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12 Aug 2010
Because the Edublogs site (which hosts this blog) now requires me to pay to remove advertisements from all of my posts, and to enable basic blog features such as the ability to embed videos in my posts (which is included with EVERY other free blogging service, and should be considered a basic essential in an [...]
23 Apr 2010
If a kitten can learn with an iPad… how much more can we learn? Kitten learns to fish on an iPad.
24 Feb 2010
This video shows the positive use of mobile devices in the classroom to provide a back channel; and also discusses other aspects of mobility, such as the teacher being able to interact with her class even though she was physically away that day. Twitter in the Classroom The comments are worth reading too as they provide significant [...]
23 Feb 2010
Ive been engrossed in an article on the tech blog Gizmodo this morning, which reveals that Dr. Alan Kay made the following quote about the iPhone when it was launched: /blockquote> Ive written several posts about Dr Alan Kay in the past, but to summarise, Dr Kay is one of the greatest minds in the history of [...]
22 Feb 2010
Over the last week or so, Ive been keeping up with the story of the US school that activated the webcam on a students Macbook while the student was at home, and took photographs to allege that the student was handling drugs (which the student asserts were actually candies). In the half a decade Ive been [...]
19 Feb 2010
The FLiP, made by V-Tech, is an e-book reader targeted at children aged 3-7. It features a 4.3-inch colour touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, rugged design and over 100 downloadable titles. A programmable, touchscreen mobile learning device with a QWERTY keyboard for $60!? Things are getting very exciting for mobile learning.
17 Feb 2010
The Mirus Schoolbook Convertible looks like its a decent step forward in the design of a low-cost mobile computing device for education. Its a step up from existing netbooks and even the OLPC because it features a convertible design the screen can be swivelled and locked flat so that it turns into a tablet computer, [...]
01 Feb 2010
There has been considerable activity at the University of Canberra with the implementation of Apple-based systems for supporting teaching and learning.  With the University installing a new lecture recording system, staff here in the Teaching Learning Centre have been focused on ways to optimise the capture, editing, and delivery of videos from all sources [...]
15 Dec 2009
Gear Diary has just informed me of some good news, just in time for Christmas. Historically, Apple have maintained strict control of the capabilities of the iPhone, by restricting the use of certain functions and preventing developers from using them in approved apps. This is the reason that older model iPhones (the original [...]
08 Dec 2009
Back in 2006, I made some predictions about where mobile learning might be heading, including the use of augmented reality or Heads Up data displays to provide information on a learners environment and allow learning in situ,.  Augmented reality has recently really taken off during 2009, with a number of apps on various GPS-enabled mobile [...]

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