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interesting use of AR

Perhaps we can make use of the LCD TVs in NIE to create something fun using AR like in the first video to mARket CeL.

this article talks about the future of mobile app development... hybrid app which combines web technology with native devices supports ( camera, microphone, address book etc) Does make sense as it is cost effective not to rewrite the coding for each and every devices and also taking into consideration the time taken for constant content changes in educational environment here. maybe we should look into ths.

This slideshare illustrates why social medias- blog,wiki etc alone is not the solution to the old problems of knowledge management. knowledge management and social media look very similar on the surface but are actually radically different at multiple levels, bother cultural and technical, and are locked in an undeclared cultural war.

"On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it had partnered with Skype to let Facebook users call one another from their camera-enabled computers, simply by clicking on a button on a friend's Facebook profile or from the chat window. After a one-time download of Skype's technology, the video calls look to be painless and simple for anyone to use. Compare that to Hangout, Google's new video chat in its still invite-only social network Google+. Hangout is designed as a group chat application for impromptu socializing with friends. To start one, you press a button declaring you are open to hanging out, choose which circle(s) of friends to send the invite to, and up to 10 people can be in the room at any one time. The loudest talker gets the big space up top - and the group can collectively talk or even watch YouTube videos together. As young Marty McFly once said in a different context, your kids are going to love it."

When I think about "infrastructure", I normally think about roads, wires, sewerage and so on. But how about educational technology and instructional design? From reading Don Norman's musings about infrastructure, I realized that if we want our technological implementations to be successfully adopted, very often it's essential to also consider the infrastructure needed to support our tech designs and implementations. Personally, I think infrastructure for education and instructional design need not always be physical things. They could be intangibles such as having to update a database, notify the relevant people in charge, call this person or that to come unlock the computer lab, etc. My mum's been a teacher for 40+ years. She's great. But she really hates the computer. Not because of the learning needed to use Microsoft Word. She's quite fine with it. But it's all the non-Microsoft Word things that she has to do - reboot, turn the computer on, manage the files, etc... - that makes her scream.  "It is time to work on infrastructure. It threatens to dominate our lives with ugliness, frustration, and work. We need to spend more time on the designs for infrastructure. We need to make it more attractive, more accessible, and easier to maintain. Infrastructure is intended to be hidden, to provide the foundation for everyday life. If we do not respond, it will dominate our lives, preventing us attending to our priory concerns and interests and instead, just keeping ahead of the maintenance demands." - Don Norman Food for thought: What are some underlying "infrastructure" (tangible and intangible) that I may encounter in an educational technology project? are there existing infrastructure that I can take advantage of to minimize time and $? How can we minimize the amount of infrastructure maintenance needed?

Responsive web designs, on the other hand, are inherently complex because they are trying to support many viewing experiences without necessarily optimizing the experience for one particular device (or genre of devices). With a higher level of complexity comes a higher resource cost. With responsive web design, gone are the days of simple mock-ups in Photoshop and a designer's work is done.

Sharing sensitive information on cloud storage could post potential risk -- Users also observed that prior to April 2011, Dropbox stated on its website that: "All files stored on Dropbox servers are encrypted (AES256) and are inaccessible without your account password." But after April 2011, it dropped the 2nd part and changed to: "All files stored on Dropbox servers are encrypted (AES 256)."

Thanks Eve, I also get to know that skydive offer free upgrade to 25GB for a limited time only. I have upgraded mine, what are you waiting for ? :)

Thanks Sally. Actually i have not yet sign up for skydrive. Not in need for such storage at the moment. :p

I came across this ePortfolio iPhone app. It's content-rich and I think could be a good resource for our students to use. 

Does the app actually help create a mobile portfolio or is it just a handy reference on e-portfolios?

A handy reference. There are other eportfolio iphone apps that do the creating of mobile eportfolios, such as Curtin University's iphone app. However, the problem is that those apps are specific to their eportfolio systems, so they are generally closed to non-university users. If I find one that is open (and uses open systems), I'll share here ASAP.

The possibilities will be huge if we can make the AR objects interact with each other. E.g. pouring chemical A into chemical B and explosion occur.. without hurting anyone. Or testing if a dinosaur is cARnivore or herbivore by placing a human mARker neAR the dinosaur mARker.

very interesting way of using AR. Must watch video.

Another use of AR.

Good idea of how AR can be used. (watch the video)