Siftables are cool. They’re small, block-like, wireless, and interactive computers. They look like this:
And you can do many things with them beyond playing games… like sequencing music, or creating interactive stories.
I introduced my grade 6 students to siftables during my InfoTech classes recently, and they were very impressed by the cool things they can do. So impressed, in fact, that many of them chose to write David Merrill, the inventor of Siftables, a short email note letting him know as well.
Many of my students received a response from David Merrill, including David B, in grade 6. Here’s his response:
Hi David,
Thanks for your message. I have been hearing from many of your classmates
also — it seems like my video was a bit hit. 
I invented Siftables because I thought that the world needed a more
physical, hands-on way to use computers. It took a few days to come up with
the specific idea, but I have been thinking about this kind of thing for a
long time. Here is a longer answer, that I wrote in response to an email
interview request:
http://tinyurl.com/dh4oog
We are working to make them available to the world, so please stay tuned!
I’m not sure yet how much they will cost.
Take care,
-David
Hey… technology works. I it when stuff works!
