Flipboard … killer app or more iHype?

I don’t have an iPad, but if I did, I’d be very interested in Flipboard. But I’ve gotta ask, why isn’t this a web app? Last time I looked, the web browser was still more ubiquitous than Apple’s new toy. Thanks to @AJCann for the link.

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Personal Learning Environments and Networks

Graham Atwell (@GrahamAtwell) has highlighted a sequence of video interviews recorded by Joyce Seitzinger (@catzpyjamasnz) at the recent (first?) Personal Learning Environments (PLE) conference recently held in Barcelona. The videos are part of her What My PLN Means to Me” project. The Three Letter Abbreviations PLE and PLN seem to…

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Changing the Learning Lab

Since the formation of SALT the question has arisen as to what sort of web presence it should have. A static information site? A community driven site? Part of the main university site? How does this debate impact on the Learning Lab? Should all learning and teaching support be in…

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Reflecting on Research Blog Readership

I thought it would be interesting to see how many people use RSS subscriptions for blogs in my research area. This means that my research blog (Looting Matters) has a solid core of readers in addition to those who visit it via the web or have the posts emailed to…

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Linking Research and Teaching

A series of papers, Linking research and teaching in Wales, edited by Simon K Haslett (York: Higher Education Academy, 2010) is now available [pdf]. There are three Swansea University papers: David Gill, ‘Collecting Egyptian Antiquity’, considering the use of Web 2.0 technologies in MA modules. Kasia Szpakowska, ‘Problems and practice…

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Google App Inventor. So easy a cat can do it?

According to Google, the Google App Inventor is built on the idea that you do not need to be a developer to build great mobile applications. Instead of code, App Inventor allows you to visually design applications and use blocks to specify application logic.Use the GPS-location sensor to build location…

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For Flash get Frash: How to get Flash on your iHype

“Frash is a port of the Adobe Flash runtime for Android to the iPhone, using a compatibility layer, by comex ( http://twitter.com/comex ). Frash can currently run most Flash programs natively in the MobileSafari browser. Frash currently only runs on the iPad, but support for other devices (3GS+ only due…

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More competition for the iHype

It’s been around for a while but I’ve only just seen this prototype from ASUS. It’s a 12 inch tablet with a docking station that turns into a laptop. Oh and it has USB, a card reader and flash. There is also a 10 inch version as well. Don’t sell…

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Augmented Reality?

Something else from my friends at AMU in Poland. Try this from General Electric 1. Go to http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality2. Have your webcam ready3. Print the marker4. Enjoy the fun!

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