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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I’m so sorry about cutting off your head in the video. I’m a better cameraman than that, really.
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
This is fantastically useful! I’ll be posting about this soon and referencing your post
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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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