Monday, October 13, 2008
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Open Source
Whilst researching on mobile technology I've come across a few sites that offer open source software for mobiles. I've yet to download and experiment with this software but it appears that as more educational and business institutions are becoming used to the idea of delivering lesson content then more open source packages will help support it.
Powerpoint
I've also been experimenting with powerpoint and making a slideshow on my desktop and then placing it on the PDA. The only problem I've encountered is the html not loading
properly. In my slideshow on actionscript the link to the html page didn't work. I'm not sure why as other html pages have loaded properly. I'll need to explore this further as this has a lot of implications for making content. The swf file embedded within the html loads properly within the powerpoint on my desktop so should load properly on the mobile. The only problem that could be resolved is if it can't find the page because it needs to be saved within a folder.
Mobile Blogs
There is also a large community dedicated to mobile phone content that I've discovered through reading blogs. http://www.flashdevices.net/ One thing that was noticeable is how much further ahead are a number of universities and companies in introducing mobiles as a form of education. For a developer this must be an exciting time, knowing that you can deliver content anywhere at anytime. For an educator it then becomes a matter of designing content that is legible in small chunks. How much can be designed by the educator and how much by the programmer? Will the two have to work together or will there be software that becomes more accessible for the average teacher?
Resources
I'm going to upload the games and slideshows that I make for mobile devices onto the website project and it will be found in the http://alwaysonlearningcommunities/research folder
Powerpoint
I've also been experimenting with powerpoint and making a slideshow on my desktop and then placing it on the PDA. The only problem I've encountered is the html not loading
properly. In my slideshow on actionscript the link to the html page didn't work. I'm not sure why as other html pages have loaded properly. I'll need to explore this further as this has a lot of implications for making content. The swf file embedded within the html loads properly within the powerpoint on my desktop so should load properly on the mobile. The only problem that could be resolved is if it can't find the page because it needs to be saved within a folder.
Mobile Blogs
There is also a large community dedicated to mobile phone content that I've discovered through reading blogs. http://www.flashdevices.net/ One thing that was noticeable is how much further ahead are a number of universities and companies in introducing mobiles as a form of education. For a developer this must be an exciting time, knowing that you can deliver content anywhere at anytime. For an educator it then becomes a matter of designing content that is legible in small chunks. How much can be designed by the educator and how much by the programmer? Will the two have to work together or will there be software that becomes more accessible for the average teacher?
Resources
I'm going to upload the games and slideshows that I make for mobile devices onto the website project and it will be found in the http://alwaysonlearningcommunities/research folder
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
About the project
The Always On project is designed to investigate the use of MLearning technologies in the year 7 to 9 age group in schools. Students and teachers will be equipped with Palm Pilots that contain memory cards and bluetooth capabilities. Students and teachers will be able to synchronise their palm pilots with their desktop computers as well as transfer data between the various palm pilots via bluetooth. This will allow for collaborative and group work tasks as well as be a tool for teacher assessment.
This blog will contain details of the project and updates during the three year trial period of the palm pilots in schools.
About the project
The Always On project is designed to investigate the use of MLearning technologies in the year 7 to 9 age group in schools. Students and teachers will be equipped with Palm Pilots that contain memory cards and bluetooth capabilities. Students and teachers will be able to synchronise their palm pilots with their desktop computers as well as transfer data between the various palm pilots via bluetooth. This will allow for collaborative and group work tasks as well as be a tool for teacher assessment.
This blog will contain details of the project and updates during the three year trial period of the palm pilots in schools.
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