Mobile Internet Report – Morgan Stanley

Dwayne Harapnuik —  January 7, 2010 — Leave a comment
http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/mobile_internet_report122009.html

Morgan Stanley – Institutional Services via kwout

The Morgan Stanley reports in the following three different formats can be accessed directly from their site.

  1. “The Mobile Internet Report Setup”– a 92-slide presentation that excerpts highlights of the key themes from the report
  2. “The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes” – a 659-slide presentation that drills down on thoughts covered in “The Mobile Internet Report”
  3. “The Mobile Internet Report” – a 424 page report which explores 8 major themes in depth and includes the two aforementioned slide presentations + related overview text

While I have only had the time to go through the smaller 95 slide report setup it looks like Morgan Stanley has done really good job at addressing the key issues with the mobile internet. I am looking forward to finding some extended time to have a thorough look at the full report.

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Wednesday Watchlist – Schools Kill Creativity

Dwayne Harapnuik —  January 6, 2010 — 1 Comment

Over the past several years I have collected many links to some exceptional videos that challenges us to rethink education, teaching and learning. Each Wednesday I will post a link or embed one of these videos in the main blog page as well as add it to the Wednesday Watchlist in the sidebar in hope that it will stimulate thinking and discussion on how we can improve our learning environments.

I will be starting this weekly post with what I believe is one of the best videos on creativity and learning. Sir Ken Robinson makes the argument that Schools Kill Creativity and offers several suggestion as to how we can correct this problem. The original video was post on the TED at a much higehr resolution site but I have chosen to use the re-post on Youtube because of if Youtube’s broader accessibility.

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Google Wave – Explained

Dwayne Harapnuik —  January 6, 2010 — Leave a comment

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Wonderful 2 minute explanation.

Observations, thoughts, musings….

Wave is what email would be today if it were created from scratch. Yes email has been around for over 40 years but most people have really only been using it for the last 5-10 years or less and it took them the 5-10 years to get used to it so a change–even if it is a good one may not be that welcomed.

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CourseSmart’s Digital Textbook Vision for the Rumored Apple Tablet

Dwayne Harapnuik —  January 6, 2010 — Leave a comment

The Wall Street Journal has posted the above video that was developed by CourseSmart which reveals their vision of what Apple’s rumored tablet may be able to do.

Lots of questions:

  • Will we see the Apple Tablet announced at CES in the next week or will Apple wait until the end of the month?
  • How much of a lag will their be between the announcement of the device and its availablility?
  • Will it be a closed platform?
  • Will its focus be purely consumer and what will that mean for the academic environment?
  • If announced who will Amazon, Sony, Microsoft and all the other ereader developers respond?

Looking forward to the next few weeks.

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Apple iPod Touch in K-12

Dwayne Harapnuik —  January 5, 2010 — Leave a comment
http://blogs.twincities.com/yourtechweblog/2009/12/east-metro-schoolchildren-use-apple-ipod-touch-in-class.html

East-metro schoolchildren use Apple iPod Touch in class – Your Tech Weblog via kwout

Julio Ojeda-Zapata offers some excellent perspectives on using iPod Touches in primary school in his Twin Cities Pioneer Tech Test Drive column.

Watching the student and teacher video clips, which make up the majority of this post, truly reveal the potential we have for learning engagement when we use technology appropriately.

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