EduGeek Journal

I really don’t understand why Apple seems to hate Flash so much. Maybe Jobs is just tired of picking on Microsoft for now and decided to get a different target?  “Hello, I’m HTML5.” “And I’m Adobe Flash.”  Just doesn’t have the same comedy potential…
If you are in education, you could care less how your streaming [...]

This video is pretty cool – it shows how the new iPhone is already making augmented reality a true reality.  It also got me thinking about what this could mean for the future of personal computing.  More about that after the video:

What would happen if iPhones could combine with Sixth Sense and video glasses?  Maybe [...]

Everyone probably thought it when they first saw an iPhone: “will this eventually end the need for a desktop personal computer?”  From recent stories in the New York times and other places, it seems like PC makers are not just wondering about that – they are sure it will happen.
The main reasoning is that mobile [...]

..maybe you need to get a little more creative.  Like these people:

Those are real apps that those students are playing – they really do turn your iPhone into a woodwind instrument called the Ocarina.
The interesting thing is that there is also and iPhone app that turns the iPhone into a guitar.  Guess the guitar dude [...]

Yes – I am as surprised as you that I waited this long to get an iPhone. You can revoke my geek cred if you like – but I had bills to pay. However, the old cell was dying, I really wanted to upgrade to some kind of smart phone, and the iPhone ended up [...]

Our first podcast is ready for your listening pleasure! You can click on the Podcast tab on the front page, or listen to it below:

A friend and co-worker of the EduGeeks, Qin, was recently lucky enough to get an iPhone. So we just had to check it out. After enjoying a rousing lunch at Sawadikas [...]

Beautiful things can happen when people actually start to use social networking tools. For example the first annual (or monthly, or bi-monthly, or whatever it becomes) EduGeek Gathering. It all started with this comment on Katrina’s Jaiku:
“I just touched an iPhone!”
The jealously that poured forth from those of us that haven’t seen one turned into [...]

Education futurist Elliot Masie examines the role of iPhone-like media devices might play in mobile learning. (Thanks Patti!)

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