Using GradeMark For Effective Feedback

I recently gave a presentation on Turnitin’s digital markup system - Grademark – which can be viewed below. For those without access to Turnitin there are a couple of alternatives that you may be interested in that use Microsoft Word:

• Electronic Feedback Software (Dr Phil Denton, LJMU): http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/cis/software/feedback.asp
• Annotate for Microsoft Word (Free and Pro version available) http://www.11trees.com/anno-for-word-main.html

Using GradeMark For Effective Feedback

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The Bulb - ITV Wales 23.10 03/12/08

Hi Guys - please tune into ITV Wales 03 December 2008 at 23.10 for the TV screening of a short film I wrote - "The Bulb" (or "Egin" in Welsh). More info can be found here: http://itsmyshout.co.uk/

Interactive Whiteboard using a Wiimote

Ok, my first project to start of this blog will be the creation of an Interactive Whiteboard using a Wiimote.

I came across this project courtesy of the TED presentation by Johnny Lee: Johnny Lee's TED Presentation



I rarely seem to get excited about low cost solutions to established high-end technological products, but I was gobsmacked when I came across this. Put simply you are able to a interactive, multi-touch, Whiteboard using a Nintendo WiiMote and infra-red light pen thanks to Johnny Lee. More info can be found here: Johnny Lee's Wiimote Project

With a thirst to try this out myself, I set about finding more info. I came across this useful (UK based) Blog on how to create the infra red pen required for this project. A couple days later, and a couple of trips of Maplin, and I have created my prototype pen. The next steps in this Blog will detail how I created my pen and hopefully include some photos and videos.