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Google’s App Inventor … liberation or stagnation?
A year ago, Google released App Inventor – a fascinatingly visual, albeit rather buggy tool for developing android apps. Although not robust enough for our commercial development, we loved the fresh...
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Technology to Watch in UK Further and Higher Education
Whilst researching a project I am currently undertaking on student retention in the HE and FE sectors, I came across the Horizon Project from an organisation called the New Media Consortium (NMC). The...
View ArticleMobile Learning: an agent for change – TEDxLondon
Geoff Stead presents our work on mobile learning at TEDxLondon – a TED event dedicated to shaking up education. Geoff shared the stage with educational legends: (Sir Ken Robinson, Judy Kelly, Ken...
View ArticleSMS: The ultimate cross-platform mobile app
There’s a lot to consider when designing a mobile product or service. Users can be anywhere, at any time, on or off a network and – crucially – on many different types of device. In fact, how (or even...
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Learning Analytics – Business Intelligence in Education and Learning
The umbrella term “business intelligence” has been widely used for many years to refer to the tools, techniques and concepts of analysing raw data and turning it into useful information which can help...
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Office 15 – Goodbye Outlook, hello Metro Mail?
Windows 8 Metro Calendar App Yesterday Microsoft revealed 2 very interesting pieces of information, first off there was the very detailed look at how Windows 8 will be running on ARM processor based...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview – First Impressions of New Metro Apps
An exciting afternoon on Wednesday this week as Microsoft unveiled the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 in a live-stream-free (apparently due to the venue requiring a temporary floor covering a swimming...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview – Calendar Metro App Review
Bundled in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview there are a number of new Metro apps being unveiled which gives us UI/UX designers an opportunity to see how Microsoft have tackled the challenge of building a...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview – People Metro App Review
Following on from my Windows 8 Consumer Preview – Calendar Metro App Review post it’s now time to look at the People Metro App. This app feels like it has one of the most complicated tasks in...
View ArticleApps for Good: Pupils as Active Producers of Digital Technologies
Apps for Good works with school pupils and unemployed teenagers, to enhance their skills and confidence in digital technology, by making it, not just using it. Working out what is really valuable...
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