This week, Google Docs, AR, Affective Context learning, mountains, my Dad and a moan about Spotify.
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Chalknote #3
August 6, 2010 - Chalknote -Augmented Reality – one more thing…
August 4, 2010 - Mobile -Following on from last week’s post on augmented reality, watching this video made me realise that AR needs to work differently if it’s going to be realy useful. It’s not enough to be direction and distance aware. The app somehow needs to be able to see the world as humans see it.
Enter the Dragon
July 29, 2010 - Mobile, Site of the Week -
A quick look at the new Dragon Dictation app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with some thoughts on why its a useful development.
AR – Reality, but better?
July 28, 2010 - Mobile, Tips and Techniques, Web Tools -
I’ve been having my first foray into the world of augmented reality via the iPhone. Although the current generation of apps looks promising I feel we’re still a away from making AR really exciting, accessible and cool.
AudioBoo – It must be love!
May 28, 2010 - Equipment, Mobile, Site of the Week, Web Tools -
I’m going all gooey about AudioBoo at the moment. It’s sat around in the perpiphery of my vision for a while now but in the last month or so I’ve started to see it as a really useful addition to my network of tools, especially now I’m a JesusPhone user.
Here’s why I’m gushing…
Eduserv’s 2010 Symposium: The Mobile University
May 20, 2010 - Mobile, Netskills, cpd -
Last week Will , Steve and myself from Netskills went down to this year’s Eduserv Symposium in London. It was on the theme of The Mobile…
How technology helped our move to Newcastle
March 26, 2010 - Tips and Techniques, Web Tools, cpd -
It struck me earlier this week how much of a role technology has played in helping us with our move to new jobs in Newcastle. Some aspects were fairly bland but others have been a little more interesting. I thought I’d itemise the different ways and then draw some tenuous conclusion as I usually do.
The iSchool Initiative
July 23, 2009 - Site of the Week, Whole School Issues -
Travis Allen is an 18-year old student from Georgia, USA who has started something called the iSchool Initiative. He makes the argument that if all students had the Apple devices running a collection of apps there would be considerable learning, cost-saving and environmental benefits for schools.
AudioBoo – Audio microblogging
May 26, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources, software -
No matter where you go on the internet, whatever you discover it is a safe bet that Stephen Fry has got there before you!
So it is with AudioBoo. Basically, it’s Twitter for audio.
I’ll start…
Thoughts on the iPod Touch for Edu
December 17, 2009 - Comment, Equipment, Whole School Issues - By: Chris