"Beyond examples given in the text, what applications to education are there of the Wii console?"
Believe it or not, I have never held or seen one of these devices in operation but, according to our text, the Wii console utilizes an interface that permits individuals to play games utilizing buttons and toggle switches. In education, this console can be useful in helping students develop psychomotor skills and as a tool to energize students' cognitive domain of learning through interactivity. I can't provide more detail as to how these features can be used in connection to education but I'm sure there is someone who can. Other possible uses in education may include playing DVDs and media files from USB flash drives; the use of motion sensors enhanced by its one-handed operation capability and like the Motion Plus remote which can more accurately capture complex motion [could this include sports like golf, tennis, kicking field goals and interceptions?]. Another advantage for educators could be using the remote for gesture recognition and the saving of player profiles to the Wii remote.
I also read that there are numbers on the Wii console in braille-like raised dots. Why braille?
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