In The Palm of Our Hands:
innovations that have already arrived
Feb.09, 2009 presented by Jordan Epp
(Cell phone slides originally prepared by David Trottier for TLt 2008 presentation Innovative Interfaces within Reach)
Used with permission

Lateral Thinking = Innovation
The winner is the chef who takes the
same ingredients as everyone else and
produces the best results.
- Edward de Bono

6 Technologies 60 Possibilities
• Cell Phones
• iPods/iPhones
• Game Controllers
• Gaming Consoles
• Virtual Communities/3D Environments
• VODcasting

Saskatchewan 2006:
Land Line 95.5%
Cell Phone 67.9%
Canada: Land Line 90.5%
Cell Phones
Cell Phone 66.8%
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070504/d070504a.htm
• Not just voice anymore
• Ubiquitous Mobile Communications
device
• Audio / Video device
• playback / recording / collection
• Data / Web gateway
• mLearning, Geomatics

What’s being done?
SMS Messaging
Cell Phones
• Text messaging – txtdrop.com
text messaging from your desktop
• Mobile notes – jott.com
text messaging, email & voicemail integration
• Surveys – mobiode.com
build surveys to be completed by texting

What’s being done?
Audio
Cell Phones
• Podcasting - GabCast.com
• Interviews, debates
• Sound clip collection, Field Trips (Data)
• Audiobooks, language skills/ESL
• Poetry slams/ringtone poetry slams

What’s being done?
Video/Photo
Cell Phones
• Photo blogging - flickr, ShoZu
• VODcasting - ShoZu, Youtube, eyespot.com,
jumpcut.com
• Field work data collection
• School News
• Digital storytelling

What’s being done?
Geomatics
Cell Phones
• Land Survey - wireless gps, bluetooth
connectivity to database, images, video, etc
• CAERUS - Guide application

iPod Touch/iPhone
• OSX 1.0
• 400mhz processor
• 512MB RAM
• 8, 16, or 32GB
• USB 2.0
• 802.11b/g WiFi
• Multi-touch display
• Accelerometer

Safari Web Browser
iPod Touch/iPhone

AJAX Web Apps
iPod Touch/iPhone

AJAX Web Apps
iPod Touch/iPhone
•
Abilene Christian University
• All freshmen were
provided an iPod Touch
• ACU mobile web-app
• Schedules,
registration, calendars,
to-do lists all accessible

iTunes App Store
iPod Touch/iPhone

iTunes App Store
iPod Touch/iPhone

Learning Communities
iPod Touch/iPhone

Haptic Devices
Game Controllers/Consoles
• Accelerometers
• IR Cameras
• Touch Interfaces
• Networkable
• WiFi, Bluetooth

Wiimote
Game Controllers/Consoles
• Accelerometer
• Bluetooth
• IR camera equipped
• $45.00
• Darwin Remote, OSCulator, Remote Buddy
• MaxMSP - node based programming
• Johnny Chung Lee
• Whiteboard
• 3D Head tracking
• Point tracking projection

Nintendo DS
Game Controllers/Consoles
• Accelerometer
• Bluetooth
• WiFi
• Touchscreen
• $130.00
• Homebrew - flashcard Linux OS
• GPS geo-positioning
• Disneyland tour guide
• Voip client
• Web-browser
• Expandable memory
• Camera, accelerometer, rumble pack add-ons

Sony PS3
Game Controllers/Consoles
• Wifi networking
• Bluetooth
• Blu-ray
• HDMI
• USB 2.0
• $400.00
• Social gaming
• community building
• Downloadable games
• Web-browser
• Media centre (expandable storage)
• “Serious gaming” platform

Learning Social Networks: Virtual Environments:
Management
Systems:
Virtual Learning Communities
• Second Life
• Facebook • Quest Atlantis
• WebCT
• Myspace • Activeworlds
• Blackboard
• Ning • Vlearn 3D
• Moodle
• Twitter
• Provides “Physical”
• Places where
• Users space for learning.
learners and
Instructors meet for communicate • Provides tools for
synchronous and Asynchronously. building, communication
Asynchronous • Users build and programming.
communication. community of like- • Media is imported via
• Where students minded friends. streaming/mapping.
can access and • Sharing of content • Learners communicate
contribute content. and ideas. synchronously through
• Where assessment • “Phone a friend chat or voice.
and evaluation lifeline”.
processes are
integrated.

Second Life
Virtual Learning Communities
• 3D environment for synchronous interaction
• 3D modeling & Scripting tools provided
• Everything you see in SL was build by users
• Media can be mapped and streamed
• 16,785,531 registered users
• 1US dollar = 262 Linden dollars
• $80,888.00 US in transactions in Dec.08

Second Life
Virtual Learning Communities
What’s happening
• Biology - protein and molecule rezzing
• Pharmatopia - Monash University
• Architecture - Montana State University
• Commerce - Market research agency
• Automotive sales - GM and Toyota
• Fashion Design - Veronica Brown
• Conferences
• Plug-ins - LMS integration (SLOODLE)
Resources
• University of Saskatchewan’s SLUG
• SaskInteractive
• Pathfinder Linden
• SecondLife.com

Course Casting/VOD casting
• Recollect - Chris Brooks
• Apresso
• Profcast
• Camtasia - Smartboard Physics
• ustream.tv
• iTunes U - Microbiology 333
• Skype
• Garageband