I always thought interactions are the heart of any training. Here's a confirmation. Even classroom, instructor led trainings are getting remodeled to introduce increasing amounts of interactive periods interspersed with "lecture" ESRI have introduced this model now and finds it very effective. Read about the details via the link.
Esri ArcWatch December 2010 - Esri Charts a New Direction in Training
Monday, December 20, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Android 3.0 Gets Shown Off on Prototype Android Tablet « Specs, Reviews, News and Price Info - MobileWhack.com
Android development is speeding up. The version 2.3 has just been out and comes news that the version 3 is getting ready. Android based phones and the tablets have been identified as a tidal wave that will overtake the Apple devices in the two categories. So, no wonder, Android development will make that happen esily by giving the developers finer tools along the way!
Google Bookstore Opens « SEO and Tech
EBooks are possibly going to be everywhere. They are destined to become the main way people would read books, textbooks as well as for entertainment. The following news is certainly a sign of the times! Kindle and then all kinds of readers started the huge movement to electronic books. Then there was this disruptive device from Apple, the iPad! And what a disruption. Most people think this is going to be the reader of choice and I concur with that. This is the device that can add value. Show off color illustrations. Besides it would be able to use all the multimedia data too. The ereaders are limited by the display they use, that was created to copy the familiar printed page paradigm. Color ereaders will be able to add color too but not animation, not video that really adds value to books!Now Google has opened a store for these electronic books! It was just Amazon followed by Barnes & Noble supplying the static books. I am sure the multimedia books would start coming soon.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Are Amazon, Netflix, Google Making Too Many Decisions For Us?
That article on Forbes focuses on how we depend on technology to take a lot of decisions on technology and corresponding devices. The issue the writer, Joel Delman, asks the question whether we should depend on technology so much and depend entirely on them. To my mind there's another angle to this whole thing. As technology gets into suggesting songs I would like, drives my car, navigates to my destination etc. there is this distinct possibility that all this can be manipulated. Someone van really manipulate the technology to affect many of us in a planned manner. So, you need checks and balances to prevent such eventuality. Usually, these get overlooked in the initial glow of the technology capabilities and developing the checks and balances may take a back seat and be quite late. At the rate technology is moving, there will an overload of these overdue controls. Who's going to manage all these!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Why The Internet Is Not Disrupting TV � Podcasting News
That is an interesting angle to check! Until broadband was on the scene, you could say that the experiences on the two medium are not the same. If do have the broadband, as is available now, you could check apple to apple. Though the following article takes a look at why the Internet content has not won over that of TV, it is not cler if they have taken this issue into account. one of the factor could easily be that we like the passivity of TV watching and that little bit of activity with the romote, compared to actively finding content in the net!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers
For all teachers, take a look at this and see if this makes sense in your specific teaching environment!!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Best Way to Teach!
We had a fairly huge debate over what is the best method for teaching. Is it the chalk & talk or presentation based, interactive one.Everyone kind of agreed interactivity is essential. But we had a divergence of opinion on what constitutes the interactivity.
I expected more accepted more of tendency towards the newer methods.One of the clear reason that emerged was that whatever method one is used to is what they want to continue to use. This is such a big issue to change in any sphere of human activity! We are so used to, so comfortable with familiarity of whatever we do! I would have thought, those who are in the teaching business would experiment more with their tools, methods etc.
I expected more accepted more of tendency towards the newer methods.One of the clear reason that emerged was that whatever method one is used to is what they want to continue to use. This is such a big issue to change in any sphere of human activity! We are so used to, so comfortable with familiarity of whatever we do! I would have thought, those who are in the teaching business would experiment more with their tools, methods etc.
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