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Blue hour, lovin' these summer stretch evenings, bright & warm in Dublin tonight.
The Hanseatic Nature, a gem of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, has been charming adventurers since its launch in 2019. Built in Norway as the second of three sister ships in the company’s ultra-luxury expedition fleet, this vessel is designed for those who crave exploration without sacrificing comfort. With a capacity for just 230 passengers (or 199 on polar trips), it’s an intimate way to see the world, boasting an ice-strengthened hull for polar voyages and 17 Zodiacs for up-close excursions in remote destinations. Its modern design includes two extendable glass balconies that make you feel like you’re floating over the ocean, plus a “study wall” in the Knowledge Studio on Deck 8—an interactive touchscreen for diving deep into the history and nature of each stop. The ship’s commitment to sustainability, like using low-sulfur marine gas oil and a certified shore power connection, adds a feel-good factor to its journeys.
This week, the Hanseatic Nature made a splash in Dublin, docking in the Irish capital as part of its expedition from Dublin to Reykjavik. Passengers were treated to the city’s vibrant mix of history and charm, with some opting for a scenic cruise along Dublin Bay to spot the Poolbeg Lighthouse and Dalkey Island, while others explored the city’s highlights on foot, from the historic Trinity College to the lively Temple Bar. The ship’s small size allowed for a personal touch, with expert guides sharing tales of Dublin’s Viking roots and Georgian architecture. After a day of Irish adventures, guests returned to the ship’s cozy cabins—some with French balconies—and dined on gourmet cuisine inspired by the east coast USA at The Hamptons, one of its three onboard restaurants.
Now, the Hanseatic Nature has sailed on to Peel, a quaint port town on the western coast of the Isle of Man. Arriving after a scenic journey across the Irish Sea, the ship anchored off Peel’s shores, where passengers tendered in to explore this historic gem. Peel is famous for its Viking heritage, and many guests visited Peel Castle, a striking 11th-century fortress once home to Magnus Barefoot, a Viking King of Mann. The town’s narrow streets, lined with colorful cottages, offered a picturesque backdrop for a light lunch at a local café, with the scent of fresh Manx kippers in the air. Others delved into the island’s Celtic past at the House of Manannan museum, while the ship’s Zodiacs gave a few lucky explorers a chance to spot seals along the rugged coastline. With the Hanseatic Nature as their floating base, passengers are soaking up the Isle of Man’s laid-back charm before continuing their journey through the wild beauty of the Hebrides and Iceland.
The picture above shows a battle scene from the popular video game series, Medieval II: Total War. In the picture, Aztec eagle warriors face off against Spanish soldiers. The video game takes a particular snapshot of world history, from shortly after 1500 into the conquest of Mexico. Players win by conquering territories and eliminating certain other factions. Players can take on the role of New Spain under the leadership of Hernan Cortes and Diego de Velazquez, who in actuality were political enemies. They can also play as a number of Native American factions, notably the Aztec and the Maya.
The success of the Total War franchise raises some interesting questions. Is it morally and ethically sound to have player engage in such practices as exterminating the populace of certain towns? In fact, players are rewarded by such behavior as they are given money on a scaled basis. To what extent should games be allowed to bend the facts of history to their needs, such as the representation of Cortes’ career as a strategic game, rather than as a tragic clash of cultures that cost thousands of lives?
Another intriguing question arises: could video games also be used to teach history? According to Julian DelGuadio, “it is generally understood that the traditional way of educating college students is limited in its ability to reach all students or to promote sound educational outcomes.” New, interactive techniques are more popular, and may help historians teach history in better ways. What better way to understand the task set ahead of Cortes than to see first hand how limited resources, an unfamiliar political environment, and a lack of support from his home affected the outcome of his expedition into Mexico? This sort of activity could be valuable as it brings history to “higher levels of interactivity, decentralization of learning, and student empowerment.”
This is not to say that the current video game market could support this sort of implementation. The video game market is dominated by entertainment first, with educational products making up only a very small segment. Historical accuracy is not the main goal, but is more a backdrop to the game play. In short, the entertainment drives the history, and not vice versa. The Spanish are the conquering heroes facing overwhelming odds, and the Aztecs are the brutal blood thirsty savages. It is possible that some time in the near future interactive simulations will become more the norm than the exception, but their value to the historical profession is one that has yet to be tapped sufficiently.
Victor Davis Hanson , Carnage and Culture (New York: Doubleday, 2001), 172.
Julian J. DelGaudio, “Should Historians Become Programmers? Limitations and Possibilities of
Computer-Assisted Instruction in the United States History Survey” The History Teacher 33 (1999): 67-78
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Ideum designed and developed the Origami Apprentice application for HP Sprout, an innovative technology with a vertical touch screen, horizontal touch mat, multiple cameras, and a projector. Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Origami Apprentice offers multimodal learning opportunities. To learn more about Origami Apprentice, Sprout by HP, and Ideum's Creative Services, visit ideum.com/sprout/
A young artist starts to work on his traditional balloon origami model using Origami Apprentice. Ideum designed and developed the Origami Apprentice application for the HP Sprout, an innovative technology with a vertical touch screen, horizontal touch mat, multiple cameras, and a projector. Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Origami Apprentice offers multimodal learning opportunities.
First, the apprentice chooses what origami model they’d like to make. Then, they place their paper on the mat and the instruction begins. On the vertical screen, animations and verbal instructions show and tell the apprentice what to do. Projected onto the mat are visual folding guides that take the apprentice through each step as they fold their model. This app goes beyond existing printed and video origami instructions to truly engage the learner with every fold.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website.
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Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Bills + Coins uses image recognition to identify real currency from around the world and provides information about that currency’s history, compares it to other global currencies over time, shows pictures and maps of the region from which it comes, and discusses how it was made. Virtual currency is provided with the app, so you can learn about a variety of world currency even if you don't have it on hand.
Bills + Coins supports the most recent version of commonly-used denominations of global currencies, including but not limited to Japanese yen and Chinese renmibi, Canadian and U.S. dollars, Eurozone euros and Russian rubles. The application is available for free, exclusively in the Sprout Marketplace.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website. To view the other applications we've built for Sprout by HP, visit our Sprout page.
A young student uses Origami Apprentice's folding guides. Ideum designed and developed the Origami Apprentice application for the HP Sprout, an innovative technology with a vertical touch screen, horizontal touch mat, multiple cameras, and a projector. Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Origami Apprentice offers multimodal learning opportunities.
First, the apprentice chooses what origami model they’d like to make. Then, they place their paper on the mat and the instruction begins. On the vertical screen, animations and verbal instructions show and tell the apprentice what to do. Projected onto the mat are visual folding guides that take the apprentice through each step as they fold their model. This app goes beyond existing printed and video origami instructions to truly engage the learner with every fold.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website.
Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Bills + Coins uses image recognition to identify real currency from around the world and provides information about that currency’s history, compares it to other global currencies over time, shows pictures and maps of the region from which it comes, and discusses how it was made. Virtual currency is provided with the app, so you can learn about a variety of world currency even if you don't have it on hand.
Bills + Coins supports the most recent version of commonly-used denominations of global currencies, including but not limited to Japanese yen and Chinese renmibi, Canadian and U.S. dollars, Eurozone euros and Russian rubles. The application is available for free, exclusively in the Sprout Marketplace.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website. To view the other applications we've built for Sprout by HP, visit our Sprout page.
Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Bills + Coins uses image recognition to identify real currency from around the world and provides information about that currency’s history, compares it to other global currencies over time, shows pictures and maps of the region from which it comes, and discusses how it was made. Virtual currency is provided with the app, so you can learn about a variety of world currency even if you don't have it on hand.
Bills + Coins supports the most recent version of commonly-used denominations of global currencies, including but not limited to Japanese yen and Chinese renmibi, Canadian and U.S. dollars, Eurozone euros and Russian rubles. The application is available for free, exclusively in the Sprout Marketplace.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website. To view the other applications we've built for Sprout by HP, visit our Sprout page.
Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Bills + Coins uses image recognition to identify real currency from around the world and provides information about that currency’s history, compares it to other global currencies over time, shows pictures and maps of the region from which it comes, and discusses how it was made. Virtual currency is provided with the app, so you can learn about a variety of world currency even if you don't have it on hand.
Bills + Coins supports the most recent version of commonly-used denominations of global currencies, including but not limited to Japanese yen and Chinese renmibi, Canadian and U.S. dollars, Eurozone euros and Russian rubles. The application is available for free, exclusively in the Sprout Marketplace.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website. To view the other applications we've built for Sprout by HP, visit our Sprout page.
A young student advances to the next step in making her model using Origami Apprentice. Ideum designed and developed the Origami Apprentice application for the HP Sprout, an innovative technology with a vertical touch screen, horizontal touch mat, multiple cameras, and a projector. Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Origami Apprentice offers multimodal learning opportunities.
First, the apprentice chooses what origami model they’d like to make. Then, they place their paper on the mat and the instruction begins. On the vertical screen, animations and verbal instructions show and tell the apprentice what to do. Projected onto the mat are visual folding guides that take the apprentice through each step as they fold their model. This app goes beyond existing printed and video origami instructions to truly engage the learner with every fold.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website.
Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Bills + Coins uses image recognition to identify real currency from around the world and provides information about that currency’s history, compares it to other global currencies over time, shows pictures and maps of the region from which it comes, and discusses how it was made. Virtual currency is provided with the app, so you can learn about a variety of world currency even if you don't have it on hand.
Bills + Coins supports the most recent version of commonly-used denominations of global currencies, including but not limited to Japanese yen and Chinese renmibi, Canadian and U.S. dollars, Eurozone euros and Russian rubles. The application is available for free, exclusively in the Sprout Marketplace.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website. To view the other applications we've built for Sprout by HP, visit our Sprout page.
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A pair of young artists use Origami Apprentice to guide them through the process of making an origami fish. Ideum designed and developed the Origami Apprentice application for the HP Sprout, an innovative technology with a vertical touch screen, horizontal touch mat, multiple cameras, and a projector. Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Origami Apprentice offers multimodal learning opportunities.
First, the apprentice chooses what origami model they’d like to make. Then, they place their paper on the mat and the instruction begins. On the vertical screen, animations and verbal instructions show and tell the apprentice what to do. Projected onto the mat are visual folding guides that take the apprentice through each step as they fold their model. This app goes beyond existing printed and video origami instructions to truly engage the learner with every fold.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website.
Hofstra University School of Education - Buildings and Facilities
Photographer: Jonathan Heisler, Hofstra University Photographer
Shown here is Origami Apprentice, along with samples of origami models that have been made using the app. Ideum designed and developed the Origami Apprentice application for the HP Sprout, an innovative technology with a vertical touch screen, horizontal touch mat, multiple cameras, and a projector. Using the Sprout’s unique capabilities, Origami Apprentice offers multimodal learning opportunities.
First, the apprentice chooses what origami model they’d like to make. Then, they place their paper on the mat and the instruction begins. On the vertical screen, animations and verbal instructions show and tell the apprentice what to do. Projected onto the mat are visual folding guides that take the apprentice through each step as they fold their model. This app goes beyond existing printed and video origami instructions to truly engage the learner with every fold.
To learn more about Ideum's Creative Services, visit our website.