| I recently came across this blog post talking about the web as a frictionless tool. This has become a reality for me over the past few weeks with my new Nokia N95 8GB. I have unlimited 3.5G data access so I can surf the web, use skype, blog (as i’m doing now with this wonderful tool, Wavelog), download podcasts, use twitter with an app (so no SMS charges)… Basically, anything I can do on a ‘real’ computer, but always-on and ultra-mobile. The key to this is the quality and amount of software availiable for S60 to customise the device. This makes accessing web applications a breeze. My current favourites are Wavelog, Skype, Twibble, Googlemail, emtube (awesome with a TV out socket on your phone, brilliant classroom potential!) Flickr and Mosh. These are all very easy to setup and use, and nearly all of the young people in our schools have mobile phones/iPods/whatever and are experts in using and even hacking them. Can we really ignore these social-media power houses any longer, forcing them underground? Nearly every student has all the resources your class needs in their pocket (whether they are allowed to or not). Use them! |
edit – OK, so the links and picture posting didn’t work. Maybe it’s not quite frictionless yet. But it will be soon.
