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Teacher self-directed PD, webinars, streams, etc.

Focus on learning spaces

Design thinking

Gamification of content

Genius hour, maker hour, collaboration time

Workflows

YouTube channels, Google Chromecast, AppleTV

Google Drive

Publishing to Android Market incurs a one-off registration fee (US $25 at the time of writing) and, unlike Apple’s App Store which famously reviews each submission, makes your application available for customers to download and buy after a quick review process

According to Kaspersky, closed platforms (iPhone, BlackBerry and the old Symbian) are more secure while open platforms (Android, Windows Mobile 6 Series and the new Symbian) are less so. This, Kaspersky explains, is because the level of security is inversely proportionate to the ease with which developers can build apps on it.

"The more secure a system is, the harder it is for development - both for the good guys and the bad guys," he said.

security and ease of app development are two sides of the same coin that have to be finely balanced in order for a mobile platform to succeed.

iPhone users face exactly the same problems, but unfortunately, Apple has a very strict regulation on the apps industry, and the SDK it gives to software companies doesn't let us develop what we need. (Thanks to Apple's efforts policing the platform) iPhone users face maybe fewer virus problems, but the threat with confidential data is still there - and it only takes one threat. Android may face more viruses, but at the same time, there will also be more solutions from us and our competitors

Feature sets are optimized to streamline common use cases Use typography to show hierarchy and importance Features are progressively displayed Large buttons are used to make interactions actionable

Designing with awareness to context will yield a more atomic design that instead of introducing users to a proverbial blank canvas, will guide them toward accomplishing important tasks. Having to deal with slow data speeds, high network latency, smaller screens, and an unpredictable mode of use only reinforce the need to isolate an application’s essential features and offer access to them when contextually appropriate. Next time you design an interface for a mobile device, remember to consider context of use and context of the medium as part of your design strategy.

Dealing with phone numbers and other mobile friendly data Displaying information on a smaller screen Not using a cursor Device speed and network latency

Context of the medium

To design an experience that can gracefully coexist with others tools, one needs to understand what kind of media can be processed by specific mobile internet browsers, and when onboard applications are launched.

Using traditional web development techniques of creating fluid designs that scale horizontally is the fastest way to deploy a single design to many different mobile devices.

Table 11. Timers support compatibility tableBrowser/platformTimers availableTimers in backgroundSafariYesStopped. From iOS 4.0: continue working while in other browser's window.Android browserYesStopped.Symbian/S60YesStopped. From 2.2: continue working while in other browser's window.Nokia Series 40No webOSYesContinue working.BlackBerryNo NetFrontYesNo multitasking.Internet ExplorerYesStopped.Motorola Internet BrowserNo Opera MobileYesContinue working.Opera MiniNo Note:The Gmail for Mobile team discovered some issues with timer behavior on mobile Safari and Android devices, and made the results public in the team blog at http://www.mobilexweb.com/go/timers. The conclusions are: for low-frequency timers (1 second or more), there are no performance issues, and you can add as many as you want; for high-frequency timers (for example, 100 ms), though, every new timer created makes the UI more sluggish. The preferred solution is to use only one high-frequency timer.