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Interactive 21st century technologies are often expensive and may not fit into the budget of school districts. Below are concepts that I have been working with in order to bring some of those technologies into my classroom at a price I can afford.

Wiimote Interactive Whiteboard Solution A inexpensive and effective method of creating an interactive whiteboard can be accomplished by using the combination of a wiimote, a bluetooth adapter, an IR lightpen, and wiimote connectivity software. Just about any bluetooth dongle will work, and many options exist for the connectivity software for both Mac OS and Windows.

Based on Johnny Chung Lee's Wiimote Project A great site to get you started: uweschmidt Wiimote Whiteboard Software Everything you need sans the projector in a kit! Teach With Tech **make sure you select the touch sensitive pen!**

DIY Document Camera Solution Document cameras are useful pieces of classroom technology. A document camera allows you to place textbooks, assignments, and much more under the camera to be projected through your LCD projector. A document camera is a useful component of any 21st century classroom. A do it yourself document camera can be made from either a spare digital camera or a low cost web cam. Either camera can be mounted to a desk lamp arm. For a total cost of about $55 a cost effective document camera solution can be made, rather than spending over $500 or more to accomplish the same thing.

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Do It Yourself LCD Projector More to come on this soon...