Clark Quinn
JUNE 25, 2013
At the recent Guild mLearnCon mobile learning event, I had a thought that seems to answer a long time debate. The debate centers on the definition of a mobile device. Because it struck me: to me, it’s not really a mobile device unless you can use it with two hands, standing up or in motion. design mobile strategy'
Clark Quinn
APRIL 8, 2014
My daughter got an iPod touch, but within a year we needed to get her a new phone, and it’s an iPhone. So, I’ve argued elsewhere that mobile devices have to be handheld , and that tablets have usage patterns different than pocketables. But then I had a rethink… For what is a PDA? What am I missing?
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Clark Quinn
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
It may be that iPod Touches are even better for K-6, but running around and filming with a tablet (particularly an iPad mini, which may be optimal for K-6) is better than a laptop. And there needs to be mobile management software to deal with the issues. Now, for higher grades, I take the point.
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Whereas you use mobile devices many times a day for quick access. As Judy Brown defines a mobile device, it’s small enough to fit in your pocket, has a battery to last all day, and you really know it. The smaller screen of a mobile device invites it closer, as does the small keyboard, using thumbs instead of the whole hand.
Clark Quinn
MARCH 17, 2015
A couple of weeks ago, I was riffing on sensors: how mobile devices are getting equipped with all sorts of new sensors and the potential for more and what they might bring. mobile technology' As part of that discussion was a brief mention of sensor nets, how aggregating all this data could be of interest too. Now that is impact.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
iPod Touch) is good enough for the issues at hand. Tags: mobile. Let me, of course, make this generic to tablets and PDAs. And not smartphones, as there are problems with phones in schools that I don’t want to get into. Having a wifi PDA (e.g. Could there be a happy medium, perhaps, but I’m not sold. What do you think?
Clark Quinn
MARCH 20, 2010
At first the audio was too faint, but then I found out that upping the iPod volume (?) And on a personal note, it’s nice to have the mobile learning manuscript draft put to bed, and be able to get back into blogging and more. And off I go to the Learning Solutions conference in Orlando, to talk mobile, deeper learning, and more.
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