Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Ebooks


Hi guys, I found an interesting clip on the internet. It is a cool video on the prospective for eBook format.  This is the kind of TECH that needs to worked on in recent times.

As we have heard of the EEE PAD Transformer and all forms of gadgets like kindles which enhances reading, but the challenge is that does it truly engage today’s students. In my opinion , I think there is need to strive for this level of creativity as u will see in the clip below. So I think this is amazing when implemented.  I know for sure that students would be extremely engaged.

As a student I feel that textbooks have become outdated. It’s very difficult to get students like myself to read them or to be interested in them.  The capabilities of this sort of technology go far beyond what any text book ever created would achieve. I really think this would be a great route for institutions.  It can be used in every single subject.


Let me leave you to imagine what this technology would be like if it was successfully applied to different modules like history, Social Studies or Sciences.


Opinions welcomed. What do you think?





Thursday, July 7, 2011

Chrome Book. Could it be the next big thing for schools

Hello guys, thought u should know about this.

Recently,Google declared the arrival of the Chromebook. The chromebook is built for speed and easy access to the Internet through the new Chrome operating system.

They come in Wi-Fi and 3G versions, with prices ranging from $349-$499 depending on specifications.

It has fast start-up times of less than 10 seconds, (thanks to the solid state hard drives), an extended battery life of six hours or more, and a cloud based app system that stores all your documents, runs all your programs, and accesses all your multimedia needs.

In theory, your Chromebook will never get bogged down with resource sapping programs as everything is run direct from the web. It will never need any program updates, because all the apps are already on the web and will be updated for you by the developers. So, over time, it could actually get quicker!


Google is also hoping to get these into schools? They already have a page dedicated to business and education users, and will no doubt hope that they will be an easy sell to their Google Apps customers.



What do you think? Could this be the next big thing for schools looking to maximize their technology or are there better tools for the job?

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