[Year 12 SofDev] Hang on a minute...

Mon Apr 23 12:35:08 EST 2012

hehehe. I only mentioned Gameboy because I wanted to get a name of a
hand-held game device as opposed to the console units as referred to in the
study design. Actually, Wikipedia said that Gameboy was still dominant in
2011, but I have a feeling all such hand-held game devices are become
extinct since mobile phones took over that role.

It's sort of sobering to watch the study design prematurely age in front of
my eyes as new categories of technologies and devices are invented, merge
or mutate.

I wonder if Paula sits quietly envying the writers of the VCE Ancient Greek
study design  :-)

On 23 April 2012 11:56, Travis Parker
<Travis.Parker at beaconhills.vic.edu.au>wrote:

> I also used an iPad as my device last year, but am still worried about
> Mark as 15 years later (Maybe 20 – I think the NES was about 1988 and the
> Gameboy followed soon after?) he is still playing his Gameboy and hasn’t
> moved on to the new generation devices…… Having trouble defeating Bowser
> perhaps? J****
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
> *Sent:* Monday, 23 April 2012 11:49 AM
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> Hi Adrian. Yes, I do force kids to use a 'really' mobile device for the
> SAC. Perhaps laptops can be left off the list in the next study design.***
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> On 23 April 2012 10:35, Adrian Janson <janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au>
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> You are right – and actually I think in the last few years in particular,
> the desktop has been trending down and the notebook up (I no longer have a
> desktop at home – whereas it used to be my ‘power’ machine).****
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> However, ‘laptop’ was put into the study as an ‘easy out’ in some ways –
> to soften the blow of developing for a mobile device.  If it were not there
> – the chorus of disapproval would have been more than just your email!
> There are constraints for Notebooks that are worth considering apart from
> battery life.  You often have to use a touch-pad instead of a mouse and the
> resolution is often not as big – small things I know.****
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> Pick something other than a Notebook would be my advice, as it is a lot
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
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> That’s why you have the choice when writing the SAC. Last year I made
> prescribed the mobile device as an iPad. ****
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> I agree with the sentiments here but you as the teacher can decide what
> mobile device you are basing your SAC around. When we have run SD here, we
> base “mobile device” around smart phones & tablets that have constraints of
> screen size and users fat fingers.****
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> I found this relevant article on flipboard.****
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> "Netbooks" makes a bit more sense, but most laptops have no more
> constraints than do desktops, apart from battery life.****
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> On 23 April 2012 08:19, Michael Wooldridge <mwo at mornsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:*
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> Actually, I’ve always wondered about the position of the laptop in that
> list. What’s the difference between designing software for a laptop and a
> desktop? If, as I suspect, there is no difference, doesn’t it make the
> whole concept of designing for a ‘mobile computing device’ somewhat
> redundant? ****
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
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> *SD U4O1 KK02- types and characteristics of mobile computing devices,
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>    - *PDAs*****
>    - *mobile phones*****
>    - *laptops*****
>    - *gaming consoles*****
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> Gaming consoles (e.g. Xbox, Playstation) are far from mobile - they are
> strictly limited by the length of their cords.
> If the study design means to refer to games machines such as the Gameboy,
> it would have been wiser to add the word "handheld" !
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