Wow!

Will Richardson’s “What the future holds” post put me onto this video from the 2006 Technology Entertainment and Design conference (TED) . The featured speaker takes the audience through a dizzying showcase of a multi-point interactive display board. While Smartboards only allow for one point of contact this board allows for many. What is even more impressive is that there are no instructions, no interface to be seen, just human intuition to be applied to what the user sees. If you want to move something, then move it. If you want to stretch something then stretch it. The traditional mouse is still a barrier for so many young and old students due to the degree of dexterity needed to operate it. Wouldn’t it be nice to remove that barrier?

Imagine if operating a computer became as easy as finger-painting. How would that impact the way we teach?

I am about to check out a bunch of the past presenters here.

If you see any cool presentation that impact teaching and learning, let me know!

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