Who watches TV on the iPad? Nielsen plans to find out — from padgadget.com
On 08/23/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, homeschooling/homeschoolers, interactivity, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, participation, technologies for your home, television, transmedia, trends,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/07/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital storytelling, interactivity, participation, television, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX),
by Daniel Christian
Amazon acquires Pushbutton — from pushbutton.tv
Excerpt:
Pushbutton have announced today that Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN). have acquired Push Button Holdings Ltd.
“Pushbutton has a strong reputation for delivering amazing user experiences on connected devices,” said Greg Greeley, Amazon’s Vice President of European Retail. “They were instrumental in helping launch the LOVEFiLM player through a variety of devices, and we look forward to helping them continue to innovate on behalf of customers.”
“With Amazon and LOVEFiLM’s support, we look forward to offering our clients, as well as their customers, even more ways to access digital services in the future,” said Paula Byrne, Pushbutton Managing Director.
Also see:
- Amazon Snags Video Technology Company— from businessinsider.com
Planit, a concept app from Pushbutton.
Image: Pushbutton
Talk about engaging students in music! Creative use of iPads by Neil Johnston from storevanmusic.com
On 07/05/2011,
in active learning, attention, collaboration, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, drama/theater, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, ideas, innovation, interactivity, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, participation, passions, real-world assignments, social learning / networks, teaching & learning, UK,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
What a great way to engage, inspire, involve students in music!
See:
Also see:
- Neil Johnston from storevanmusic.com
- Originally saw at The Futures Agency
On 06/28/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, innovation, multimedia, online learning, online media, participation, personalized/customized learning, technologies for your home, television,
by Daniel Christian
The future of TV is social and the revolution is coming ! | SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS | Digital Ministry — from Mark Mayhew
Ynon Kreiz, CEO of the Endemol group the largest independent production company in the world responsible for Big brother said Social TV is going to be huge.
“The ability to create content that will enable people to interface with each other, to connect, to recommend, to share and experience over television, is going to change the landscape of the industry.”
Excerpts:
What is social TV?
Simply put, it’s about merging your social media networks to the TV. It’s making TV social–again. It’s about taking the water cooler effect and making this virtual, it’s about the empowered consumer viewing content when and where they want, deciding who they want to share it with and being able to do this all in real time.In essence it is a term that describes technology that supports communication and social interaction in either the context of watching television, or related to TV content.Viewers are now using social media to connect with the TV with content that matters to them. Then, as the MIT study shows, they are engaging in massive real-time conversations around those shows and learning to be a part of that conversation and it is a participatory culture as well as a personalised one.TV always been social and on the face of it TV and social media seem like a natural fit but if the TV industry is going to make the most of the opportunities it is going to have change quickly and learn the lessons of the music industry.
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It is time to rethink TV. It is time to imagine what it could be and redefine it for the participatory culture of tomorrow.
From DSC:
In the graphic below…what thoughts might arise if, instead of entertainment-oriented items, we thought more along the lines of providing materials relating to education, training, professional development?
On 06/08/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, interaction design, interactivity, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, multi-touch, multimedia, participation, smart classrooms, technologies for your home, technology (general), television, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC: It would be sharp (and somewhat James Bond-ish) if you could take the concepts within the iTable from Kyle Buckner Designs.com…(esp. motorized parts and a customizable design)
…and combine those concepts with concepts found within a Microsoft Surface type of table: (esp. multi-touch capabilities for a group of people to work collaboratively on)
…and combine those concepts with concepts found within Steelcase’s Media:Scape product… (esp. the ability to bring your own device and instantly “connect” it and press a puck-like device to begin displaying it on the screen/table)
…kinda gives us a flavor for what may very well be part of the integration and continued convergence of devices…and it may be a device in your living room or study.
On 06/07/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, computer science, creativity, digital learning, digital storytelling, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, innovation, interactivity, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, participation, platforms, programming, television, transmedia,
by Daniel Christian
Apple’s new video regarding their iOS 5 operating system
From DSC:
I have it that these technologies will be used for educationally-related purposes/materials as well; including digital storytelling, transmedia storytelling, transmedia-based interactive/participative educational materials and more.
On 05/07/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, change, digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, emerging technologies, Europe, innovation, interactivity, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, participation, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, transmedia, trends,
by Daniel Christian
MyTVBuddy kicks off as the first pan-European Social TV app on iPad — from appmarket.tv (emphasis DSC)
Excerpt:
Today E-ZONE unveiled its iPad app MyTVBuddy claiming it takes Social TV to the next level of exploration, interaction, engagement and participation by letting users check in to TV programs, watch videos, post messages on Facebook, share Twitter messages, participate in conversations and see where other users are located. MyTVBuddy kicks off with a special launch edition of Eurovision 2011.
MyTVBuddy comes with a solution for turning TV viewing into a social experience by using mobile devices such as the iPad. According to a recent study from Yahoo, nearly 90 percent of people watching television are using a mobile device at the same time. Be it Twitter, Facebook, email or instant messaging, they are doing more than just watching.
From DSC:
TV and entertainment coming up to bat — with learning-related applications on deck! 🙂
Also see:
- Special launch edition: Eurovision 2011 — from mytvbuddy.net
On 05/06/2011,
in engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, instructional design, interactivity, online learning, participation,
by Daniel Christian
1. Analyze the current state of the classroom program.
2. Update and cut-and-chunk material.
3. Identify ways of adding interactivity and capturing the richness of the “live” event.
On 05/04/2011,
in 21st century, active learning, assessment, education reform, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, global / globalization, ideas, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, love of learning, morals/values, motivation, participation, play, policy, political science, presentations, project-based learning, real-world assignments, relationships, society, sociology, staying relevant, story, storytelling, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teaching & learning, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
John Hunter on the World Peace Game — TED March 2011 — my thanks to Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Kate Byerwalter for this great presentation
About this talk
John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4’x5′ plywood board — and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches — spontaneous, and always surprising — go further than classroom lectures can.
About John Hunter
Teacher and musician John Hunter is the inventor of the World Peace Game (and the star of the new doc “World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements”).
On 04/27/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, disruption, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, flipping -- inverted learning, future of higher education, game-changing environment, generational differences, higher education, innovation, internet, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, mobile learning, motivation, multimedia, online learning, online media, participation, pedagogy, social learning / networks, strategy, student-related, teaching & learning, tools, trends, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/18/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, interaction design, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, participation, personalized/customized learning, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, transmedia, trends, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
New Sony TV Ad: Television Redefined, Internet TV, 4/15/11 — from electrictv.com
New Samsung Smart TV Ad: Internet TV, 4/13/11 — from electrictv.com
[WATCH]: Interactive Video Conferencing at NCSSM
