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1. UrInfoGrid
Learn Connect Collaborate Create

2. Overview
• How We Made UrInfoGrid*
• Learning with UrInfoGrid
• How it Works
• Next Steps

3. UrInfoGrid meets GridStreamX
• UrInfoGrid is built on GridStreamX (GSX)
• GSX is wireless grid edgeware from the
WiGiT* Lab at Syracuse University
• Edgeware is a new class of ad hoc, adaptive
network
• GSX uses Java, Ruby on Rails (ROR), and a
Ubuntu Virtual Machine (VM)

4. UrInfoGrid for Learning Spaces
• 21st Century learning environments foster
safe sharing, collaboration, interaction, and
engagement for students anywhere
• The UrInfoGrid image-sharing application
is a simple way for educators to learn from
students and for students to engage with
learning and with each other

5. UrInfoGrid Demo
Image-Sharing App - Main Screen
(Homework: Studying Thunderstorms - Origin & Behaviour)

6. UrInfoGrid Demo
Image-Sharing App - Create New Imagery
(Add content: Student autonomy, sharing, & engagement)

7. UrInfoGrid Demo
Image-Sharing App - New Imagery created
(Addition of new shared content)

8. UrInfoGrid Image-Sharing
Learning App In Action
How it works
- Homework assigned on a topic
- Students click images on topic
- Students engage in grid, inside classroom
- Students share images on that topic
(e.g. thunderstorms)

9. UrInfoGrid Data Analytics
Data generated by UrInfoGrid Image-sharing app
• Rates of response (engagement indicator)
• Types of response
o difficulty indicators
o opportunities for improvement for all involved

10. UrInfoGrid Learning Analytics
Leveraging UrInfoGrid Image-sharing app data for:
• Educators
• Learners
• Educational Institutions
• Parents
• Others

11. Questions & Comments
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