With the coming of the Asus and RM MiniBook - and the smart phone - (the first of the many I fancy)the way is now being opened up to hardware that pulls what it wants from the best of connectivity anywhere and at anytime. In viewing these tools think about how you would load your traditional 'software'.
There has been an interesting debate/discussion recently on the Naace forum concerning the future of educational software in the follow up to Elcs and the usefulness of COL.
There is a concern that schools (and COL) assume that:
OWNERSHIP of a software licence equalled USE and therefore BENEFIT. It doesn’t! So schools have loads of software that doesn’t get used – hardly sound investment. (thanks to Jonathan Wells for this thought)
So what now ?
As you look around the show here take a look at the media that the software applications or content gets 'delivered' to you on... and give the future a thought, its closer than you think.
The coming range of software applications will be sitting there online waiting for you in a true Web 2.0 fashion. You will pull them and pull on them when you want their functionality ... software like Honeycomb from Softease:
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Great post. I wonder how many ELcs have been wasted as a result of the poor utilisation of software in schools?
It is vitally important that the average ICT co-ordinator spends time (and uses shoe leather)in researching software genres carefully. Then get children and colleagues to give an opinion. You will know by their reaction and their body-language if you are on to a winner with a title.
Web 2.0? It is definately the future as I beleive fundamentally in providing learning experiences that reflect how the children work. There isn't much out there that seems to 'hit-the-spot' like some of the web 2.0 services I have subscribed to.
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