Mar 7, 2011

Post from TechPsych blog: How about some iPad 2 apps for school psychology and related fields?


The video provides a recap of the iPad and highlights how it can be used in education, for students with special needs, in aviation, in doctor's offices, in the board room, in an art studio, in the kitchen - just about anywhere.


I wonder how an iPad could transform the work of a school psychologist!   I have a plenty of ideas, now that the iPad2 is out.  How can it help with RTI?  Progress monitoring?  Digital social stories?   Social skills activities?  Counseling? Behavior intervention?   Transition planning?  Assessment?  Communication? Productivity?  IEP collaboration and development?   


Wouldn't it be nice if there were a few iPad apps that could effectively support the work of school psychologists and those who work in similar fields? 



So much of what we use in our productivity work as school psychologists was built upon applications first developed in the mid-to-late 1990's,  at best.   There must be more efficient and effective solutions out there.     What can be done to move us forward?


Psychological and educational test publishers, can you hear me now?   


I have some ideas.








Mar 4, 2011

Window Shopping in the Web Outside: Interactive Window Displays (videos and links)

This is one of my favorite interactive window display projects:

Interactive Window Concept made for the module Advanced Interface Design at Hyper Island hosted by North Kingdom. Shot with a RED ONE camera at 120fps - Viralmente

Scion Interactive Window Campaign - Monster Media


Starbuck's Interactive Window Display PSFK Salon, 2/7/11

Starbucks Interactive Storefront from The Media Merchants on Vimeo.
Creative Agency:  Blast Radius;  Media Agency: MediaCom; Execution and Interactivity: The Media Merchants














Video: Gesture Interactive Window Display at a Repetto Store in France, by the Marcel Agency

http://www.repetto.com/boutique/home

Chanel Interactive Windows

"Some of the interactive shopping windows conceived & deployed by Vanksen (www.vanksen.com) for Chanel Coco-mademoiselle perfume relaunch."
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LM3Labs' Ubiq'window

Ubiq'window installation from Nicolas Loeillot on Vimeo.


Hamleys Interactive Summer Window Display - One Off, Kingston University
Hamleys interactive summer window display
Interactive Window Shopping: Just Wave Your Hands -Science Daily, 1/17/11

(Credit: Fraunhofer HHI)

EyeTouch Interactive Window Solution (Eyeclick)


Interactive Window Projection- Diesel


Interactive Catalog Window, by YDreams


Windows 7 Phone Launch: Interactive Window Display


Yourwindow, Vision2Watch

Interactive window from Vision2Watch on Vimeo.


Please leave a comment and a link of any other interactive window displays for my "collection"!

New DOOH: TouchTunes Touch Jukebox and TouchTuneMobile App -- 27 locations in my area!

Frog Design was behind TouchTunes Interactive's latest creation, a touch-screen jukebox that can interact with a mobile app.  The app lets you know where the jukeboxes are located in your area.  You can also find this information on the myTouchTunes website.   In my area, there is a TouchTune jukebox at 27 or so locations.  Some are myTouchTunes enabled.  
There's a TouchTune jukebox at an eatery within walking distance from my mom- maybe I can surprise her for a musical lunch tomorrow and check it out!
Thanks to Co Design for sharing the link on Twitter!
RELATED
Press Release: TouchTunes Interactive Networks Ushers In A New Era Of Entertainment with the Launch of Virtuo, A Revolutionary Smart Jukebox:  TouchTunes Unveils Signature Device with Performances by Jimmy Eat World and American Idol's Crystal Bowersox
Frog Design, 3/1/11
Frog (Design)Creates a Jukebox for People Who've Never Touched a Jukebox
Fast Code Design, 3/3/11
TouchTunes Virtuo: The SMARTJuke
Jaleen Francois, Design Mind 3/1/11
TouchTunes Interactive Network  "plug":

"Welcome to the future of in-venue interactive entertainment. The Virtuo SmartJuke commands attention,
becoming a focal point of social interaction and a conversation piece among users. With superior design
and a modern, intuitive user interface, Virtuo opens new opportunities for both today and tomorrow"

Mar 2, 2011

Video: Gesture Interactive Window Display at a Repetto Store in France, by the Marcel Agency

The video below features an interactive window created by the Marcel agency for a Repetto store in France.  The display allows passers-by the ability to interact with the content in the display through arm gestures via motion sensors.  


Repetto - Vitrine interactive. from Marcel on Vimeo.

Video: Kinect at the Supermarket - Supporting "Sales Conversations" Using Pointing Gestures - a prototype

Supporting Sales Conversation Using Pointing Gestures via Johannes Schoening:


Innovative Retail Lab in cooperation with Bizerba


More Eyetracking! Lenova's Laptop Prototype Incorporates Tobii Technology's Eyetracking System

Tobii Technology's eye tracking technology has been incorporated into a Lenova's laptop:


Press Release:   Tobii unveils the world's first eye-controlled laptop

Mar 01, 2011 09:00 CET"In collaboration with Lenovo, Tobii Technology has developed the world’s first eye-controlled laptop, using eye tracking technology from Tobii. The laptop is a fully functional conceptual prototype and an important breakthrough for Tobii in bringing eye tracking to consumer products. In this image, Henrik Eskilsson, the CEO of Tobii Technology, uses the eye gaze to control the computer."
The eye controlled laptop prototype in use