The ¨Wii Board¨ features that interest me are: --Very inexpensive (have one in every room even in economically poor districts as long as has data projector) --Can project on a 10 by 7 foot screen so details are large enough for people in the back of class to see. I´ve heard that ActiveVIsion has a Linux version though don´t think it is open source and not sure if it´s working.  If you get this working w/ Linux Christopher please post your experiences! David <div class="gmail_quote"> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Christopher Chan <<a href="mailto:christopher.chan@bradbury.edu.hk">christopher.chan@bradbury.edu.hk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">David Groos wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm not familiar at all with this software but have been thinking about something to work with this 'open source' interactive white board by Jonny Lee :-)   </blockquote> </div> ...yes, I have heard about the Wii Board and maybe I should try to set one up at home on my Linux box too... <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKCrGvShZs&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKCrGvShZs&feature=related</a> <<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKCrGvShZs&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKCrGvShZs&feature=related</a>> (please excuse the 20 seconds of ads at the start--it really is amazing, though, if you haven't seen it.)  Would this software work with something like that?  Not only is the Wii 'smartboard' extremely affordable, it solves the size limitation of smartboards and promeathean boards.  Thanks, David </blockquote> Activstudio gives the teacher a whole lot more than just the 'Paint' demonstration. As for head tracking...is there any school that has a VR environment for their teaching purposes? Activstudio itself would most probably have worked fine with the Wii board so the problem is not replacing the hardware. The problem is whether there is a software equivalent to Activstudio. But I will have a go at setting up a Wii board if any of them uber expensive Promethean boards die. regards, Christopher <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">    That piece of software makes it easy for teachers to create content for    use in their classes and can be used in tandem with a physical    interactive whiteboard which allow their pupils/students to get    involved.    A powerful and easy to use content creation tool that is easily used    with an interactive whiteboard can mean a lot. Not all teachers are    going to want to use subject specific software. All teachers would    however appreciate being able to make their own stuff for their classes. </div></blockquote></blockquote></div>