Hi,
Well, it has been about a week and half since my first blog. Wow! What a week and a half it has been!
Let me start with working on the wii remote interactive whiteboard. The good news is I got it to work! And additionally I was able to videotape myself using it on my home computer and showed the video yesterday at our all day technology staff meeting. But, it took hours to make it happen.
First, Johnny Lee Chung's website was very helpful. Since my computer does not have bluetooth, we had to purchase a bluetooth dongle and install the software. It was very important to make sure to by a dongle that would work with the wii remote. We ended up buying Targus USB Bluetooth 2.0 adapter with EDR. The software was installed but it took many reps before it would recognize the wii remote. It was also noted that after it recognizes the device (and before it connects to it ) a window comes up. One of the boxes you need to click on in that window is "Skip Pairing". This took a while to figure out. It was a major hurdle to get the dongle to recognize and connect to the wii remote. The next step was to read Johnny Lee Chung's "ReadMe" files. It was important to be running .net2.0 and server pack 2.0 otherwise his software would not run.Luckily my computer had this already. Next was a shopping trip to Radio Shack to buy the parts for the pen. The infrared LED cost all of 1.99! My husband was now fully involved and he was the one who thought of using a Sharpie pen. He took it apart and hooked up the switch,battery LED cicuit (Johnny Lee's webiste had a schedmatic for it). I then downloaded Johnny Lee's executable, we positioned the wii remote and were so excited when it worked on our home computer screen. What a blast!
'm hoping now that I can install the bluetooth and Johnny Lee's software on a computer here at school so I can use it on a projected image!
I decided that the best way to demonstrate this was to make a video of it running (since I would have to get permissions to install the software on one of the school computers). My son recorded and my daughter and I starred in the video. I then downloaded the video (.asf) file renamed it to .wmv and brought it into moviemaker to add a title page and do a little editting. From there I uploaded the video onto youtube. Here is the video:
'm hoping now that I can install the bluetooth and Johnny Lee's software on a computer here at school so I can use it on a projected image!
I decided that the best way to demonstrate this was to make a video of it running (since I would have to get permissions to install the software on one of the school computers). My son recorded and my daughter and I starred in the video. I then downloaded the video (.asf) file renamed it to .wmv and brought it into moviemaker to add a title page and do a little editting. From there I uploaded the video onto youtube. Here is the video:
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5 comments:
Sandy,
This is amazing. What an awesome job you did! I can't wait to hear more about it in class on Saturday.
Great work!
Christine
Sandy,
Even with your instructions it seems complicated. I have a teacher willing to be the scapegoat to try this at my school, and she has a Wii remote. I would have to lend her the laptop. Would the bluetooth you got work on windows 2000? Will have to see how Doug sets up at your school and go from there.
Great Job!
Yes, Doug has set it up here with Windows 2000 and it works. But (and it is a big but) it only seems to work in Doug's account. Kathy came to see it this AM and was thrilled but I did tell her that it will only run from Doug's account...so she knows that we would need additionally priveleges to make it work on a lab or teacher's account (it also did not run from my tech account).
Hi Sandy -
What a great job you did researching the wii remote and I a so impressed that you not only got it to work, but you were able to video your success! It's great that your whole family got involved in the project! You daugther seems like a natural with technology! Great job and thanks for sharing in class on Saturday!
- Mary
Sandy,
I am enjoying your blog. I have a small problem. For some reason when I look at streaming video, my audio does not work? Any idea why? I can't hear you.
Tony
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