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Category Archives: Wii


A truly versatile input device - You!

June 2, 2009 – 8:15 am

It’s great to look at the way input devices have changed over time. From what I understand the QWERTY keyboard was a way to slow down typists initially way back when we had mechanical typewriters. The seemingly random placement of the keys was supposed to slow users down to a speed that the […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, innovation, interactive whiteboards, game technology | Comments (1)

Metadata still matters

March 1, 2007 – 7:43 am

Metadata is used in many applications and has potential in many more emerging areas but I am going to concentrate simply on ’search’ here. Those of us in the repository space will be familiar with the metadata vs text indexing argument and comparisons with Google.
This blog has been active for a few months now […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, viewdo, search, metadata | Comments (2)

Here Wii go..

January 17, 2007 – 11:21 am

The big hit at home this summer has been the Nintendo Wii. In fact, it has kept us all (not just kids) occupied for far too long. For me Nintendo has (for quite a while) delivered consoles with really interesting user interfaces which I think should have loads of potential in education and […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, Nintendo | Comments (2)