[Opensource] An open education vision for 2020

[Roland Gesthuizen]

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.

Crikey, even Ubuntu Linux Desktop has the drivers for touchscreens.
     <goog_1258009471294>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1pqguqkA2Y

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

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

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.

Regards Roland

2009/11/9 Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>

> Hi Paul,
>
> 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

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the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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