Weeknote #15
This week I have been mostly…
Buying mobile broadband
I noticed that O2 are offering mobile broadband for £5/month. It’s only 500MB but the important thing is that you get unlimited access to BT Openzone wifi hotspots as well! A bit of a deal if you ask me. 🙂
Setting up a mobile blog
I wasn’t going to publicly-promote this until later, but Nick Dennis and I have set up a blog about mobile technologies in education over at http://mobilizingeducation.tumblr.com. The URL (and indeed the name of the blog) may change but we felt that there wasn’t enough that blended pedagogy and practice in this area.
Wondering about Ben’s next computer
We bought Ben an Apple eMac for his 3rd birthday in January. He loves using it, but as he’s progressed to more complex games and activities, it’s become a bit too much for the machine. In fact, one Flash-based video he tried to wach recently was reduced to a slideshow! I’m wondering whether his next ‘computer’ should in fact be a tablet of some description or whether, given that schools are likely to stay with traditional computers in the near future, that would put him at a disadvantage?
Playing with Google Apps
JISC infoNet is testing out Google Apps Education Edition on behalf of JISC Advance. It was super-easy to roll out given my past experience. It’s also refreshing to give access to people who ask higher-level questions (e.g. how to switch between Google accounts) than really basic ones. It reflects our team’s immersion in all things digital. 🙂
I wouldn’t worry about Ben being at a disadvantage if you got him a tablet-esq machine… In my opinion he would benefit from the variety much more than be disadvantaged. And if he takes after his Dad I’m sure he will eventually get the hang of a computer ;-P
My daughter happily moves between macs and ipods/ipads at home and windows machines at school without a seconds thought…
Thanks Andy – I’m probably over-thinking it! 🙂