Educational Uses of a Hand-Held Projector? »

By Paul McMahon on Nov 4, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education | 0 Comments

I had been reading recently about how the next wave of technology for the gadget lover is a projector built into your mobile phone. According to the Hong Kong 3M reps Anthony and Jason who came for a coffee today, this will not be mainstream in the market till 2010 but 3M are first to [...]

The Visualizer/Document Camera in the Classroom »

By Paul McMahon on Jun 9, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Electronic Whiteboards, Ideas for Great Lessons | 3 Comments

I must confess that the first time I used a document camera in a classroom, it was not the most useful device I have ever had access to. This is a combination of the fact that the one I had was very small and limited in its functionality and the subject I was teaching was [...]