A few days ago I attended a presentation on using the WiiMote to create an inexpensive interactive whiteboard. I have previously seen this in Johnny Chung Lee’s YouTube video on the WiiMote Whiteboard.

Initially I was sold on the idea and thought it was great. Then I saw it in use… The setup works but can be quite “buggy” In my experience this would not sit well with teachers who are very tight for time and would not be helpful if half the in class time was spent troubleshooting. I think the system would be more targeted at small businesses would who would not necessarily be using the system all day everyday and would not need the precision that educational institutions require.

A proprietary interactive whiteboard, such as SMART Board or Promethean, are a much better option for educational institutions. These boards provide greater stability, ease of use and support. The boards are much more user friendly for techers as they provide their own software package designed to work with the purchased board.

I will still be purchasing the required hardware and downloading the software to test the WiiMote Whiteboard for myself:

Hardware:

• Projector
• WiiMote
• Bluetooth Dongle (or inbuilt Bluetooth)
• Voltage tolerant IrDa pen

Software:

• WiiMote Whiteboard (available here)

I will post more once I have a WiiMote Whiteboard of my own up and running…