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Move Over TED, SXSWedu is Muscling In for Education

by Len Scrogan

During the last decade, the very best ideas in education and technology could be scouted by attending or listening to a TED talk. Times have changed. Move over TED, because, in the U.S., the …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| display technology| Education| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Chromebook

Tim Cook Criticises Chromebooks as “Cheap”

by Tom Allen

In an interview with Buzzfeed, Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted Chromebooks as “cheap test machines”. He said that Chromebooks and similar products are only popular because they are the cheapest option. Analyst Comment If …

Tags:Apple| Chromebooks| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Industry Education, With Nanolumens

by Tom Allen

We often find that LED display resolution (not LCD displays with LED backlights, but small pixel pitch LED boards) is misunderstood, even in the display industry. Press releases describe these displays as ‘Full HD’ …

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Gimmick or Godsend: AR/VR in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a new series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article for this series, entitled Good, Better, Best: …

Tags:3D software| Augmented Reality| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Downloading Research

Good, Better, Best: The Research Chase

by Len Scrogan

One of first questions people ask me about 3D (and sometimes VR and even HD visualization technologies) is about its instructional effectiveness, based on available research. “What is the difference some of these technologies …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Education| Large Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Visualisation| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Previewing SXSWedu: 3D VR/AR Arrives

by Len Scrogan

During the last decade, the very best ideas in education and technology could be scouted by attending or listening to a TED talk. Times have changed. Move over TED, because, in the U.S., the …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

The Horizon Report: Ed Tech Roadblocks

by Len Scrogan

This summer the New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released their international K12 Horizon Report. The full report can be accessed here. The following chart helps lay out …

Tags:display technology| Education| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Growing Educational 3D, the Organic Way

by Len Scrogan

I’ve noticed something interesting about educational institutions over the years. Usually, once they have researched, procured, and installed a showcase display environment, that’s the last you will hear about it. That’s explains why I …

Tags:3D Content Creation| 3D display| 3D software| Active Shutter 3D| Education| Passive 3D| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Insight Series: How Technology Companies Get Our Attention

by Len Scrogan

This is the final installment in my series that shines some light on the thinking, preferences, and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I was one of them. I’ve been …

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Fast Forwarding Educational Advantage: 3D as Accelerator?

by Len Scrogan

For companies selling mobile, large display, virtual reality or augmented reality platforms using 3D, it is important to know the value-added benefits of their products in education. To date, most reports about the effectiveness …

Tags:3D software| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Trends in the Ed Market: the 2015 Horizon Report

by Len Scrogan

This summer the New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released their annual K12 Horizon Report, a report that is very informative for manufacturers and integrators in the display …

Tags:display technology| Education| Vol 22 - Issue 38