The short answer is YES! Yes, smartphones and tablets can be wonderful learning tools, or bicycles for our minds if used properly, and Yes, they can be a huge distraction if unskilfully used. A recent study describes how disruptive smartphone…
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Smartphones & Tablets: Educational Distractions or Bicycles for Our Minds?
Tagged with: education, Pedagogy, Smart Phones, software, Technology
Posted in education, Google, iPhone, Open Source
Posted in education, Google, iPhone, Open Source
Smartphones & Tablets as Homework & Research Tools for Students?
Can SmartPhones and Tablets be more than just distractions, but actually help with homework and research? This session looked at different strategies and applications that can help students turn SmartPhones and Tablets into a serious research tools.
Back to College Tech Guide 2015
It’s usually in August when parents start asking me for advice on what laptop they should buy for their children heading off to university. If you are in a specialized technical oriented program like computer science, engineering or architecture, please consult…
eBook Publishing Made Easy: Google Docs + Sigil + Calibre
[Updated August 2016] How hard could it be? Those are usually the last words I utter before descending into a quagmire of technical pain as I work through how to use and master a new technology. Fortunately this time, making…
Research & Collaboration Tools for Students, Staff & Faculty: a Free eBook
I’ve just finished revising and updating the eBook and paper book versions of my book, “Research & Collaboration Tools for Students, Staff & Faculty: Creating a Modern Memex“. It should be helpful for anyone doing research, but especially for high school students,…
Tagged with: collaboration, ebooks, education, evernote, Google, iPad, iPhone, libraries, mobile, OpenSource, publishing, research, software, Work
Posted in education, Google, Open Source, WebApps
Posted in education, Google, Open Source, WebApps
iPhones & iPads for Seniors? The Yankee Clock Peddler Story
Last week I spoke to 70 members of local women’s group about how they could potentially use iPhone’s and iPad’s in useful ways in their lives as retirees. As I made a list of apps and use cases for my…
Keeping Porn Off Our Kids Computers & iPods with OpenDNS
Being the father of five children under the age of 16 years old, with a home that has three computers, four iPhones and three iPod Touches, I’ve been experimenting with software over the past few years to trying to reduce…
