worked for Feynman diagrams.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:02:51 +0000

That is pretty cool. I’d be curious to know if they have other objects (rolly things, springy things, blocky things, etc) that they’re able to add to the simulation. And object alignment gestures would probably be a lifesaver.