Transcript Gadgets, Gizmos, and Tech Toys

Gadgets, Gizmos, and Tech
Toys
Dean Smith
[email protected]
www.smithclass.com
Alan Walker
[email protected]
www.multiplication.com
Jeff Miller
[email protected]
 Instructional uses for non
traditional technology in the
classroom
 In other words:
 How to justify to your school
administrators buying the coolest
Gadgets, Gizmos, & Tech Toys.
Gadget Types
 Computer Adaptors
 Plug and Play external devices
 Communications Tools
 Internet Ready Cell phones and Pagers
 Handhelds
 Palm OS
 Pocket PC
 Personal Multimedia
 Digital Cameras
 MP3 Players
 Still More Toys
 GPS Systems, Earphones
Problem: Wish your computer
could do just a little bit more?
 External Support w/ USB and Firewire
 Universal Serial Bus: A standard device link for external units such as
mice, scanners, digital cameras, MP3 Players, and others devices with
a transfer rates of up to 12Mbps
 Firewire: also known as IEEE1394, is a fast standard for connecting
as many as 63 devices to devices to a computer and is capable of
transfer rates up to 400 Mbps.
 Wireless
 Multichannel Radio Band Support
 BlueTooth
 Short-range network protocol using radio technology to connect
different types of devices, such as computers, PDAs and mobile
phones. Has 35-foot range and devices need not be in a line of
sight.
FYI: http://www.howstuffworks.com/bluetooth.htm
 Infrared
 Wireless communication using transceivers (a combination transmitter
and receiver) between devices at a transfer rate up to 4 Mbps.
Student Portfolios
 What can you do when
you have large student
multimedia projects on
different lab machines
and only one writeable
CDROM?
 DiskOnKey
 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 MEGS
of RAM
 Available through Dell,
Compaq, Targus, and
Buyt Direct
64 Megs
of RAM only $80.00
128 Megs for $139.95
Memory Cards & Writers
 Sony Memory Sticks and
Compaq Flash Cards can be
used in many multimedia devices
such as digital cameras, MP3
players and, hand held devices
Tired of Floppy Disks speed?
Wishcanyour
disks
 USB adaptors
turn these

could save
cards into fast removable disk
drives.
32 Megs, 64 Megs, 128 Megs
Or a+ Writers
whopping 256 Megs?
USB Reader
 http://www.bsdtoday.com/200
2/February/Features638.html
 http://www.allusb.com/product
s/P11306.html
IBM Mini
drives @ 1Gig
Now available
Intel Microscope
 The USB device that

lets you turn your
Do into
you love
computer’s monitor
a zooming
microscope.
Microscopes
but hate
 Imports BMP
and“squinty
Jpeg
that
eye”
 Exports BMP, Jpeg, and
face
AVI Movies
 Check out IntelPlay
 http://www.intelplay.c
om/products/qx3/inde
Only 5 payments
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?
of $19.99
Wireless Mouse
 Move around the
Are
you
tired
of
trying
to
teach
with
one
room while you give
hand on the keyboard?
your presentations
with wireless
technology.
 100’
Range / Special
Is it difficult to teach standing
Software Bundle
Next
to
your
computer?
 RF Technology
 http://www.gyration.co
m/technology.htm
www.gyration.com
Only 5 immediate
payments
of $19.99
Text Enabled Pagers
Communications in the Class
 What were you doing in class
when CNN was updating the
Florida election counts every
ten minutes?
 Can you imagine having Instant
news updates silently buzzed in
while you teach current events
or civics?
Many online news services will send updates by
Ready
Phones
email that can •Internet
be forwarded
directly
to a wireless cell
phone or pager. •Mini Keyboards
•Serial cable links to
your computer
Handhelds
 Wish you carry your laptop in your pocket?
 With today’s hand held devices and
conduit software it is really not that difficult
 Peace in the OS Wars??
 The big corporations may be fighting it out
for control of the mark, but believe it or not,
in the classroom, there can be peace.
 Example. Ipaq and Palm III on the same
computer sharing the same address book and
calendar.
Palm OS
Conduits / Hotsync
 Works w/Outlook
 Sync Addresses, Email, Notes
Buy a Palm Handheld
 Classroom Applications
right now and
 Quizzler
 http://www.quizzlerpro.com/ (They
have a free version too)
a special
gift,
as
Free
Quiz Library
(w/many titles:
history,
getgeography,
great math,..)
 Download hundreds of eTexts from
classroom
tools
Hamlet
to the Time
Machine
 Educational Freeware and Shareware
 http://www.palmgear.com/software/index.cf
m#Educational
 http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/pilotsoftw
are/
Palm III
Palm IIIc
Palm V
Palm VII
Visor Pro
Visor
Prism
Treo 180
 Attachments
Palm OS
 ImagiProbe
Wouldn’t it be cool if students
 Put science technology
take
class computers with
in could
the “palm”
of your
studentsthem
hands.on
These
field
trips
and
hand-held device
attachments
allowreal
your world research?
could create
science classes to take
accurate scientific
measurements that can
Only one
be analyzed by your http://www.imagiworks.com/
payment of
computer.
Pages/Products/ImagiProbe
$279.99
.html
Palm OS
 More Attachments
Kodakyourself
Palm Pix needing
Ever find
For Palm III
See Ebay or
Discount Stores
aBut
digital
camera?
Act Now…
 http://www.kodak.com/US/e
n/digital/cameras/palmPix/
 Palm Modem
 Analog
Palm III
M500
Handheld
 Cellular
Connectivity for
Cameras
Palm VII
SVGA
800 x 600 pixels
$129.00
OK, so you are at a tech
conference and want to
quickly check your email
from your hotel…
Palm OS
 Attachments
 Smart Pad
 Consider
all
OK, how
of the IEP,
MDTs, and
Staff
meetings
every
teacher is
expected to
attend and
record
many meetings do you attend?
Prices here don’t reflect anything,
we are just poor teachers!
Notes are saved in
Standard BMP format
And can be attached
Palm OS
 Still More Attachments
 Slide Show Commander givesCan we seriously call
you control of your PowerPoint a handheld device
a computer?
Presentations
 Remote control access w/ 12’
Serial Cable You have seen attachments that
 Be a John Madden
the aclass
Giveinyou
camera,
http://www.synsolutions.com/software/slideshowcommander
/
Modem access
 Keyboards
And cool software,
 Various keyboards such as the
What
elsearedo
you need?
Go-Type
available
for nearly
all handheld devices
 Handhelds
Pocket PC
 iPaq 399.00 - 599.00
 3835 + 3765
 Standard Expansion Pack
 Single / Dual Slot PC Card Pack
 http://www.compaq.com/showroom/hand
helds.html
 Casio
E-200 for 599.99
 Includes 2 card slots and USB Host
support
 Audiovox Maestro
499.95
 Dual Expansion Slots
 Connects to Audiovox Cell
Buy Now, only 6 more
phone CDM-9100
Shopping Months
 HP Jornada 549.99 599.99 899.99
Until Christmas
 565,568, and 720 Series
 http://www.hp.com/jornada/products/700/
Pocket PC
SO MANY Attachments
 New attachments appear every
day
 Checkout Pocket PC Magazine
 www.pocketpcmag.com
 Mobile Planet.Com Catalog
 Keyboards
 Various keyboards such as the
Go-Type & Targus are available
for nearly all handheld devices
Pocket PC
 Built in Audio
 Sound Recorder
 MP3 Player
 Audio Book Reader
 Students can hear yesterday’s lesson and you do not
burn up tapes.
 As a class, you can listen to stories like the old days
of radio
 Online Audio books can be purchased to assist
special needs students.
Pocket PC
Built in Microsoft Applications (ROM)
 Word
 Spell Checker
 Handwriting Recognition
 Excel
Buy a Pocket PC
 PIE (Pocket IE)
Right Now
 Media Player
get great ROM
 Microsoft Readerand
for eBooks
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/default.asp
Software!
 Other Applications
 Pocket Streets with MapPoint Connectivity
 http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/
 Various 3rd Party shareware programs provide
PowerPoint support
 External Hardware will send output to Video
Projectors
 Adobe PDF Viewer
Palm / Pocket PC
 Surf the Internet Offline
 Palm and Pocket PC Device are able to whack selected
webpages from the Internet for offline surfing. Let your
desktop computer connect and send files to your handheld
even if it doesHow
not have
a modem.
about
FREE
 Avantgo FreeWeb Pages on Your
 Use Custom Channels
or create your own
Handheld??
 http://avantgo.com/frontdoor/index.html
 Mazingo.Net Free with Premium Service
 Select Online Magazines and Services (Pocket PC)
 http://www.mazingo.net/pc/index.php
Personal Multimedia
 Pen Cam
OK digital cameras are cool, but do you have
 A number of
Themcompanies
when you
need them?
have
recently introduced
digital cameras that
hide a camera in your pocket?
can fit inCan
your you
pocket.
 The Aiptek Pen Cam
has the ability to save
80 low resolution
pictures or take about
The Pencam saves
15 seconds of video.
15 seconds of video
Or 80 pictures
http://www.aiptek.com/
Personal Multimedia
 Sony Mavica
w/CDROM
Do you have boxes and
 156MB of data
boxes and boxes of
 8cm mini CD-R/CDfloppy disks?
RWs
Do your disks crash
whenever you need them
Only 46 payments
the most?
of $19.99
Personal Multimedia
 MP3 Players
 Sony w/ Memory Stick
 Duo Audio
 http://www.digisette.com/
 Integrate Music and
audio stories into your
Books on Tape
lessons
from sources such as
 Candle Light www.audible.com
 http://www.candlelightstorie
bring professional narrators
s.com/
into your class.
More Tech Toys
 GPS Devices
 Some integrate with
handhelds
 Lesson ideas and Games
for integrating GPS
devices in the classroom:
Geocaching
 Check out Eduscapes
 http://eduscapes.com/
geocaching/kids.htm
 http://gisillinois.org/gis/
lessons/lessons.html
More Tech Toys

Quiet?
Sure you can make your
class quiet, but how can
you give one student the
silence to read a book or
take a test while your
class is working on
projects?
The Cure for Bulky Lab Keyboards
 Standard Keyboards are big and bulky
 They can not get wet
 They are a pain to pack when you travel
24.95
http://www.cablesonline.net/flexfolkey.html
From Whiteboard to Computer
Students miss class for many
reasons. How many times are you
asked to send home a synopsis of
your class lecture to a sick
student?
From White Board to Computer
 Save your lessons with Mimio
 http://www.mimio.com
More
 ConnectEven
a standard
Share notes
in real
Whiteboard
or flipchart
a network.
to atime
PC over
or MAC
 USB Adaptor supports
“print and go.”
 Converts handwriting
Mimio has added a talking Calculator
to text automatically
This is AWESOME!
Online Lessons
 Intel’s Digital Movie Creator
 http://www.intelplay.com/main.php
 GPS Lesson Ideas from NASA, GIS Illinois
 http://wwwedu.ssc.nasa.gov/ltp/LessonPlans/Grades9-12.htm
 http://www.gisillinois.org/gis/lessons/lessons.html
 MP3 Player Basics
 http://express.howstuffworks.com/
 Digital Cameras
 http://www.geocities.com/middleschoolscience/techdigcam.html
 Slideshow Commander
 http://www.synsolutions.com/software/slideshowcommander/
 Still More Ideas
 http://www.thefutureschannel.com/
References
 Universal Serial Bus:
http://www.learnthat.com/define/u/usb.shtml
 Firewire:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci748584,00.html
 Bluetooth :
 http://searchNetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,s
id7_gci211680,00.html
 Infrared:
 http://searchNetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,s
id7_gci214041,00.html