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Smarttech has a nice list of hardware - their software is still pretty basic --- but leveraging the Edusim 3D virtual world software on the Smart table would be a match made in heaven!

You can search Edusim on Google to find more info.


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Edusim is exactly that for the interactive surfaces already in the classrom --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFsxev-2sk


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Thank you for the feedback John! We have a pilot group exploring the concept, the group is made up of 30 6th and 7th grade student. Some of the things we are exploring with it are astronomy (creating, manipulating planets etc.), geography of Mars and our Moon (we use the Mars sim to explore and discuss the Martian terrain), and are working on geometry objects now.

We plan on releasing some student video next week (once we get parental consent forms returned) that show the students interacting with the technology... its wonderful to watch them interact with the technology. We also plan on releasing "getting started" video as well as our pre-built simulations for teachers who want to explore this technology in their classes.

Here is a great project based on Croquet that the reader may find interesting (Its called Edusim). The demo video shows how Croque and an interactive whiteboard can be used in the K-12 environment for 3D direct manipulation of virtual objects:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etBpUcNGVlU

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txgyhz1sDo

Edusim main project page:
http://Edusim.greenbush.us