[Moodle] An open education vision for 2020

Fri Nov 13 13:04:00 EST 2009

it is sad....
we revamped our mobile devices policy earlier this year... and at the staff meeting to discuss how we were moving forward the first comment i got was "this won't affect us, phones are banned on our campus" - mind you there is far more phone angst too
I just sighed and carried on... the ripple effect will happen... I have a few using them as part of their class activities

Suzanne Arnott
eLearning Leader
Sandringham College
Holloway Rd
Sandringham, 3191

-----Original Message-----
From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen
Sent: Fri 13/11/2009 10:51 AM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Moodle] An open education vision for 2020

Crikey, imagine if a University did that to 'improve focus and attention'.
With many educational groups offering SMS communication options, will be
hard without a mobile. Must go, a technician has posted me an SMS about
something..

Regards Roland

PS: Can you privately take a photograph of this, holding it in your hand
near a lockerbay. It will be one of those historical and iconic moments we
will all grin at in a few years when many have retired from the teaching
service!

2009/11/13 Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>

>  Every day at my school there is a notice at the top of the bulletin in
> bold, 16pt type that shouts: No Mobile Phones in this College!
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> Whoops, back to the real world.
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> Laurie
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> *From:* moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Roland Gesthuizen
> *Sent:* Thursday, 12 November 2009 8:45 PM
> *To:* The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List; Open Education List; Open
> Source Software Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Moodle] An open education vision for 2020
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> There have been discussions on some of the other lists
> http://lists.luv.asn.au/wws/info/edu-sig about the large 10" touch screen
> technologies about to hit the scene .. in fact I reckon that they will
> overtake the current Netbook fad (now I am sticking my neck out) .. Like you
> Laurie, I am sensitive to issues related to readability with smaller
> screens.
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> Crikey, even Ubuntu Linux Desktop has the drivers for touchscreens.
>      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1pqguqkA2Y
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> and the future OLPC model XO2 will embrace this technology with a very
> robust build, low cost and weight.
>      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzTobDDOnkA
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> if you like books, of course there is the LifeScribe technology that I have
> seen talked about at Monash Uni.
>      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livescribe
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> Now, imagine a mash of this portable technology in the hands of a child and
> the freedom that they will have to carry and create.
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> Regards Roland
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> 2009/11/9 Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
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> Hi Paul,
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> I'm sorry, but I hate my mobile phone and I hate my son's iPhone. I don't
> like the style of input, which I find slow and cumbersome, and while I'm
> comfortable with 11pt screen fonts, my eyesight is quite poor so a mobile
> device screen is unfriendly. I like having a large screen with two or three
> apps open simultaneously so I'm happy using Outlook and One Note for my
> administration. For me, and I suspect others with failing eyesight,
> usability trumps size every time.
>
> (Oh! and I don't, and do not ever intend to, own a Kindle - you can't
> physically flip the pages to find the quote you annotated ten years ago or
> the marginalia your friend added when you last lent them your copy of "<add
> your favourite title>". And nothing beats new book smell ... except maybe
> for old book smell!)
>
> Laurie Savage
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>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
> Mead
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http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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