Good point Cameron, vendor lock-in can be a real pain with IWB software.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Cameron Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">We went with Smartboards a few years ago because they had drivers for Linux. Since then, 2Touch has arrived<br>
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<a href="http://www.dibaustralia.com.au/whiteboards/DIBAustraliaProjectorsandPlasmaDataDisplays_000.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dibaustralia.com.au/whiteboards/DIBAustraliaProjectorsandPlasmaDataDisplays_000.htm</a><br>
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I would probably go these nowadays. I didn't tend to use the IWB much and when I did I tended to just use OpenOffice etc and not the IWB's software. I used the interactive part for web applets mainly.<br>
I am now glad I didn't tie up my work in Smart's format - I have since changed schools and they have a different brand so any activities I created would now be useless.<br>
Cheers<br>
Cameron<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 22/09/2010, at 12:34 PM, Donna Benjamin wrote:<br>
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> Hi all,<br>
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> I got asked on twitter if I knew of any Free and Open Source Software for using with Interactive Whiteboards.<br>
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> And sadly, no I don't. I also haven't had much experience in using IWBs either.<br>
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> Although I did get to play with Inkscape on one last year - and that is definitely good fun!<br>
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> So - folks - what do you know? What have you seen? What are your thoughts?<br>
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> I've started writing some open notes on the topic - and will collate into a blog post...<br>
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> <a href="http://ietherpad.com/fossIWB" target="_blank">http://ietherpad.com/fossIWB</a><br>
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> Would love your help... either responding here... or directly at ietherpad.<br>
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> cheers<br>
> Donna<br>
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