COSC 325 | Project Showcase
SE Project Showcase 2011!
Where's my invite?
Schedule
Date: 9am - 11:50am, Friday 7th October 2011
Presentation session 1
| 1010 - 1030 | Break (Morning tea provided) |
Presentation session2 (draft)
§ We aim to start and finish each session on time. The "presentation times" are simply a guide ... to make us feel good, and in control.
Project overview
Project title: An advanced clicker for use in lectures/presentations
Remember the clickers used in talk shows or lectures? The presenter asks a question with an option of two questions. The audience picks up this clunky clicker thingy and either presses one of the buttons depending on their choice. The idea of this is to improve the interaction between the presenter and the audience without extending the presentation time (and awkwardness/shyness!). The presenter can then show the results of the audience vote.
Well, now think years ahead (well, we aren't the only ones who have thought of this, but we have better ideas :-)). Imagine a class or
audience full of people with either their Android phones or their laptops.
At some point in the presentation, the presenter decides to ask a question (or maybe, even a list of questions - no way!... way!). This doesn't just have to be a "yes/no" answer, but it could be multi-choice, it could be open-ended, it could even have an image as part of the question. This question gets automatically delivered to any Android phone that is connected to that network. Each audience member has the ability to answer - and the presenter can then view and, if need be, show the results as graphs or raw data on main projector. Instantly. Surely by now you are thinking that we are in the year 3010! Well, how about, in the middle of the presentation, an audience member can write up a free text comment to the presenter at ANY stage of the presentation? e.g. "Didn't quite get that last example, could you please elaborate?" Now we've got real-time interaction between the presenter and the audience.
How will this change the future of education? How will it change the future of talk shows? (OK, so we don't really care too much about those, yet).
This year's COSC325's challenge was to come up with (design and implement) a tool like this. It would include a server side (used by the presenter) to ask and receive questions - and to display results of the questions, and a client side (from the audience's perspective), currently aimed at the Android phone.
You really need to come see the demonstrations to see the future of education!
And make sure you bring your Android phone (preferably) or laptop!
Please note that photographs and video might be taken during the event. These will only be used with relation to the course (e.g. promoting COSC325, SE Showcase etc.). If you have any objections to your photo being taken, please email Moffat prior to the event so that we can blur your face in the images.
Rules for presenters
- You have 10 minutes (timed, including any setup time) to wow the audience with your product.
- Following that, there will be a 5 mins buffer, which can be used for 1) interacting with the crowd, now filled with intense, bubbling curiosity, and 2) for the next team in line to set up their demo/slides, etc. We don't have much time available. Please make use of it.
- You must have a demo of your system running during your presentation so that people in the audience can use your system during your presentation. Have a few questions prepared earlier (make them funny!). Assume that this will be displayed on a different screen to the normal projector screens.
- The presentation must be conducted by one or more of your group members. Other people can be used in parts of demonstrations (if needed), but the actual presentation must be conducted by your group.
- A laugh meter, wit meter, or a craziness meter might be used to gauge appropriate marks.
There are also a few guidelines that might be of interest to you. Note: these were written before when the presentations were formal, however, they might still have valuable advice for you.
People
| Examiners |
|---|
Brent Martin |
Richard Lobb |
Brett Cameron |
| Session Chairs |
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Amir Shareghi |
Ehsan Yazdi |
| Organiser |
|---|
Moffat Mathews |
Groups
Lamprey
Team Lamprey has the finest ARS on campus! Got ARS envy? Don't worry! if you come along and check out MARS you'll have the chance to get your hands on the best ARS at University.
Team Lamprey understand ...
- We understand you might not have an Android phone.
- If you have a device with a browser, and access to the network you can use MARS.
- We understand you don't want to use software with an ugly interface.
- MARS has a stella interface, it's not just next level, it's in a whole different orbit. Roving the MARS interface rocks! it's intuitive and low pressure. You'll be taking low gravity leaps and bounds.
- We understand you care about your image, no one wants software with a rat spray painted yellow as its mascot.
- MARS is the coolest software spinning around the sun!
We understand you love puns.
Editor's note: ARS: Audience Response System; MARS: Mobile Audience Response System
Group members:
Max Brosnahan, Lewis Christie, Jack Galilee, Daniel Schramm, Mark Stuart, Richard Walker
Kickin' Software
How is my lecturing?
What is the meaning of life?
Where on this image is the left thyroid gland?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Do you want insight into what your audience is thinking? Are you a professor giving a lecture in a university? A game-show host that needs to have an "ask the audience" option? A marketing consultant giving a presentation to a client? If you need a comprehensive suite of tools to provide that insight then you need Insight.
Insight, from Kickin' Software, is a suite of Audience Response System applications covering almost any modern AndroidTM phone or tablet and most PC, MAC or Linux-based computers, laptops or netbooks.
This Friday we will be unveiling this fantastic set of tools for the first time in public... come along and get some Insight.
Group members:
Stephen Dunford, Simon Flowers, Stuart Kent, Jon Rutherford, Brendan Schwass, David White
Ripple
It is well known that the difference between a good and a great education is how interactive the learning experience can be. Over the past century, education has remained virtually unchanged while the digital revolution has occurred all around us. It is our pleasure to present a new technology that will change all of this.
We call this technology:
EARS (Electronic Audience Response System)
EARS is an innovative new audience response system developed by Ripple Software, a dedicated group of young volunteers all working towards their common goal of education for everybody, everywhere, all the time. It overcomes one of the main barriers of interactivity by allowing students to anonymously interact with their teacher and contribute to the lecture.
Come join our digital revolution and learn more about this exciting and innovative product, at Law108 on Friday.
Group members:
Karl Donaldson, Simon Frost, Matthew Galloway, Timothy Jackson-Kiely, Joel Mason, Scott Ogden, Ellie Rasmus
Future Teach
Every once in a while a piece of technology will come along to completely change the game.
QuizzMe is an advanced Audience Response System designed with its users at heart.
Receive instantaneous feedback about your lectures, vote in real time polls in class, make your voice heard in a crowded lecture theatre.
100% of Lecturers who assisted with the testing of QuizzMe said it would be of great use to them in everyday teaching scenarios.
So come to the COSC325 SE-Showcase and experience the future of interactive education.
Installation instructions
Group members:
Edwin Aangeenbrug, Robert Ambrose, James Currie, Mitchell Hill, Genny McDonagh, John Nicholls
Blueshift Development
Lecturers! Are you and your students not connecting? Have you asked a question only to have a sea of silent, pale faces stare back at you?
Getting stressed?
Crowdtalk is here for you! Stop students fiddling with their pockets and get them involved! Crowdtalk puts control of the classroom in your hands! Plus, by holding the phone up to your face you can drastically reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles (still in testing).
Students! Are lectures getting dull? Is course work too much? Want to use your phone in class for something other than watching cat videos?
Well shift your gaze because Crowdtalk is here for you too! Check how your classmates are doing and tell the lecturer what you know. Anonymity guaranteed so even if you're a monster of a fool there is no risk!
Crowdtalk is for everyone, so everyone is invited to the feature presentation this friday by Blueshift Development!
Crowdtalk - Teach so people will listen.
Group members:
Mason Drew, Jacob Duval, Jordan Hornblow, Andrei Miulescu, Scott Ngan, Clark Tozer
G6
Suspect your students aren't truly listening?
How can you gain insight into what they're thinking?
It's time to turn the tables on the one way traffic.
If you're still awake after the first five, prepare for a truely interactive presentation.
Introducing... Feedback!
And while you are at it, check out the awesome G6 website
Installation instructions
Group members:
Marcus Chee, David Clark, Matthew Lang, Aaron Lee, Joshua Leung, Anthony Prisk
Pocket Monsters
Come, experience the wonder, magic, and excitement of Pocket Monsters latest product reveal.
Pocket Monsters are here to show the new range of interactive lecturing technology.
Introducing the ILA Lecture Assistance.
Offering unparalleled Insight into your students’ knowledge of subjects, ILA is Future Teaching so good you’ll think it’s from MARS.
With its Kickin’ features that will make the Crowdtalk and Ripple their EARS, it’ll put that extra Zap! in your teaching, as it will Blueshift your students’ Feedback.
Your students will be yelling “QuizzMe!”.
Don’t be held back by a Lamprey, this is the product for you. So fly on down in your G6 as you’ll feel like you won the Lottery with this one.
Pocket Monsters -- Monster applications that fit in your pocket
Installation instructions
Group members:
Byron Bos, Kasper Brown, Andrew Bryant, Joel Harrison, Mark Hermon, Kiel Hurley
Editor's note: See how many of the words in italics are a {friendly} dig at other groups and their projects. :-)
Lottery Software
What do you think your chances of getting a great audience response system are?
One in a million?
That’s ridiculous! More like one in one!
Here at Lottery Software we are all about beating the odds and we’ve done that with our latest e-lecture-fying new product...
Zap!Zap! is simple, light weight and easy to use, just like a blow up doll!
If you’re not getting the attention you deserve as a presenter, no one is answering your questions and you want your presentations to stand out:
use Zap! The audience response system for you!
Group members:
James Dyer, Andrew Evans, Tom Henshall, Michael Kane, Andrew Poland, Michael Suttie, Finn Taylor
If you have any queries regarding this event, please email Moffat Mathews
Created: Thu Sep 18 14:36:54 NZST 2008, Moffat Mathews
Last modified: Tues Nov 1 2011
