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Off to Europe

Dwayne Harapnuik — October 6, 2009 — Leave a comment

I will be leaving on for a trip to Europe that will start off in London, and include meetings with Cambridge University Press in Cambridge and then finish off with meetings with Alcatel Lucent’s Bell Labs in Paris. There should be an opportunity to take in the final day of the HandHeld Learning conference in London — more specifically take in the presentation by my collegues George Saltsman and Scott Perkins and the final keynote address by Ray Kurzweil.

Despite the high degree of cellular access in Europe free WiFi isn’t as available so my posts may be intermitent and totally dependent on my access.

Stay Tuned…

In Learning Alcatel Lucent, Bell Labs, Cambridge University Press, Learning, Paris

Microsoft Tablet – A History of Speculation

Dwayne Harapnuik — October 5, 2009 — Leave a comment

Jason Hiner of Tech Republic’s Tech Sanity Check pulls together a wonderful history of links on the speculation over the Apple Tablet. Are we any closer to an Apple Tablet. Was a rumored mass purchase of 10 inch touch screens just that, a rumor, or will we see an Apple Tablet release perhaps in the new year? I won’t speculate but simply point to Hiners article and give you the option to make your own decision.

A history of the elusive Apple tablet, in links…

Apple Tablet Rumored To Launch In Early 2010 (huffingtonpost.com)
Apple Tablet May Have Two-Handed Multitouch Input [Patents] (gizmodo.com)
Foxconn building the fabled Apple tablet for Q1 2010 release? (tuaw.com)

In ebook, mLearning Apple, Apple Tablet, ebook, iPhone, Learning, mLearning

Dropox for iPhone

Dwayne Harapnuik — September 30, 2009 — Leave a comment

Next to Evernote, Dropbox is one of my favorite web-based, cross platform tools. Now that they have added an iPhone app this productivity tool has gotten even better. Now in addition to accessing my files from my Windows, Linux, or OSX I can access my files on go on my iPhone.

If you are not familiar with Dropbox, Tyler Wall and I have written about it several times before on easierway.ca blog:
Another take on Dropbox: Syncing Apps
My head is in the clouds but so are my files
Top Free Software

Syncing apps and a password database like Keepass or KeepassX has not gotten even more powerful. Thanks Dropbox!

Dropbox for iPhone Is Out (and Awesome) (mashable.com)
Dropbox Comes to the iPhone and iPod touch [Downloads] (lifehacker.com)

In iPhone Dropbox, iPhone, Linux, Mac OS X, sync

Facebook – New Student Commons?

Dwayne Harapnuik — September 28, 2009 — Leave a comment

http://chronicle.com/article/Facebook-The-New-Classroom/48575/

Facebook: The New Classroom Commons? – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout

It is very unfortunate that Harriet L. Schwartz’s, assistant professor of professional leadership at Carlow University, post in the Chronicle of Higher Education is only accessible through a paid subscription because she makes a very well reasoned argument for using facebook in the learning environment. Its where your learners are–and most everyone else.

When my 60 something sister, my wifes 70 something parents and all just about everyone else I know is “friending” me in Facebook I guess I too will have to move from being a passive intermittent user of Facebook and meeting my social network where they are at.

Reminder to self — do not renew Chronicle of Higher Education subscription–this content should be free.