Wiimote Whiteboard in Education: A Tutorial

The primary aim of this post is to help spread that word that you can easily create an interactive whiteboard. You order an $8 LED light pen online, combine that with a $40 Nintendo Wii Remote, some free software, http://www.uweschmidt.org/wiimote-whiteboard, and bam you have an interactive whiteboard. Simple…powerful and..cool. Special thanks to Adam Bowker for his help. Special thanks to Johnny Chung Lee for originally sharing such a powerful idea. I hope the video and corresponding guide that includes links to all the stuff is a catalyst for helping teachers utilize this tool. Note that you need to have Bluetooth on your computer.

Download the PDF:  building-and-using-a-wiimote-whiteboard-in-education guide

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Samuel Sennott

7 Responses to “Wiimote Whiteboard in Education: A Tutorial”

  1. I’m so sorry about cutting off your head in the video. I’m a better cameraman than that, really.

  2. Adam, No prob. I just got an hd cam, so maybe we can reshoot that part. Always good to look at things as works in progress. ttyl -Sam

  3. This is fantastically useful! I’ll be posting about this soon and referencing your post :)

  4. Great tutorial but would have much better if the background music was eliminated. The “loud” music makes your voice very difficult to understand.

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  7. Sam
    Great video, I have written a detailed guide for setting up a Wiimote IWB. It includes a manual for Smoothboard the Windows Wiimote IWB app but the content on setup options, IR-Pens and tips/tricks is the same Max/Windows/Linux.

    Join the discussion at http://www.wiimoteproject.com

    Ben :-)

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