On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Google Glass and I traveled to Boston for the National Science Teacher Association's Conference. My first attempt at using Glass was on the moving walkway in the Salt Lake City airport. I wanted to record the walkway as it is a great example of vector addition for physics. I recorded, although it wasn't that good because I chickened out and didn't speak through it. I was getting some interesting looks. Since the video didn't really work out, here's a picture of the walkway #throughglass.
My second attempt at using Glass was recording and taking pictures of the airplanes coming in and out of the Salt Lake City airport. Really it wasn't any different than recording them with my phone, except that it was from my perspective. I like the below picture because it
My third attempt was during take-off of our airplane. I was a little braver with this one as I was sitting in my seat with my husband and no one else was really paying attention to me. Here's the result:
While at the conference, I used it to record a couple of activities. Before I was recording, I made sure to ask those in my groups if they would be okay if I recorded using Glass. All were open and curious about the device. When I offered to share them, a few jumped at the chance, while others were reluctant. This happens with any new technology, so nothing I wasn't used to. Here are a few videos of activities we did during the conference:
It wasn't until Friday that I met someone else at the conference that was actually wearing Glass. Heck I didn't see a single person in the Salt Lake City airport, in the Logan International airport in Boston, or at the conference wearing them except for this guy. Although, I do have a Twitter friend who has Glass and was at the conference, but he was feeling a little chicken also. Really, I don't blame him either. Here's the picture I took of him with my Glass while he wore his.
One of the fortunate things about Glass is I could record group collaboration between other teachers and I during a workshop on satellite imaging. I didn't have to stop what I was doing to record the activity and I could catch all the interactions the group was having. I made sure to ask all members of the group if it was okay if I recorded before taking this video: