Re: [support-gang] touchpad woes: quick fix?
Has anyone tried using a document camera to display the XO screen on a big screen? Teachers have started using them at my school although there is only one to share among 10+ teachers. I thought it might solve the problem of not being able to connect an LCD projector. What other solutions have people come up with for showing the class how to do something? Something along the line of this- http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/165095/AVerMedia-AVerVision-300AF-document-camera/ Becky ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] touchpad woes: quick fix?
On Saturday, May 15, 2010 07:07:39 am Becky Young wrote: Has anyone tried using a document camera to display the XO screen on a big screen? Teachers have started using them at my school although there is only one to share among 10+ teachers. You could remove the top seal of a used light bulb, use a pen/pencil to gently break the inner glass tube that holds the tungsten filament. This will give you a thin glass container. Now pour clear (distilled) water into it and use it as a magnifying lens to project the screen onto a wall. You may have to turn the brightness of the display all the way up and darken the room. Whether it works for you or not, it will be great fun to recycle throw away stuff into useful gadgets ;-). Atleast I did, growing up a kid in a village in India. HTH .. Subbu ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
RE: [support-gang] touchpad woes: quick fix?
Wow... that is really expensive! What if you simply turned the XO screen to face forward, set a laptop with a good built-in web cam in front of it, and drove the projector with the laptop? It might take a little bit of adjusting, but it should work. If you use a laptop and dongle that you probably already have the cost is $0. Caryl (aka Grannie B... famous for good, old-fashioned, inexpensive, make do fixes... I was a child of the depression... penny-pinching comes naturally to my generation!) Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 21:37:39 -0400 From: rdyrus...@gmail.com To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org Subject: Re: [support-gang] touchpad woes: quick fix? Has anyone tried using a document camera to display the XO screen on a big screen? Teachers have started using them at my school although there is only one to share among 10+ teachers. I thought it might solve the problem of not being able to connect an LCD projector. What other solutions have people come up with for showing the class how to do something? Something along the line of this- http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/165095/AVerMedia-AVerVision-300AF-document-camera/ Becky ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
