I attended a great webcast the other night using the Android mobile client for Adobe Connect. Not surprisingly, the webcast was on e-learning software and platforms from Adobe, but the point is that, on my Droid Incredible, I was able to watch screen casts, slide shows, and chat with the presenter. Multitouch support enabled me to easily zoom on the small screen and see everything I needed to see while the Connect compression algorithms compensated for a spotty 3G connection.
What does this mean? It means that small devices running updated versions of Android and iOS can access productivity applications and a powerful e-learning platform from something as inexpensive as an iPod Touch or as easily shoved in a backpack as an iPad (which is still, given the technology, not a bad value). It means that more and more frequently, we can co-opt student’s phones to easily achieve 1:1 environments. |
