Apps
While tablet and smart phone manufacturers are churning forward at a breakneck pace, making a fortune on humanity’s device-lust, the compelling back-story is what these devices can do – the proliferation of Apps. And while addiction and burn-out on the distracting nature of most apps is already big news, there is also a rapid emergence of meaningful, productive and educational apps. The app-world as a resource for learning is huge.
Opportunity Statement
It may seem like the design of successful Apps is pure chance, and less likely than the lottery. However, as app-capable devices permeate learning environments the opportunity arises to design apps that are deliberated coupled in effective ways with every dimension of the learning experience.
Prediction Source(s)
Gartner – Media Tablets and Beyond
Gartner – Mobile-Centric Applications
Posted in: Emerging Markets Poll
Kenton Hemsing 10:38 am on May 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Applications for education hold a promise in that with the amount of apps that are being created teachers and students have access to learning aids and further information. Educators are able to make personalized applications that students can use to meet their needs and students are also able to experiment with creating applications that serve their needs. With the inclusion of BYOD and Self-Guided Learning, apps will open students to opportunities for furthering their chances to extend and continually learn.
sheza 12:08 pm on May 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
A high school History Department in Markham recently invested in a class set of iPads. The reason? The apps. There are so many educational apps available for a variety of disciplines that teachers cannot afford to ignore the educational value they can add to their classrooms. From World War I and II re-enactment apps to online History journals that teachers can add to the iPad for students to access during research periods – the possibilities are endless. At the same school students in the Communications Technology department are working with the History Department cross-curricularly to design apps related to History course content. Brilliant.