On 04/07/2011,
in e-books, e-readers, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, new media literacies, publishing, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
EDUCAUSE Review
Volume 46, Number 2 | March/April 2011
Getting a Handle on Mobile: Perspectives
Features
On teaching
Mobile Literacy
Mobile Literacy
David Parry
“The future our students will inherit is one that will be mediated and stitched together by the mobile web, and I think that ethically, we are called on as teachers to teach them how to use these technologies effectively.”
David McCarthy
“The current optimal e-reading solution for higher education is a robust laptop home base with an ecosystem that interacts with tablets and e-readers for mobile consumption.”
On iPads
Why Mobile?
Why Mobile?
Mary Ann Gawelek, Mary Spataro, and Phil Komarny
“With their students, faculty have become co-learners and pioneers in the classroom. With no models to work from, they had to explore, practice, and discover the iPad’s potential for expanding learning.”
On websites
Mobile Matters: Communication Trumps Technology
Mobile Matters: Communication Trumps Technology
Susan T. Evans
“Mobile is the future for content delivery. Colleges and universities need to establish a strategy now and make the decisions necessary to take advantage of this communication opportunity.”
Jim Davis and Rosemary A. Rocchio
“This device-agnostic framework and approach has huge practical advantages in that we can reach the vast majority of our mobile community regardless of what device they are using and we can readily accommodate ever-changing devices.”
“The best I can hope to do is keep an eye on the high level industry trends and directions, and then once we’ve identified those trends, ride them as best we can to where we think they’ll take the market.”
On 04/05/2011,
in creativity, digital audio, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, e-books, e-readers, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, publishing, tablets, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Also see:
- Mag+ Tablet Publishing Tools Now Available for All Publishers — from Mag+
- Bonnier Gives Away Its New iPad Magazine Builder — from paidcontent.co.uk
On 03/31/2011,
in collaboration, creativity, emerging technologies, innovation, learning spaces, multi-touch, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/23/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, education technology, emerging technologies, Google, multi-touch, smart classrooms, tablets, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
SENSUS and Open Exhibits – Easy Sharing Between Tables, Tablets & Phones — from ideum.com by Jim Spadaccini
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The concept is simple:
Make networking and sharing transparent across
multitouch devices and operating systems.
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From DSC:
Even more powerful if such a file could be quickly sent/shared with a remote classroom/student!
On 03/22/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, education technology, engagement / engaging students, innovation, learning spaces, multi-touch, multimedia, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
I’ve been hoping that Steelcase would move towards implementing their puck-like devices — from their MediaScape product line — on tables throughout a classroom…whereby these pucks would be wireless and whereby students could plug in whatever device they brought to class with them, and then hit the puck to begin “playing their media for the classroom.” No pauses, no interruptions to the flow of the class.
Along these lines, check this out:
- PolyPly Concept — from Fubiz.com
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On 03/14/2011,
in Apple, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, e-books, e-readers, education technology, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, tools, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Apple iPad 2 ‘sold out’ — from telegraph.co.uk
Analysts at Piper Jaffray and Deutsche Bank claim the Apple iPad 2 is now totally sold out after its Friday launch, with 70% sold to new purchasers
iPad 2 Sold Out, 70% Went to New Buyers — from Mashable.com by Stan Schroeder
Also see:
Tablet devices: iPad takes over as the lecture hall aid of choice — from ft.com by Tim Bradshaw
On 02/25/2011,
in Apple, computer science, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, programming, technologies for your home,
by Daniel Christian
On 02/24/2011,
in change, future, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
The Future of Media — by Chris Brogan
- The Future Of Media – A MUST watch video from Chris Brogan — from Angela Meiers
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MultiTouch displays can be used as tables or wall
displays – and tables and wall displays can be combined.
On 12/13/2010,
in A/V -- audio/visual, emerging technologies, Europe, learning spaces, multi-touch, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
MultiTouch Ltd. develops first multitouch Twitter Wall
MultiTouch to Produce Official 2011 International CES Twitter Wall; Visual, Moving Twitter Spheres Display Tweets in Real Time; Users Can Access Photos; Positional Speakers Deliver High-Quality Audio
FOR RELEASE ON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010
HELSINKI –MultiTouch, Ltd., developer of the world’s first modular multi-touch LCD screen for large-scale displays, today announced the release of the industry’s first large-scale multitouch, multi-user Twitter wall application. The MultiTouch Twitter Wall consists of at least six MultiTouch Cell 46 Advanced displays, 46 inches wide, in a 3 x 2 (three long, two high) configuration that visually displays tweets from selected hashtags and keywords. Users of the MultiTouch Twitter Wall can open tweets, represented on a rotating sphere, by touching a profile image and moving, or resizing, the tweet on the display. The MultiTouch Twitter Wall offers alternate views on the spheres that enable images from Flickr to be displayed, searchable with a keyword, as well. Using Panphonics Sound Shower® directional loudspeakers, the MultiTouch Twitter Wall can further engage users with positional audio from tweets and other content displayed.
MultiTouch will produce the Official 2011 International CES Twitter Wall in Las Vegas, January 6-9, in the North Hall lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center, with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), which will incorporate Twitter feeds from CES – including the official #CES tag – as well as 2011 CES news from show attendees, bloggers, and exhibitors, and will curate stills and video content from the show as well. Photos and videos of the MultiTouch Twitter Wall are available, respectively, at http://multitouch.fi/about-2/photos/ and http://multitouch.fi/about-2/videos/.
On 11/23/2010,
in A/V -- audio/visual, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, distance education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, internet, media/film, mobile learning, multi-touch, multimedia, music, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, podcasting, teaching online, technologies for your home, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 5: Unlimited Internet TV — from Phil Leigh
In short, often there is no reason why modern flat panel TV screens cannot function as giant monitors for up-do-date computers.
Thus a growing number of us are attaching computers to our TVs. The trend is especially prevalent for WiFi enabled computers because they can connect over a home network and thence to the Internet. In such configurations computers – commonly dedicated laptops – function as Internet gateways for televisions. They transform TVs into dual function devices normally controlled from a comfortable viewing distance with ordinary TV remote units.
Also see:
- Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 4: Broadcast Reception
- Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 3: Televisions
- Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 2
- Cutting the Pay TV Cord, Chapter 1
If you’re tired of paying for television service you’re not alone. The number of domestic pay TV subscribers declined for the first time ever at the end of the June, 2010 calendar quarter. The drop was about 200,000. It declined again at the end of the September quarter by an estimated 100,000. Since there are over 95 million pay TV subscribers, the industry publicly minimizes the significance of the trend reversal. But they are wrong to do so. It’s been a growth business for half a century. It’s run its course and Internet video is the successor.