I won a grant trip for a Tour of Technology in California, while there I visited Apple, Google, the Tech Museum, and Exploratorium. We stayed in Napa which was fabulous! All in all an amazing trip! You can take a look at my virtual trip at Mapness, you will almost feel like you were there with me. Mapness is a great website which I will review in depth later this week.
Well, it is taking me longer than expected to blog my recent vacation to California where I visited Apple, Google, Exploratorium, The Tech Museum, and Napa. Sorting through 800+ photos and embedding them in a virtual tour is taking FOREVER! So, in the meantime I thought I would give you a glimpse into the future. Meet the Flowlight, essentially a blackboard with lasers. I read about this concept on Gizmodo last week and I have to say, I think this ‘blackboard’ could hold students attention. Basically, “a base station would focus a laser beam 100 times a second into a point in space, creating small plasma points that glow in mid air. Users could then use the pen to draw and write, making doodles look like some sort of fantastic light show.” While I don’t think this will be in your classrooms in the forseeable future, it may be a glimpse into classrooms to come.
