Comparing 4 Android Phones
Well this has little to do with education, other than Android is the only smart phone platform that you can quickly and for no cost develop educational software for I suppose. The other platforms such...
View ArticleSome Android Applications
Just a run down on some android apps in case I lose my phone and have to re-install. These are all free. I can’t find many educational apps unfortunately: News NYTimes – more up to date USA Today –...
View ArticleWhat’s the Platform of the Future for Developing Interactive Graphical...
So, what is the platform of choice for folks who want to create interactive graphical educational software (see for example all the stuff at PHET and NLVM). Currently, there are two primary options:...
View ArticleBrowser-Based IDEs (programming environments)
As I wrote about earlier, HTML5 (Javascript, Canvas, WebGL, etc.) is allowing people to create rich, interactive applications that run in your browser and don’t require flash or java. Cloud computing...
View ArticleA Snapshot of the HTML5/Javascript Universe
This is a follow-up to “What’s the Platform of the Future for Developing Interactive Graphical Educational Software?“, which I argued is HTML5, especially since java applets and flash don’t work or...
View ArticleUpcoming Android Tablets – Wait and See
For a couple of projects, I’m looking into tablets that students can use for taking notes and so forth. There are finally some android tablets out already or coming out this month. This google doc I...
View ArticleAndroid Tips, Open Source, Educational Apps
Like I mentioned in the previous post, the CES show next week promises to reveal a slew of new android tablets and phones, so we’ll see what is announced (and what is actually released). Here are some...
View ArticleContentNotEditable: What the “death” of the mouse and keyboard means for...
First let me start with some disclaimers to try to make sure this post is not misinterpreted: I am not arguing that the mouse and keyboard are really dead or that the lack of a mouse on tablets is a...
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