[Opensource] Re: Interactive Whiteboard software lock-in
victor rajewski
askvictor at gmail.com
Tue Mar 11 10:24:32 EST 2008
Have gone some way to answering my own question:
http://www.rmap.com.au/web/This-is-RM/Media-Centre/?item=23
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM, victor rajewski <askvictor at gmail.com> wrote:
> It has only just occurred to me (a little late) that just about every
> type of interactive whiteboard has its own software system. And
> subsequently different file formats. (My main experience is limited to
> one vendor, so please correct me if there are vendors where this is
> not the case). The vendor our school uses (promethean) encourage
> sharing of resources through their website, and I assume others would
> as well, as the more resources are shared, the more the boards will
> get used, and the more demand there will be for them. But if someone
> using a smartboard has made a great resource and shared it, I can't
> use it on my activboard due to the proprietary file format - at least
> the promethean activstudio software doesn't let you run it on
> non-promethean boards. This makes for a great business strategy, but
> ends up disadvantaging the teachers who want to share more widely, and
> so is bad for the students.
>
> So, my questions are:
> 1) Are there any IWB vendors that do _not_ lock you into their
> software/file format - i.e. the file format is open, and/or the
> software is compatible with any IWB?
> 2) Is there any open-source IWB software, and if not, what are the key
> features that would be useful in such? Are there any similar programs
> that could be appropriated/modified for the task?
>
> vik
>
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