Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Moodle and iPhone update: the movie

Moodle and iPhone update: the movie: "For those wanting to see a glimpse of the interaction behind the application that allows the iPhone (or iPod) to access Moodle. Look at this uploaded movie:



In the meantime the iPhone/Moodle platform is getting into shape:
http://iphone.moodle.com.au

Things moving on several fronts: getting proposals out, checking codes, making coding manuals (thank you very much Beto!).

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(Via Ignatia Webs.)

Twitter Tales

We are using Twitter to communicate between New Zealand, Ireland and Chile for a collaborative Product design student project.



Students have setup Twitter accounts and begun 'tweeting', with their Lecturers also using Twitter to respond, guide and inform their students during the project.



Serendipitously, an online PODCast show host has chosen one of our students at random to get them to the top of the twitter followed list and make them famous!



Lisa's "I hate technology" tweet caought the PODCast show hosts eye and recommended all his listeners follow her on Twitter. 24 hours later she has over 8600 followers. The goal is to get more than 15000 followers in a week, and one of Lisa's follows (at random) will win an Apple iPod from Leo Laporte, as will Lisa herself!



Lisa's Twitter page: http://twitter.com/LisaTickledPink



Leo has also taken Lisa to the top of DIGG: http://digg.com/comedy/Leo_Laporte_takes_a_stranger_to_the_top_of_Twitter



Leo Laportes PODCast show: http://twit.tv



Episode on "I Hate Technology" - watch the video from 24 minutes to 30 minutes, and 1 hour 26 minutes to view the sections on Lisa's story! http://twit.tv/238



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Saturday, March 06, 2010

iPad launches on April 3rd, pre-orders begin March 12th

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6 March 2010 3:02 AM
by Joshua Topolsky

iPad launches on April 3rd, pre-orders begin March 12th

Word from Apple is out -- so get your credit cards ready. The iPad will be launching on Saturday April 3rd (and on the shelves, er... display tables at Apple retail stores), but you'll be able to plunk down cold, hard cash for it in just a week. Pre-orders will begin on March 12th for the US version (non-3G) for that April street date, with the 3G version coming in late April along with iPads for eager buyers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Says our man Steve Jobs: "We're excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before." Remember, it's magic. US pricing will be as follows (just in case you need to figure out how many piggy banks to smash):
  • 16GB WiFi only -- $499
  • 32GB WiFi only -- $599
  • 64GB WiFi only -- $699
  • 16GB WiFi + 3G -- $629
  • 32GB WiFi + 3G -- $729
  • 64GB WiFi + 3G -- $829
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Qik Premium announced, available exclusively through Ovi Store

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3 March 2010 8:15 AM

Qik Premium announced, available exclusively through Ovi Store

Qik today announced, via its blog, that it is making Qik Premium available for select Nokia devices through the Ovi Store. Qik is an application / service allows you to stream video live from your smartphone to the web. Advantages of the premium version include improved processing on uploaded videos (higher quality play back and improved speed on low bandwidth connections), unlimited storage space and the ability to download videos (that you have uploaded to Qik) to your PC.



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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Smartphones in 2009: Symbian Dominates, iPhone, RIM and Android Rising Fast

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24 February 2010 1:38 AM
by Stan Schroeder

Smartphones in 2009: Symbian Dominates, iPhone, RIM and Android Rising Fast

Research and advisory company Gartner has released its worldwide mobile phone sales report for 2009, showing a seemingly unchanged smartphone landscape, but with trends that paint a very different picture.

Smartphones as a category grew fast in the last quarter of 2009, with 53.8 million units sold, a 41.1% increase compared to the same period in 2008. Looking at individual platforms, it's obvious that this growth came largely from iPhones and Android-based devices, as iPhone OS nearly doubled its market share, jumping from 8.2% in 2008 to 14.4% in 2009, while Android improved from meager 0.5% in 2008 to 3.9% in 2009.

Yes, Symbian is still on top, but it dropped from 52.4% to 46.9% market share, while its nearest competitor, RIM, grew from 16.6% to 19.9%. Another big loser is Windows Mobile, which dropped from 11.8% to 8.7% market share in 2009, and this trend will probably continue at least until we see the first Windows Phone 7 based devices.

As far as the entire mobile market is concerned, worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.211 billion units in 2009, which is a 0.9 per cent decline compared to 2008.

The top five mobile vendors lost some market share to other vendors, with their combined share dropping from 79.7 in 2008 to 75.3% in 2009. Their order, however, is unchanged: Nokia sits on top with 36.4% share, followed by Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson.


Reviews: Android, Windows Phone 7, iPhone

Tags: android, apple, blackberry, iphone os, Nokia, RIM, smartphones, Symbian, trending

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

COP success factors


Positive & negative success factors for communities of practice.

Elearning Community Coordinator role mindmap


Brainstorm of elements of the eLCC role

Monday, February 08, 2010

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Computer Literacy (NZ Herald)

Computer literacy standard would give NZ boost - report:

A computer-savvy New Zealand could increase workforce productivity by $1.7 billion per year

Read more:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10623663

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Ovi Maps (free navigation) hits the Nokia N97

starAll About Symbian - News
28 January 2010 2:52 AM

Ovi Maps (free navigation) hits the Nokia N97

Despite expectations that Ovi Maps 3.3 with free navigation would hit the Nokia N97 in a firmware update, it has popped up on Software Update (in the Applications folder) anyway as a 8MB download. Obviously, it's not recommended if you're starting off with less than about 30MB of free space on disk C: - in which case, you're better off waiting for it in a firmware release. Do please comment if you spot this for another Nokia phone that wasn't previously covered!



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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Nokia X6 16GB announced - new colours, without CwM

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27 January 2010 1:18 AM

Nokia X6 16GB announced - new colours, without CwM

Nokia today announced the X6 16GB device. The X6 16GB comes in a range of new colours: black, white, white with pink highlights and white with yellow highlights. Compared to original X6 there's no Comes with Music included and the internal memory has dropped from 32 GB to 16 GB. The X6 will be available in shops this quarter. Read on for further details.



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Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware update

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware v40.0.005. The new firmware finally adds kinetic scrolling to the 5800, an improved homescreen, and the keyboard now automatically switches between QWERTY and T9 when you rotate the display.

Friday, December 25, 2009

NZ Christmas Tree

Pohutukawa in bloom for Christmas morning with Tui's in full song

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sunday, December 13, 2009

UStream Live Broadcaster

Just released (10th Dec 2009) UStream Live Broadcaster works on non-jailbroken iPhone 3G & 3GS for LIVE videoo streaming to the UStream website. It supports Twitter announcements and YouTube archiving. A Great free app available from the iTunes App Store!

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_blesses_ustream_live_streaming_video?OTC-EX2244440726

http://www.ustream.tv/

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Educational Technology for scientific enquiry

Categorizing technologies by enquiry categories

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Ascilite09 presentation

Presenting mlearning in a room with no 3g access :-(

Theorizing web 2.0

You don't GET web 2.0 by reading about it or attending workshops - you must personally appropriate it!

Monday, December 07, 2009

Conceptualising Web 2.0

Conceptualising web 2.0 Bower et al http://yfrog.com/4f456qj



Mapping web 2.0,Bower et al, Ascilite09, don't agree with several of the classifications - determined by underlying pedagogical use http://yfrog.com/33wqwj

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 announced

Sony Ericsson have formally announced their first Android-based smartphone, the Xperia X10. Looks promising:

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Find more info and specs at the website:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiax10?lc=en&cc=nz

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Google Maps Navigation

WooHoo - the beginnings of FREE GPS based navigation via Google Maps - not yet available for NZ however :-(

Thanks Martin Boult for the heads-up on this!


Read more at http://www.voxy.co.nz/technology/google-maps-and-takes-over-world/893/28865



Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Context in Mobile Learning

Slideshare presentation from Mike Sharples, defines 'context' according to

  1. The "Shell" concept

  2. OR the "Constructive Interaction" concept

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Deakin mlearning presentation

Kindergarten Teacher's technology kit


Every Auckland Kindergarten Teacher is now suppied with a wireless Mac laptop and digital camera. Kindys also have WiFi access to facilitate authentic learning anywhere!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Add YouTube, Facebook, Picasa and Twitter to Nokia Shareonline

There's a nice tutorial at nokiausers.com on how to configure Nokia's Shareonline service to add Youtube, Facebook, Picasa and Twitter (as well as the default Ovi, Vox and Flickr services).

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First - signup online for the sites you want to add (YouTube, Picasa, Twitter etc...). If you already have logins to these you are good to go to setup Shareonline:


  1. On your Nokia mobile phone web browser go to http://furtiv.mobi/beta_instructions.html, or scan the following QR Code to take you direct to download the Shareonline config files for YouTube, Picasa, etc...


    FurtivLinkqr.png


  2. Now click on each of the links you want to setup on Shareonline

  3. After download, switch to Shareonline on your phone, select the new 'ready for activation' services, login to each and they will be activated

  4. Happy Mobile sharing!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009

World ICT Facts

Report from international telecoms union: the world is mobile, read this report http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/material/Telecom09_flyer.pdf
  • Mobile cellular has been the most rapidly adopted technology in history. Today it is the most popular and widespread personal technology on the planet, with an estimated 4.6 billion subscriptions globally by the end of 2009
  • Mobile broadband subscriptions overtook fixed broadband subscribers in 2008, highlighting the huge potential for the mobile Internet
  • In 2009, more than a quarter of the world’s population are using the Internet


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Coffee in St Kllda, Electra cycle my wife likes.

Friday, October 09, 2009

Thursday, October 01, 2009