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did you know?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:30:57 -0400

did you know?

Video

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:46:31 -0400

"The convergence of location-based media phones and multi-player gaming into will be the next big..."

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:08:35 -0500

“The convergence of location-based media phones and multi-player gaming into will be the next big thing in handheld computing, producing innovative mixed-reality games of exploration and discovery that combine indoor ‘control centre’ and outdoor ‘cityscape’ activities.”

- Professor Mike Sharples, Director, LSRI, Nottingham University

"Come on, what we routinely call ‘education’ is in fact nothing more than an..."

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:22:16 -0500

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Come on, what we routinely call ‘education’ is in fact nothing more than an indoctrination into a set of ultimately useless social customs. Whatever useful knowledge is taught in schools comes spoon-fed without any explanation at all. Can you imagine a school teaching *critical thinking*? Or what science is actually about? Or at least what mathematics is *good for*?

And guess what, the way kids learn when left to their own devices has been studied for decades (hint: look up ‘constructivism’ on Wikipedia). All the “educational system” needs to do is to stand back a little and settle for providing guidance. Trouble is, that would clash with the modern society’s obsession with control.

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- http://opengardensblog.futuretext.com/archives/2009/01/arrowes_and_why.html

"This is the third year in a row that mobiles are a part of the Horizon Report, and their importance..."

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:50:00 -0500

“This is the third year in a row that mobiles are a part of the Horizon Report, and their importance for education can no longer be ignored, really. However, the key trends I found to be most important have to do with teaching and learning, and research. With regards to teaching and learning the report states (p. 7):
“There is a growing need for formal instruction in key new skills, including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological literacy; and Students are different, but a lot of educational material is not… Clear approaches to assessing emerging forms of scholarly practice are needed for tenure and promotion. Students who are living and learning with technologies that generate dynamic forms of content may find the current formalism and structure of scholarship and research to be static and “dead” as a way of collecting, analyzing and sharing results.””

- http://ubiquitousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/horizon-report-2009/

"It’s no secret that today’s wired learners have better technology in their back pockets than they’re..."

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:49:33 -0500

“It’s no secret that today’s wired learners have better technology in their back pockets than they’re offered at school. It’s also clear that students are much more inclined to engage these devices than take in the sage-on-the-stage teaching models of yesteryear.
So why aren’t we making use of the technologies our students actually enjoy and use?
The answers to this and other future ed tech questions are found in the 2009 Horizon Report…”

- http://www.smartmobs.com/2009/01/24/2009-horizon-report-mobile-tech-is-key-for-education/

"..real-time access to education and information 24×7. With global access to the best minds and..."

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:48:48 -0500

“..real-time access to education and information 24×7. With global access to the best minds and teachers becoming available via the Internet, the expense and inefficiencies of traditional educational institutions are soon in for a major challenge from the virtual realms of the broadband Internet versus the physical benefits available to students’ physical attendance in a campus setting.”

- http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2009/01/20/the-need-for-the-broadband-stimulus-package/

Video

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:36:04 -0500

HTC roadmap

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:24:47 -0500

HTC roadmap

Photo

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:45:17 -0500

HTC Sapphire = G2?

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:42:32 -0500

HTC Sapphire = G2?

qualcom snapdragon

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:38:00 -0500

qualcom snapdragon

HTC Hero?

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:36:45 -0500

HTC Hero?

2009

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:10:50 -0500

2009

Video

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:12:00 -0500

neue “Chic Magnet” App

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:50:52 -0500

neue “Chic Magnet” App

multitouch proof of concept

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:18:32 -0500

multitouch proof of concept

"What’s there to understand, Steve? It is simple. It is free, and it is meant to eat Windows Mobile..."

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:57:07 -0500

“What’s there to understand, Steve? It is simple. It is free, and it is meant to eat Windows Mobile for lunch.”

- http://gigaom.com/2008/11/06/ballmer-is-wrong-about-android/

power of pocket computer

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:31:04 -0500

power of pocket computer

android on freerunner

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:22:00 -0500

android on freerunner