During my last "job" I had the pleasure of working with a lady called Wendy Keay Bright from the then University Wales Institure in Cardiff which is now called the Cardiff Metrolpitan University.
Wendy has a very cool career path starting off with the SuperTed cartoon series. We worked on taking a research based project to a commercial release that could help the project self fund. ReacTickles uses technology with kids with Autism to help them explore self expression, communication, and motor control amongst other things.
Here's a video I made about ReacTickles back in the day that gives you the general idea...
Wendy has a very cool career path starting off with the SuperTed cartoon series. We worked on taking a research based project to a commercial release that could help the project self fund. ReacTickles uses technology with kids with Autism to help them explore self expression, communication, and motor control amongst other things.
Here's a video I made about ReacTickles back in the day that gives you the general idea...
After a recent Twitter catch up Wendy told me about a new project on the go called Somantics which uses the iPad as the input device. Fascinating stuff and am hoping to attend a development day later on this year to get up to speed.
If you are interested in the use of educational technology you should definately take a look at the following links....
You can read more about ReacTickles here...
You can read more about Somantics here...
You can read more about Wendy here...
If you are interested in the use of educational technology you should definately take a look at the following links....
You can read more about ReacTickles here...
You can read more about Somantics here...
You can read more about Wendy here...