Monthly Archives: August 2011

Use Kinect with Bing Maps or Microsoft World Wide Telescope

So I’ve been blogging lately about how you can create some simple applications to use in your class rooms. I have shown you how you can use speech recognition and how you can use a skeleton to do a hover … Continue reading

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Using Kinect–Sound Recognition

So now that I’ve had a chance to play around with the Kinect SDK a lot more I discovered that you could also use the Kinect to detect sound recognition. At first I thought I would be a bit ambitious … Continue reading

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First Kinect SDK Program Complete

Please note you can find a new version of the app here  A few months ago my school was nice enough to get me a Kinect. This was before the SDK had came out. I had found out how to … Continue reading

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Microsoft Tag–Example Resource on E-Safety

Yesterday I posted a blog entry about a new tool by Microsoft called “Microsoft Tag” and I just thought I would give you an update on the type of resource you could prepare. I am going to be starting off … Continue reading

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Microsoft Tag

Recently I had the opportunity of going to Microsoft Partners In Learning Summer Camp. It was a great day and I got to meet so many innovative teachers with lots of brilliant ideas. I has to be one of the … Continue reading

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Games Based Blogging – Working With Primary Schools

I have recently had the pleasure of working with Dan Roberts from Saltash Community College in Cornwall. Students at Saltash developed a project and resources of work for primary school teachers to teach pupils how to design their own computer … Continue reading

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